35th WGA Awards
Date	1983
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
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The 35th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1982. Winners were announced in 1983.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Written by Melissa Mathison An Officer and a Gentleman, Written by Douglas Day Stewart Shoot the Moon, Written by Bo Goldman	Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay Tootsie, Written by Larry Gelbart and Murrya Schisgal; Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart Diner, Written by Barry Levinson My Favorite Year, Written by Norman Steinberg and Dennis Palumbo; Story by Dennis Palumbo
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium Missing, Screenplay by Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart; Based on the book by Thomas Hauser Sophie's Choice, Screenplay by Alan J. Pakula; Based on the novel by William Styron The Verdict, Screenplay by David Mamet; Based on the novel by Barry Reed The World According to Garp, Screenplay by Steve Tesich; Based on the novel by John Irving	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium Victor Victoria, Screenplay by Blake Edwards; Based on the concept by Hans Hoemburg, and the 1933 script by Reinhold Schünzel Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Screenplay by Cameron Crowe; Based on his book

Television

Episodic Comedy *"Hunger Strike" – Barney Miller* (ABC) – Tony Sheehan and Stephen Neigher** "The Calico Kid Returns" – Best of the West (ABC) – Mitch Markowitz "The Birthday Girls" – MASH* (CBS) – Karen Hall "Pilot" – Making the Grade (CBS) – Gary David Goldberg "Terry Runs Away" – Open All Night (ABC) – Ken Levine and David Isaacs "Elegant Iggy" – Taxi (ABC) – Ken Estin	Episodic Drama *"The World According to Freedom" – Hill Street Blues* (NBC) – Michael Wagner** "Closed Circuit" – Darkroom (ABC) – Alan Brennert "A Special Place" – Fame (NBC) – Parke Perine "Fruits of the Poisonous Tree" – Hill Street Blues (NBC) – Jeffrey Lewis "Review" – Lou Grant (CBS) – Jeffrey Lane
Daytime Serials Ryan's Hope (ABC) – Claire Labine, Mary Munisteri, Eugene Price and Rory Metcalf The Edge of Night (ABC) – Henry Slesar	Adapted Drama Anthology Of Mice and Men (NBC) – E. Nick Alexander
Original Comedy Anthology Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend (NBC) – Oliver Hailer and Marilyn Canton Baker	Original Drama Anthology Skokie (CBS) – Ernest Kinoy
Variety, Musical or Comedy I Love Liberty (ABC) – Rita Mae Brown, Arthur Allan Seidelman, Rick Mitz, Richard Alfieri and Norman Lear	Children's Show *"First Kill" – CBS Afternoon Playhouse* (CBS) – Josef Anderson** "Goldie and the kids... Listen to Us" – ABC Afterschool Special (ABC) – Buz Kohan "Please Don't Hit Me, Mom" – ABC Afterschool Special (ABC) – Jeri Taylor and Sydney Julien "The Wave" – ABC Afterschool Special (ABC) – Johnny Dawkins

Special awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Lamar Trotti
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
Herbert Baker
Valentine Davies Award
Hal Kanter
Morgan Cox Award
Oliver Crawford

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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