8th Writers Guild of America Awards

• Love Me or Leave Me, Screenplay by Daniel Fuchs, and Isobel Lennart; story by Daniel Fuchs
  • Daddy Long Legs, Screenplay by Phoebe Ephron, and Henry Ephron; based on the novel by Jean Webster
  • Guys and Dolls, Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz; story by Damon Runyon and based on the play by Jo Swerling, and Abe Burrows
  • It's Always Fair Weather, Written by Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
  • Oklahoma!, Screenplay by Sonya Levien, and William Ludwig; based on the play by Richard Rodgers, and Oscar Hammerstein II

• Marty, Written by Paddy Chayefsky
  • Bad Day at Black Rock, Screenplay by Millard Kaufman; based on a story by Howard Breslin
  • Blackboard Jungle, Screenplay by Richard Brooks; based on the novel by Evan Hunter
  • East of Eden, Screenplay by Paul Osborn; based on the novel by John Steinbeck
  • Picnic, Screenplay by Daniel Taradash; based on the play by William Inge

• Mister Roberts, Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent, and Joshua Logan; based on the play by Thomas Heggen, and Joshua Logan from the novel by Thomas Heggen
  • Phffft, Written by George Axelrod
  • The Seven Year Itch, Screenplay by Billy Wilder, and George Axelroad; based on the play by George Axelroad
  • The Tender Trap, Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein; based on the play by Max Shulman, and Robert Paul Smith
  • To Catch a Thief, Screenplay by John Michael Hayes; based on the novel by David Dodge

Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein