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40th Writers Guild of America Awards

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40th WGA Awards
Date1988
Organized byWriters Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

The 40th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1987. Winners were announced in 1988.[1]

Winners and nominees

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Film

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Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Television

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  • Ryan's Hope (ABC) – Claire Labine, Eleanor Mancusi, William Burritt, Madeline B. David, Steve Lehrman, David Appel
    • Days of Our Lives (NBC) – Sheri Anderson, Leah Laiman, Anne Schoettle, Thom Racina, M.M. Shelly Moore, Dena Higley, Richard J. Allen, Linda Campanelli, Maralyn Thoma, Michelle Poteet Lisanti, Peggi Schibi, Penina Spiegel, Ted Kubiak
Anthology Episode/Single Program
Variety – Musical, Award, Tribute, Special Event
  • Will Rogers: Look Back in Laughter – Bennet Tramer
    • 19th Annual NAACP Image Award – Daryl G. Nickens, Rita Cash, and Royce Osborn Jr.

Documentary

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Documentary – Other than Current Events

Special awards

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Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Harriet Frank Jr., and Irving Ravetch
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf
Valentine Davies Award
Lois Preyser
Morgan Cox Award
Daniel Taradash

References

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  1. ^ "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  2. ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1988)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
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