31st Writers Guild of America Awards

The 31st Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1978. Winners were announced in 1979.[1]

31st WGA Awards
Date1979
Organized byWriters Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

Winners & Nominees

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Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Television

  • "Prisoner" – Lou Grant (CBS) – Seth Freeman
    • "The Conspirators" – Columbo (NBC) – Howard Berk
    • "Murder" – Lou Grant (CBS) – Gary David Goldberg
    • "The House on Willis Avenue" – The Rockford Files (NBC) – Stephen J. Cannell
    • "The Illusion" – The Waltons (CBS) – John McGreevey
    • "The Captive" – The Waltons (CBS) – Ray Cunneff
Anthology Adaptation
Anthology Adaptation
Variety: Series or Special: Musical or Comedy

Special Awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Neil Simon
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
James Costigan
Valentine Davies Award
Melville Shavelson
Morgan Cox Award
George Seaton

References

  1. "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  2. "Writers Guild of America, USA (1979)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
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