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Writers Guild of America, USA: 1987

WGA Award (Screen)

Date:	26 March
Location:	Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA (west coast) Saint (night club), New York, New York, USA (east coast)

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) - Woody Allen
Other Nominees:
	Blue Velvet (1986) - David Lynch (I) Mona Lisa (1986) - Neil Jordan (I); David Leland (I) Platoon (1986) - Oliver Stone (I) Salvador (1986) - Oliver Stone (I); Rick Boyle (II)

Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium


Winner:
	Room with a View, A (1985) - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Other Nominees:
	Children of a Lesser God (1986) - Hesper Anderson; Mark Medoff Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) - Paul Mazursky; Leon Capetanos Little Shop of Horrors (1986) - Howard Ashman Stand by Me (1986) - Raynold Gideon; Bruce A. Evans

WGA Award (TV)

Original Long Form


Winners:
	Execution of Raymond Graham, The (1985) (TV) - Mel Frohman (I) Nobody's Child (1986) (TV) - Mary Gallagher (II); Ara Watson Unnatural Causes (1986) (TV) - John Sayles (teleplay); Martin M. Goldstein (story); Stephen Doran (I) (story); Robert Jacobs (V) (story)
Other Nominees:
	Miles to Go... (1986) (TV) - Beverly Levitt; Stuart Fischoff Return of Sherlock Holmes, The (1987) (TV) - Bob Shayne

Adapted Long Form


Winner:
	"Peter the Great" (1986) - Edward Anhalt

Anthology Episode/Single Program


Winner:
	"Twilight Zone, The" (1985) - Harlan Ellison - For episode "Paladin of the Lost Hour".

Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement


Awarded to:
	Woody Allen

Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement


Awarded to:
	Reginald Rose

Valentine Davies Award


Awarded to:
	William Froug

Morgan Cox Award


Awarded to:
	Jean Rouverol