20th Writers Guild of America Awards

• Thoroughly Modern Millie, Written by Richard Morris
  • Camelot, Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner; Based on the musical by Alan Jay Lerner and the novel The Once and Future King by T.H. White
  • Doctor Dolittle, Screenplay by Leslie Bricusse; Based on the novels by Hugh Lofting
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Screenplay by David Swift; Based on the novel by Shepherd Mead and the books by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert

• David Newman
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Written by William Rose
  • In Cold Blood, Screenplay by Richard Brooks; Based on the novel by Truman Capote
  • In the Heat of the Night, Screenplay by Stirling Silliphant; Based on the novel by John Ball
  • Up the Down Staircase, Screenplay by Tad Mosel; Based on the novel by Bel Kaufman

• The Graduate, Screenplay by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham; Based on the novel by Charles Webb
  • Barefoot in the Park, Screenplay by Neil Simon; Based on his play
  • Divorce American Style, Screenplay by Norman Lear; Story by Robert Kaufman
  • The Flim-Flam Man, Screenplay by William Rose; Based on the novel by Guy Owen
  • A Guide for the Married Man, Screenplay by Frank Tarloff; Based on the book by Frank Tarloff

• David Newman
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Written by William Rose
  • The President's Analyst, Written by Theodore J. Flicker

• "The Honeymooners: Movies Are Better Than Ever" – The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS) – Marvin Marx, Walter Stone and Rod Parker
  • "Where-What-How-Who Am I?" – Get Smart (CBS) – Barry E. Blitzer, and Ray Brenner
  • "Bronzefinger" – Get Smart (CBS) – Lila Garrett and Bernie Kahn
  • "Rain, Snow and Rice" – That Girl (ABC) – James L. Brooks

• "The City on the Edge of Forever" – Star Trek (NBC) – Harlan Ellison
  • "Fandango" – Gunsmoke (CBS) – Don Ingalls
  • "Odds on Evil" – Mission: Impossible (CBS) – William Read Woodfield and Allan Balter
  • "The Return of the Archons" – Star Trek (NBC) – Boris Sobelman (teleplay) and Gene Roddenberry (story)
  • "The Martyr" – The Big Valley (ABC) – Mel Goldberg

• Noon Wine – Sam Peckinpah

Casey Robinson

George Seaton