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Film
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screenplay
Crimes and Misdemeanors, Written by Woody Allen
Dead Poets Society, Written by Tom Schulman
The Fabulous Baker Boys, Written by Steve Kloves
Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Written by Steven Soderbergh
When Harry Met Sally..., Written by Nora Ephron
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Driving Miss Daisy, Screenplay by Alfred Uhry; based on his play
Born on the Fourth of July, Screenplay by Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone; based on the book by Ron Kovic
Field of Dreams, Screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson; based on the book by W.P. Kinsella
Glory, Screenplay by Kevin Jarre; based on the book by Lincoln Kistein
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown, Screenplay by Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan; based on the novel by Christy Brown
Television
Episodic Drama
"Rolling" - TV 101 (CBS) - Karl Schaefer
"Elysian Fields" - CBS Summer Playhouse (CBS) - Joan Tewkesbury
"X-Mas Chn. Bch. VN, '67" - China Beach (ABC) - John Wells
"Where the Boys Are" - China Beach (ABC) - Alan Brennert
"His Suits Is Hirsute" - L.A. Law (NBC) - Steven Bochco, David E. Kelley, Michele Gallery, and William M. Finkelstein
"The Measure of a Man" - Star Trek: The Next Generation (Syndicated) - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Episodic Comedy
"Coda" - The Wonder Years (ABC) - Todd W. Langen
"Please Mr. Postman" - Cheers (NBC) - Brian Pollack, and Mert Rich
"Jumping Jerks" - Cheers (NBC) - Ken Levine, and David Isaacs
"Respect" - Murphy Brown (CBS) - Diane English
"Here's Why You Order from the Spanish Side of the Menu" - The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (Lifetime) - Eric Ellis Overmyer
"Pottery Will Get You Nowhere" - The Wonder Years (ABC) - Matthew Carlson
Daytime Serials
Ryan's Hope (ABC) - Claire Labine, Matthew Labine, Eleanor Mancusi, William Burritt, Louise Shaffer, Paul Balido
All My Children (ABC) - Agnes Nixon, Margaret DePriest, Lorraine Broderick, Victor Miller, Peggy Sloane, Megan McTavish, Gillian Spencer, Mary K. Wells, Susan Kirshenbaum, Elizabeth Page, Karen Lewis, Elizabeth Wallace, Kathleen Klein
As the World Turns (CBS) - Douglas Marland, John Kuntz, Stephanie Braxton, Juliet Law Packer, Meredith Post, Nancy Ford, Penelope Koechl, Richard Backus, Caroline Franz, Patricia Dizenzo
Anthology Episode/Single Program
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set (PBS) - Ellen M. Violett
"The Birth" - The Cosby Show (NBC) - John Markus, Carmen Finestra, and Gary Kott
"Father & Son Game" - The Twilight Zone (CBS) - Jeremy Bertrand Finch, and Paul Chitlik
"Street of Shadows" - The Twilight Zone (CBS) - Michael Reaves
Original Long Form
Nightbreaker (TNT) - T.S. Cook
Adapted Long Form
Part 1" - Lonesome Dove (CBS) - William D. Wittliff
Special Awards
Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Donald Ogden Stewart
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
David Shaw
Valentine Davies Award
John Furia
Morgan Cox Award
Oscar Saul
Paul Selvin Award
Alison Cross