32st Writers Guild of America Awards (1980) >>>

Film

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 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

Episodic Comedy

	"Are You Now, Margaret" - M*A*S*H (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" - M*A*S*H (CBS) - Mitch Markowitz
	"Period of Adjustment" - M*A*S*H (CBS) - Jim Mulligan and John Rappaport
	"Good-Bye Radar: Part 1 & 2" - M*A*S*H (CBS) - Ken Levine and David Isaacs
	"Honor Thy Father" - Taxi (ABC) - Glen Charles and Les Charles
	"Elaine's Secret Admirer" - Taxi (ABC) - Barry Kemp

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

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