Awards & Winners

1978 Writers Guild of America Award

Check winners and nominations of 1978 Writers Guild of America Award. Check awards winners of Writers Guild of America Awards 1977. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Writers Guild of America Awards 1977

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Drama

Arthur Laurents

Honored for : The Turning Point

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arthur Laurents The Turning Point
Steven Spielberg Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Robert Benton The Late Show
Norman Wexler Saturday Night Fever
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy

Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman

Honored for : Annie Hall

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Nominee Nominated Work
Marshall Brickman Annie Hall
Woody Allen Annie Hall
Neil Simon The Goodbye Girl
Nancy Dowd Slap Shot
George Lucas Star Wars
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy

Larry Gelbart

Honored for : Oh, God!

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Nominee Nominated Work
Larry Gelbart Oh, God!
Walter Bernstein Semi-Tough
Christopher Wood The Spy Who Loved Me
Richard Maibaum The Spy Who Loved Me
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Drama

Alvin Sargent

Honored for : Julia

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alvin Sargent Julia
Gavin Lambert I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Lewis John Carlino I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Denne Bart Petitclerc Islands in the Stream
Richard Brooks Looking for Mr. Goodbar