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Writers Guild of America, USA: 1966

WGA Award (Screen)

Date:	23 March
Location:	Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Written American Musical


Winner:
	The Sound of Music (1965) - Ernest Lehman

Best Written American Drama


Winner:
	The Pawnbroker (1964) - Morton S. Fine; David Friedkin
Other Nominees:
	A Patch of Blue (1965) - Guy Green (I) Ship of Fools (1965) - Abby Mann The Collector (1965) - Stanley Mann (I); John Kohn (I) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) - Paul Dehn; Guy Trosper

Best Written American Comedy


Winner:
	A Thousand Clowns (1965) - Herb Gardner
Other Nominees:
	Cat Ballou (1965) - Walter Newman (I); Frank Pierson (I) That Darn Cat! (1965) - Mildred Gordon (I); Gordon Gordon (I); Bill Walsh (I) The Great Race (1965) - Arthur A. Ross What's New Pussycat (1965) - Woody Allen

WGA Award (TV)

Date:	23 March
Notes:	The TV awards are covering the period from 1 September 1964 to 31 August 1965.

TV Anthology, Any Length


Winner:
	"The Outer Limits" (1963) - Harlan Ellison - For episode "Demon With a Glass Hand".

Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement


Awarded to:
	Isobel Lennart

Valentine Davies Award


Awarded to:
	Leonard Spigelgass