6th Writers Guild of America Awards

• Lili, Written by Helen Deutsch and Paul Gallico
  • Call Me Madam, Screenplay by Arthur Sheekman; based on the Musical by Russel Crouse, and Howard Lindsay
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Screenplay by Charles Lederer; based on the musical by Joseph Fields, and Anita Loos
  • Kiss Me Kate, Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley; based on the book by Sam Spewack, and Bella Spewack
  • The Band Wagon; Screenplay by Betty Comden; story by Adolph Green

• From Here to Eternity, Screenplay by Daniel Taradash
  • Above and Beyond, Screenplay by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, and Beirne Lay Jr.
  • Little Fugitive, Screenplay by Ray Ashley; written by Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, and Ruth Orkin
  • Martin Luther, Screenplay by Allan Sloane, and Lothar Wolff
  • Shane, Screenplay by A. B. Guthrie Jr.; based on the novel by Jack Schaefer

• Roman Holiday, Written by Ian McLellan Hunter, Dalton Trumbo, and John Dighton
  • How to Marry a Millionaire, Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson; based on the play by Zoe Akins, Dale Eunson, and Katherine Albert
  • Stalag 17, Screenplay by Billy Wilder, and Edwin Blum; based on the play by Donald Bevan, and Edmund Trzcinski
  • The Actress, Screenplay by Ruth Gordon; based on the play "Years Ago" by Ruth Gordon
  • The Moon Is Blue, Screenplay by F. Hugh Herbert; based on the play by F. Hugh Herbert

Dudley Nichols