21st Writers Guild of America Awards

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• "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

• "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

Carl Foreman

Dore Schary