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Writers Guild of America, USA: 1982

WGA Award (Screen)

Date:	30 March
Location:	Wilshire-Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA (west coast) McGraw-Hill Building, New York, New York, USA (east coast)

Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Reds (1981) - Warren Beatty; Trevor Griffiths
Other Nominees:
	Absence of Malice (1981) - Kurt Luedtke Atlantic City (1980) - John Guare Body Heat (1981) - Lawrence Kasdan

Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Arthur (1981) - Steve Gordon (I)
Other Nominees:
	Four Seasons, The (1981) - Alan Alda Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Lawrence Kasdan; George Lucas; Philip Kaufman (I) S.O.B. (1981) - Blake Edwards

Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium


Winner:
	Rich and Famous (1981) - Gerald Ayres
Other Nominees:
	First Monday in October (1981) - Jerome Lawrence; Robert E. Lee (II) For Your Eyes Only (1981) - Richard Maibaum; Michael G. Wilson

Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium


Winner:
	On Golden Pond (1981) - Ernest Thompson; Donald Stewart (II)
Other Nominees:
	Cutter's Way (1981) - Jeffrey Alan Fiskin Prince of the City (1981) - Jay Presson Allen; Sidney Lumet Ragtime (1981) - Michael Weller (I)

WGA Award (TV)

Best Comedy Episodic


Nominees:
	"Greatest American Hero, The" (1981) - Stephen J. Cannell - For the pilot episode.

Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement


Awarded to:
	Paul Osborn (I)

Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement


Awarded to:
	John McGreevey

Valentine Davies Award


Awarded to:
	Mort R. Lewis

Morgan Cox Award


Awarded to:
	Brad Radnitz