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Award ceremony for writing of 1996

49th WGA Awards
Date	1997
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
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The 49th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on 16 March 1997, honored the best writers of screen and television of 1996.

Film

Best Original Screenplay

Fargo - Joel and Ethan Coen

Best Adapted Screenplay

Sling Blade - Billy Bob Thornton

Emma - Douglas McGrath
The Birdcage - Elaine May
The English Patient - Anthony Minghella
Trainspotting - John Hodge

Television

Best Episodic Drama

Girl Talk - NYPD Blue - Theresa Rebeck and Bill Clark

Aftershock - Law & Order - Janis Diamond and Michael S. Chernuchin
Savages - Law & Order - Morgan Gendel, Barry M. Schkolnick and Michael S. Chernuchin
Trophy - Law & Order - Jeremy R. Litman, Ed Zuckerman and Michael S. Chernuchin
Pilot - Murder One - Charles H. Eglee, Channing Gibson, Steven Bochco and David Milch
Falsies - Party of Five - Mark B. Perry
Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose - The X Files - Darin Morgan

Best Episodic Comedy

The Pool Guy - Seinfeld - David Mandel

The Soup Nazi - Seinfeld - Spike Feresten
The Sponge - Seinfeld - Peter Mehlman
Eight - The Larry Sanders Show - Peter Tolan

References

WGA - Previous award winners

v t e Writers Guild of America Awards
Film 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