24th Writers Guild of America Awards

24th WGA Awards
24th WGA Awards
Date	1972
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
	← 23rd; WGA Awards; 25th →;

The 24th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1971. Winners were announced in 1972.^[1]

Date1972

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

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Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay Sunday Bloody Sunday, Screenplay by Penelope Gilliatt Klute, Written by Andy Lewis and Dave Lewis Summer of '42, Written by Herman Raucher The Hellstrom Chronicle, Written by David Seltzer	Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay The Hospital, Written by Paddy Chayefsky Bananas, Written by Woody Allen and Mickey Rose Carnal Knowledge, Written by Jules Feiffer Made for Each Other, Written by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna Taking Off, Written by Miloš Forman, Jean-Claude Carrière, John Guare and Jon Klein
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium The French Connection, Screenplay by Ernest Tidyman; based on the book by Robin Moore A Clockwork Orange, Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick; based on the novel by Anthony Burgess Johnny Got His Gun, Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo; based on his novel McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Screenplay by Robert Altman and Brian McKay; based on the novel by Edmund Naughton The Last Picture Show, Screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich; based on the novel by Larry McMurtry	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium Kotch, Screenplay by John Paxton; based on the novel by Katharine Topkins A New Leaf, Screenplay by Elaine May; based on the story "The Green Heart" by Jack Ritchie Fiddler on the Roof, Screenplay by Joseph Stein; based on the novel by Sholom Aleichem Little Murders, Screenplay by Jules Feiffer; based on his play The Boy Friend, Screenplay by Ken Russell; based on the musical by Sandy Wilson

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Ernest Lehman
Valentine Davies Award
Michael Blankfort
Morgan Cox Award
Allen Rivkin

24th Writers Guild of America Awards

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