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Film
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay
Save the Tiger, Written by Steve Shagan
Mean Streets, Screenplay by Martin Scorsese and Mardik Martin; Story by Martin Scorsese
Payday, Written by Don Carpenter
The Sting, Written by David S. Ward
The Way We Were, Written by Arthur Laurents
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay
A Touch of Class, Screenplay by Melvin Frank and Jack Rose; Story by Marvin Frank
American Graffiti, Written by George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck
Blume in Love, Written by Paul Mazursky
Sleeper, Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
Slither, Written by W.D. Richter
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
Serpico, Screenplay by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler; Based on the book by Peter Maas
Cinderella Liberty, Screenplay by Darryl Ponicsan; Based on the novel by himself
The Exorcist, Screenplay by William Peter Blatty; Based on his novel
The Last Detail, Screenplay by Robert Towne; Based on the novel by Darryl Ponicsan
The Paper Chase, Screenplay by James Bridges; Based on the novel by John Jay Osborn Jr.
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
Paper Moon, Screenplay by Alvin Sargent; Based on the novel by Joe David Brown
40 Carats, Screenplay by Leonard Gershe; Based on the play by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy
Godspell, Screenplay by David Greene and John-Michael Tebelak; Based on the play by John-Michael Tebelak
Television
Episodic Drama
"Voyage of Discovery" - The Starlost (Syndicated) - Harlan Ellison
"This Golden Land" - Gunsmoke (CBS) - Hal Sitowitz
"A Necessary End" - Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) - Norman Hudis
"The House of Hyde Street" - The Streets of San Francisco (ABC) - John Wilder and Cliff Osmond
"The Thanksgiving Story" - The Waltons (CBS) - Joanna Lee and Earl Hamner Jr.
"The Roots" - The Waltons (CBS) - Sheldon Stark
"The Odyssey" - The Waltons (CBS) - Joanna Lee
"The Easter Story" - The Waltons (CBS) - John McGreevey and Earl Jamner Jr.
Episodic Comedy
"Walter's Problem: Part 1 & 2" - Maude (CBS) - Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller
"Tuttle" - M*A*S*H (CBS) - Bruce Shelly and David Ketchum
"Sometimes You Hear the Bullet" - M*A*S*H (CBS) - Carl Kleinschmitt
"Radar's Report" - M*A*S*H (CBS) - Laurence Marks and Sheldon Keller
"The Incubator" - M*A*S*H (CBS) - Larry Gelbart and Laurence Marks
"Carry On, Hawkeye" - M*A*S*H (CBS) - Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks and Bernard Dilbert
"The Lars Affair" - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) - Ed Weinberg
Daytime Serials
Search for Tomorrow (CBS) - Ralph Ellis and Eugenie Hunt
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (CBS) - Ann Marcus, Daniel Gregory Browne and Jerry Adelman
Love of Live (CBS) - Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer
Best Written Variety Script
Lily - Bob Illes, Rosalyn Drexler, Lorne Michaels, Richard Pryor, Jim Rusk, Herbert Sargent, James R. Stein, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, George Yanok, Ann Elder, Karyl Miller and Rod Warren
Special Awards
Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Paddy Chayefsky
Valentine Davies Award
Philip Dunne & Ray Bradbury
Morgan Cox Award
James R. Webb