50th Writers Guild of America Awards (1998)

Film
Best Adapted Screenplay
L.A. Confidential - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
Donnie Brasco - Paul Attanasio
The Ice Storm - James Schamus
Wag the Dog - Hilary Henkin and David Mamet
The Wings of the Dove - Hossein Amini
Best Original Screenplay
As Good as It Gets - Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks
Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson
The Full Monty - Simon Beaufoy
Good Will Hunting - Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
Titanic - James Cameron
Television
Best Episodic Drama
"Entrapment" - Law & Order - Rene Balcer and Richard Sweren
"Whose Appy Now?" - ER - Neal Baer
"Deadbeat" - Law & Order - Ed Zuckerman and I. C. Rapoport
Best Episodic Comedy
"The Fatigues" - Seinfeld - Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin
"The Puppy Episode" - Ellen - Mark Driscoll, Dana Savel, Tracey Newman, Jonathan Stark and Ellen DeGeneres
"The Impossible Dream" - Frasier - Rob Greenberg
"The Chicken Roaster" - Seinfeld - Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer
"The Bizarro Jerry" - Seinfeld - David Mandel
"Ellen, Or Isn't She?" - The Larry Sanders Show - Judd Apatow, John Markus and Garry Shandling
"The Book" - The Larry Sanders Show - Maya Forbes