32nd WGA Awards
Date	1980
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
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The 32nd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1979. Winners were announced in 1980.^[1]

Winners & Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay The China Syndrome, Written by Mike Gray, T.S. Cook and James Bridges Apocalypse Now, Written by John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola	Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay Breaking Away, Written by Steve Tesich 10, Written by Blake Edwards Manhattan, Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium Kramer vs. Kramer, Screenplay by Robert Benton; Based on the novel by Avery Corman Norma Rae, Screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium Being There, Screenplay by Jerzy Kosiński; Based on his novel A Little Romance, Screenplay by Allan Burns; Based on the novel by Claude Klotz Starting Over, Screenplay by James L. Brooks; Based on the novel by Dan Wakefield

Television

Episodic Comedy *"Are You Now, Margaret" – MASH (CBS) – Thad Mumford and Dan Wilcox "The reluctant Fighter" – Taxi (ABC) – Ken Estin** "The Indian" – Barney Miller (ABC) – Reinhold Weege, Judith Anne Nielsen and Richard Beban "The Young and the Restless" – MASH* (CBS) – Mitch Markowitz "Period of Adjustment" – MASH* (CBS) – Jim Mulligan and John Rappaport "Good-Bye Radar: Part 1 & 2" – MASH* (CBS) – Ken Levine and David Isaacs "Honor Thy Father" – Taxi (ABC) – Glen Charles and Les Charles "Elaine's Secret Admirer" – Taxi (ABC) – Barry Kemp	Episodic Drama *"Vet" – Lou Grant* (CBS) – Leon Tokatyan** "Only the Pretty Girls Die: Part 1 & 2" – Eischied (NBC) – Mark Rodgers "Exposé" – Lou Grant (CBS) – David Lloyd "Slammer" – Lou Grant (CBS) – Johnny Dawkins "Home" – Lou Grant (CBS) – Gary David Goldberg "Love Is the Word" – The Rockford Files (NBC) – David Chase "The Burden" – The Waltons (CBS) – Ernie Wallengren
Daytime Serials Guiding Light (CBS) – Jean Rouverol, Phyllis White, Bridget Dobson, Robert Soderberg, Robert White, Patti Dizenzo, Jerome Dobson and Charles Dizenzo Days of Our Lives (NBC) – Ann Marcus, Joyce Perry, Ray Goldstone, Laura Olsher, Rocci Chatfield and Michael Robert David Ryan's Hope (ABC) – Claire Labine, Paul Avila Mayer, Mary Munisteri, Jeffrey Lane and Judith Pinsker	Children's Script - Episodic & Specials *"New York City Too Far From Tampa Blues" – NBC Special Treat* (NBC) – Edward Pomerantz** "Make Believe Marriage" – ABC Afterschool Special (ABC) – Jeffrey Kindley "Going Out" – Friends (ABC) – Liz Coe "Show #4" – Hot Hero Sandwich (NBC) – David R. Axelrod, Joseph A. Bailey, Andy Beckerman, Richard Camp, Sherry Coben, Bruce Hart, Carole Hart and Marianne Meyer
Multi-Part Long Form Series and/or Any Production of More Than Two Parts Backstairs at the White House (NBC) – Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov

Special Awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
Howard Rodman
Valentine Davies Award
David W. Rintels
Morgan Cox Award
Fay Kanin

References

External links

Writers Guild of America Awards

Writers Guild of America Awards
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

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