21st Writers Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for writing of 1968

21st WGA Awards

Date| 1969
Organized by| Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

* ← 20th
* WGA Awards
* 22nd →

The 21st Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1968. Winners were announced in 1969.[1]

## Winners and nominees

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### Film

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Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Written Musical

* Funny Girl, Screenplay by Isobel Lennart; Based on the musical by Isobel Lennart
* Finian's Rainbow, Screenplay by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy; Based on their book
* Star!, Written by William Fairchild

Best Written American Drama

* The Lion in Winter, Screenplay by James Goldman; based on his play
* The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Screenplay by Thomas C. Ryan; Based on the novel by Carson McCullers
* Petulia, Screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus; Based on the novel by John Haase
* Rachel, Rachel, Screenplay by Stewart Stern; Based on the novel by Margaret Laurence
* Rosemary's Baby, Screenplay by Roman Polanski; Based on the novel by Ira Levin

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Best Written American Comedy

* The Odd Couple, Screenplay by Neil Simon; Based on his play
* Hot Millions, Written by Ira Wallach and Peter Ustinov
* I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!, Written by Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker
* The Producers, Written by Mel Brooks
* Yours, Mine and Ours, Screenplay by Melville Shavelson and Mort Lachman; Story by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis

Best Written American Original Screenplay

* The Producers, Written by Mel Brooks
* Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell, Screenplay by Melvin Frank, Denis Norden and Sheldon Keller
* Faces, Written by John Cassavetes
* I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!, Written by Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker
* The Brotherhood, Written by Lewis John Carlino

### Television

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Episodic Comedy

* "Viva mart" – Get Smart (CBS) – Bill Idelson and Sam Bobrick
* "The Old Man & the She" – He & She (CBS) – Leonard Stern and Arne Sultan
* "Knock, Knock, Who's There? Fernando, Fernando Who?" – He & She (CBS) – Chris Hayward and Allan Burns
* "Before You Bury Me Can I Say Something?" – He & She (CBS) – Jim Parker and Arold Margolin

Episodic Drama

* "To Kill a Madman" – Judd for the Defense (ABC) – Robert Lewin
* "Cocoon" – Hawaii Five-O (CBS) – Leonard Freeman
* "No Law Against Murder" – Judd for the Defense (ABC) – Harold Gast
* "Commitment" – Judd for the Defense (ABC) – Paul Monash
* "The Name Is Mannix" – Mannix (CBS) – Bruce Geller
* "Return to Tomorrow" – Star Trek (NBC) – John T. Dugan
* "Take Your Lover in the Ring" – The Outcasts (ABC) – Anthony Lawrence

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### Special awards

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Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

Carl Foreman

Valentine Davies Award

Dore Schary

## References

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1. ^ "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
2. ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1969)". IMDb. Retrieved June 8, 2019.

## External links

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* WGA.org

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Film Awards|

* Best Adapted Screenplay
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Television/
New Media Awards|

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* Daytime Serials
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* Episodic Comedy
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* TV & New Media Pictures
* Short Form New Media
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* Children's Script

Special Awards|

* Paul Selvin Award
* Valentine Davies Award
* Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award
* Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
* Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
* Evelyn F. Burkey Award

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* Musical
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