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 and nominees

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Film

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Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Television

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  • "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

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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

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  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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