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WGA AWARDS

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    WGA Award (Screen)

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    Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

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      Winner

      Forrest Gump

      8.8 (2.4M)
      Eric Roth
    • [object Object]

      Little Women

      7.3 (67K)
      Robin Swicord
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      The Madness of King George

      7.2 (20K)
      Alan Bennett
    • [object Object]

      Quiz Show

      7.5 (76K)
      Paul Attanasio
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      The Shawshank Redemption

      9.3 (3.1M)
      Frank Darabont

    Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Four Weddings and a Funeral

      7.1 (176K)
      Richard Curtis
    • [object Object]

      The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

      7.5 (59K)
      Stephan Elliott
    • [object Object]

      Bullets Over Broadway

      7.4 (43K)
      Woody Allen
      Douglas McGrath
    • [object Object]

      Ed Wood

      7.8 (189K)
      Scott Alexander
      Larry Karaszewski
    • [object Object]

      Heavenly Creatures

      7.2 (70K)
      Fran Walsh
      Peter Jackson

    WGA Award (TV)

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    Adapted Long Form

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      Winner

      A Family Torn Apart

      6.4 (825)
      Matthew Bombeck

    Children's Script

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

      Episode: 

      The Radish Cure

      7.1 (75)
      Lynn Montgomery
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lifestories: Families in Crisis

      7.0 (219)
      Bruce Harmon
      For episode "More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter (1994)". For episode "More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter". Tied with Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1994), episode "The Radish Cure", and Ghostwriter (1992), episode "Can't Stop The Music".
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ghostwriter

      7.8 (3K)
      Carin Greenberg
      For episode "Can't Stop The Music". Tied with Lifestories: Families in Crisis (1992), episode "More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter", and Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1994), episode "The Radish Cure".

    Daytime Serial

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      General Hospital

      6.6 (6K)
      Claire Labine
      Matt Labine
      Eleanor Mancusi
      Ralph Ellis
      Meg Bennett
      Michele Val Jean
      Stephanie Braxton
      Lewis Arlt
      Karen Harris
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      Another World

      7.0 (1.2K)
      Peggy Sloane
      Victor Miller
      Lorraine Broderick
      Craig Carlson
      Samuel D. Ratcliffe
      Carolyn Culliton
      Judith Pinsker
      Janet Iacobuzio
      Kathleen Klein
      Mimi Leahey
      Peter Brash
      Kathleen Kennedy
      Elizabeth Page
      Sofia Landon Geier
      Sharon Epstein
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      Guiding Light

      6.6 (2K)
      Nancy Curlee
      Stephen Demorest
      Patrick Mulcahey
      Millee Taggart
      Nancy Williams Watt
      Leah Laiman
      Jane Atkins
      James H. Brown
      Michael Conforti
      Barbara Esensten
      Jeanne Davis Glynn
      Lynda Myles
      Roger Newman
      Courtney Simon
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      One Life to Live

      6.9 (2.8K)
      Michael Malone
      Josh Griffith
      Jean Passanante
      Susan Bedsow-Horgan
      Christopher Whitesell
      David Colson
      Matthew T. Gannon
      David Smilow
      Becky Cole
      Lloyd 'Lucky' Gold
      Mike Cohen

    Documentary - Other Than Current Events

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      Winner

      American Experience

      8.6 (2.4K)
      Marty Ostrow
      For episode "America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference (#6.6)".

    Episodic Comedy

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      Winner

      Seinfeld

      8.9 (372K)
      Lawrence H. Levy(teleplay/story)
      Larry David(teleplay)
      For The Mango (1993).
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      Frasier

      8.2 (100K)
      Chuck Ranberg
      Anne Flett-Giordano
      For A Mid-Winter Night's Dream (1994).
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      Roseanne

      7.1 (48K)
      James Berg(teleplay)
      Stan Zimmerman(teleplay)
      Michael Borkow(story)
      For Don't Ask, Don't Tell (1994).
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      Roseanne

      7.1 (48K)
      Kevin Abbott
      For A Stash from the Past (1993).
    • [object Object]

      Seinfeld

      8.9 (372K)
      Peter Mehlman
      Carol Leifer
      For The Hamptons (1994).

    Episodic Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Homicide: Life on the Street

      8.7 (16K)
      David Simon(teleplay)
      David Mills(teleplay)
      Tom Fontana(story)
      For Bop Gun (1994).
    • [object Object]

      Homicide: Life on the Street

      8.7 (16K)
      Noel Behn(teleplay)
      Tom Fontana(story)
      For A Many Splendored Thing (1994).
    • [object Object]

      Northern Exposure

      8.4 (24K)
      Robin Green
      Mitchell Burgess
      For Hello, I Love You (1994).
    • [object Object]

      NYPD Blue

      7.8 (18K)
      David Milch(teleplay/story)
      Steven Bochco(story)
      For Pilot (1993).
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      NYPD Blue

      7.8 (18K)
      Gardner Stern
      For Tempest in a C-Cup (1993).

    Original Long Form

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Witness to the Execution

      5.1 (264)
      Thomas Baum(teleplay/story)
      Keith Pierce(story)
      Priscilla Prestwidge(story)
    • [object Object]

      Lily in Winter

      6.4 (157)
      Julie Moskowitz
      Robert Eisele
      Gary Stephens
      J. Michael Riva

    Variety - Musical, Award, Tribute, Special Event

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      Winner

      Tracey Takes on New York

      8.2 (71)
      Tony Sheehan
      Dick Clement
      Ian La Frenais
      Stephen Nathan
      Marc Flanagan

    Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

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    • Charles Bennett
      Winner
      • Charles Bennett

    Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

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    • Carl Reiner
      Winner
      • Carl Reiner

    Valentine Davies Award

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    • Garry Marshall
      Winner
      • Garry Marshall

    Morgan Cox Award

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    • Alfred Lewis Levitt
      Winners
      • Alfred Lewis Levitt
      • Helen Levitt

    Paul Selvin Honorary Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Witness to the Execution

      5.1 (264)
      Thomas Baum
      Priscilla Prestwidge
      Keith Pierce

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