27th Writers Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for writing of 1974

27th WGA Awards
Date	1975
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
← 26th WGA Awards 28th →

The 27th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1974. Winners were announced in 1975.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay

Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay

Blazing Saddles, Written by Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor and Alan Uger
- California Split, Written by Joseph Walsh
- Claudine, Written by Tina Pine and Lester Pine
- Phantom of the Paradise, Written by Brian de Palma
- The Sugarland Express, Written by Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins and Steven Spielberg

Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium

The Godfather: Part II, Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo; Based on the novel by Mario Puzo
- Conrack, Screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.; Based on the book "The Water Is Wilde" by Pat Conroy
- Lenny, Screenplay by Julian Barry; Based on the play by Julian Barry
- The Parallax View, Screenplay by David Giler and Lorenzo Sempler Jr.; Based on the novel by Loren Singer
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Screenplay by Peter Stone; Based on the novel by John Godey

Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium

Episodic Comedy *"O.R." – MASH (CBS) – Larry Gelbart and Laurence Marks** "Private Charles Lamb" – MASH* (CBS) – Sid Dorfman "You Can Go Home Again" – Rhoda (CBS) – Patricia Nardo and Gloria Banta "Parent's Day" – Rhoda (CBS) – Charlotte Brown "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" – The Mary Tyler Moore Show (ABC) – Ed Weinberger and Stan Daniels	Episodic Drama *"Thirty a Month and Found" – Gunsmoke* (CBS) – Jim Byrnes** "The Colorado Cattle Caper" – McCloud (NBC) – Michael Gleason "The World Is: Growth" – The New Land (ABC) – William Blinn "The Conflict" – The Waltons (CBS) – Jeb Rosebrook
Daytime Serials Search for Tomorrow (CBS) – Ann Marcus, Joyce Perry, Pamela Wylie and Ray Goldstone Days of Our Lives (NBC) – William J. Bell, Patricia Falken Smith, Bill Rega and Margaret Stewart Love of Life (CBS) – Paul Avila Mayer, Claire Labine, Nancy Ford and Clarice Blackburn

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Preston Sturges
Valentine Davies Award
Fay Kanin
Morgan Cox Award
Edmund H. North
Edmund J North Award
James R. Webb

"Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
"Writers Guild of America, USA (1975)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-19.

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Film Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Documentary Screenplay
Television/ New Media Awards	Animation Comedy Series Comedy/Variety Talk Series Comedy/Variety Specials Comedy/Variety Sketch Series Daytime Serials Drama Series Episodic Comedy Episodic Drama Long Form – Adapted Long Form – Original Short Form New Media New Series Children's Script Documentary Script – Current Events Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events
Special Awards	Paul Selvin Award Valentine Davies Award Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement Evelyn F. Burkey Award
Former Awards	Musical Western American Scene Drama Comedy
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