Texas Award ceremony for writing of 1973 26th WGA AwardsDate1974Organized byWriters Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West ← 25th WGA Awards 27th → The 26th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1973. Winners were announced in 1974.[1] Winners and nominees [2] Film Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface. 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 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 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. 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 References ^ "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 (1974)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-19. External links WGA.org Writers Guild of America AwardsFilm 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 Ceremonies 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year