20th Writers Guild of America Awards

20th WGA Awards
20th WGA Awards
Date	March 22, 1968
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
	← 19th; WGA Awards; 21st →;

The 20th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1967. Winners were announced in 1968.^[1]

DateMarch 22, 1968

Organized byWriters Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

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Best Written Musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, Written by Richard Morris Camelot, Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner; Based on the musical by Alan Jay Lerner and the novel The Once and Future King by T.H. White Doctor Dolittle, Screenplay by Leslie Bricusse; Based on the novels by Hugh Lofting How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Screenplay by David Swift; Based on the novel by Shepherd Mead and the books by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert	Best Written American Drama Bonnie and Clyde, Written by Robert Benton and David Newman Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Written by William Rose In Cold Blood, Screenplay by Richard Brooks; Based on the novel by Truman Capote In the Heat of the Night, Screenplay by Stirling Silliphant; Based on the novel by John Ball Up the Down Staircase, Screenplay by Tad Mosel; Based on the novel by Bel Kaufman
Best Written American Comedy The Graduate, Screenplay by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham; Based on the novel by Charles Webb Barefoot in the Park, Screenplay by Neil Simon; Based on his play Divorce American Style, Screenplay by Norman Lear; Story by Robert Kaufman The Flim-Flam Man, Screenplay by William Rose; Based on the novel by Guy Owen A Guide for the Married Man, Screenplay by Frank Tarloff; Based on the book by Frank Tarloff	Best Written American Original Screenplay Bonnie and Clyde, Written by Robert Benton and David Newman Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Written by William Rose The President's Analyst, Written by Theodore J. Flicker

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Casey Robinson
Valentine Davies Award
George Seaton

20th Writers Guild of America Awards

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