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Film
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay
Dog Day Afternoon, Written by Frank Pierson
French Connection II, Written by Alexander Jacobs, Robert Dillon and Laurie Dillon
Nashville, Written by Joan Tewkesbury
The Wind and the Lion, Written by John Milius
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay
Shampoo, Written by Robert Towne and Warren Beatty
Hearts of the West, Written by Rob Thompson
Smile, Written by Jerry Belson
The Return of the Pink Panther, Written by Frank Waldman and Blake Edwards
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman; based on the novel by Ken Kesey
Barry Lyndon, Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick; based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Man Who Would Be King, Screenplay by John Huston and Gladys Hill; based on the story by Rudyard Kipling
Jaws, Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb; based on the novel by Peter Benchley
The Man in the Glass Booth, Screenplay by Edward Anhalt; based on the play by Robert Shaw
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
The Sunshine Boys, Screenplay by Neil Simon
Hester Street, Screenplay by Joan Micklin Silver; based on the novel by Abraham Cahan
The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Screenplay by Neil Simon; based on the play by himself
Television
Episodic Drama
"Prior Consent" - The Law (NBC) - Arthur A. Ross and Stephen Kandel
"The Busters" - Gunsmoke (CBS) - Jim Byrnes
"The Goodluck Bomber" - Kojak (CBS) - Ray Brenner
"Web of Lies" - The Streets of San Francisco (ABC) - Leonard Kantor
"The Woman" - The Waltons (CBS) - Hindi Brooks
Episodic Comedy
"Welcome to Korea" - M*A*S*H (CBS) - Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell and Larry Gelbart
"Archie the Hero" - All in the Family (CBS) - Lou Derman and Bill Davenport
"Big Mac" - M*A*S*H (CBS) - Laurence Marks
"Ida's Doctor" - Rhoda (CBS) - Coleman Mitchell and Geoffrey Neigher
"Edie Gets Married" - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) - Bob Ellison
"Chuckles Bites the Dust" - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) - David LLoyd
Daytime Serials
Ryan's Hope (ABC) - Paul Avila Mayer, Claire Labine, Mary Munisteri and Allan Leicht
Days of Our Lives (NBC) - Patricia Falken Smith, William J. Bell, Bill Rega, Margaret Stewart, Kay Lenard, and Sheri Anderson
The Edge of Night (CBS) - Henry Slesar
Original Anthology
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (CBS) - Jerome Kass
Original Variety
The Smothers Brothers Show (NBC) - Mason Williams, Rod Warren, Mickey Rose, Ray Jessel, Jim Mulligan, James R. Stein, Bob Illes, Chevy Chase, Pat Proft, Kenny Solms, and Gail Parent
Special Awards
Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Michael Wilson
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
Rod Serling
Valentine Davies Award
Winston Miller
Morgan Cox Award
William Ludwig