20th Writers Guild of America Awards

20th WGA Awards
Date	March 22, 1968
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
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The 20th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1967. Winners were announced in 1968.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.^[2]

Best Written Musical 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

Best Written American Drama Bonnie and Clyde, Written by Robert Benton and 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

Best Written American Comedy 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

Best Written American Original Screenplay Bonnie and Clyde, Written by Robert Benton and David Newman Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Written by William Rose The President's Analyst, Written by Theodore J. Flicker

Television

Episodic Comedy "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	Episodic Drama "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
Best Written Dramatic Anthology Noon Wine – Sam Peckinpah

Special awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Casey Robinson
Valentine Davies Award
George Seaton

References

1. "Writers Guild Awards Winners: 1995-1949". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 4, 2025. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
2. "Writers Guild of America, USA (1968)". IMDb. Retrieved June 8, 2019.

External links

• WGA.org