21st Writers Guild of America Awards

21st WGA Awards
21st WGA Awards
Date	1969
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
	← 20th; WGA Awards; 22nd →;

The 21st Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1968. Winners were announced in 1969.^[1]

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Written Musical Funny Girl, Screenplay by Isobel Lennart; Based on the musical by Isobel Lennart Finian's Rainbow, Screenplay by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy; Based on their book Star!, Written by William Fairchild	Best Written American Drama The Lion in Winter, Screenplay by James Goldman; based on his play The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Screenplay by Thomas C. Ryan; Based on the novel by Carson McCullers Petulia, Screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus; Based on the novel by John Haase Rachel, Rachel, Screenplay by Stewart Stern; Based on the novel by Margaret Laurence Rosemary's Baby, Screenplay by Roman Polanski; Based on the novel by Ira Levin
Best Written American Comedy The Odd Couple, Screenplay by Neil Simon; Based on his play Hot Millions, Written by Ira Wallach and Peter Ustinov I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!, Written by Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker The Producers, Written by Mel Brooks Yours, Mine and Ours, Screenplay by Melville Shavelson and Mort Lachman; Story by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis	Best Written American Original Screenplay The Producers, Written by Mel Brooks Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell, Screenplay by Melvin Frank, Denis Norden and Sheldon Keller Faces, Written by John Cassavetes I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!, Written by Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker The Brotherhood, Written by Lewis John Carlino

Episodic Comedy *"Viva mart" – Get Smart* (CBS) – Bill Idelson and Sam Bobrick** "The Old Man & the She" – He & She (CBS) – Leonard Stern and Arne Sultan "Knock, Knock, Who's There? Fernando, Fernando Who?" – He & She (CBS) – Chris Hayward and Allan Burns "Before You Bury Me Can I Say Something?" – He & She (CBS) – Jim Parker and Arold Margolin	Episodic Drama *"To Kill a Madman" – Judd for the Defense* (ABC) – Robert Lewin** "Cocoon" – Hawaii Five-O (CBS) – Leonard Freeman "No Law Against Murder" – Judd for the Defense (ABC) – Harold Gast "Commitment" – Judd for the Defense (ABC) – Paul Monash "The Name Is Mannix" – Mannix (CBS) – Bruce Geller "Return to Tomorrow" – Star Trek (NBC) – John T. Dugan "Take Your Lover in the Ring" – The Outcasts (ABC) – Anthony Lawrence

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Carl Foreman
Valentine Davies Award
Dore Schary

^ "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1969)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-08.

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Film Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Documentary Screenplay
Television/ New Media Awards	Animation Comedy Series Comedy/Variety Talk Series Comedy/Variety Specials Comedy/Variety Sketch Series Daytime Serials Drama Series Episodic Comedy Episodic Drama Long Form – Adapted Long Form – Original Short Form New Media New Series Children's Script Documentary Script – Current Events Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events
Special Awards	Paul Selvin Award Valentine Davies Award Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement Evelyn F. Burkey Award
Former Awards	Musical Western American Scene Drama Comedy
Ceremonies	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year