10th Writers Guild of America Awards

10th WGA Awards
Date	1958
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

The 10th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1957. Winners were announced in 1958.[1]

Winners & Nominees

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Written Musical Les Girls, Screenplay by John Patrick; story by Vera Caspary Funny Face, Screenplay by Leonard Gershe Pal Joey, Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley; based on the play by John O'Hara The Joker Is Wild, Screenplay by Oscar Saul; based on the book by Art Cohn The Pajama Game, Screenplay by George Abbott, and Richard Bissell; based on the novel by Richard Bissell	Best Written American Drama 12 Angry Men, Screenplay by Reginald Rose Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, Screenplay by John Lee Mahin, and John Huston; based on the novel by Charles Shaw Paths of Glory, Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, and Jim Thompson; based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb Peyton Place, Screenplay by John Michael Hayes; based on the novel by Grace Metalious Sayonara, Screenplay by Paul Osborn; based on the novel by James A. Michener
Best Written American Comedy Love in the Afternoon, Screenplay by Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond; based on the novel by Claude Anet Designing Woman, Screenplay by George Wells; story by Helen Rose Don't Go Near the Water, Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley, and George Wells; based on the novel by William Brinkley Operation Mad Ball, Screenplay by Arthur Carter, Jed Harris, and Blake Edwards; based on the play by Arthur Carter Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Screenplay by Frank Tashlin; based on a play by George Axelrod

Western Episode *"Helen of Abajinian" – Have Gun - Will Travel* (CBS) – Gene Roddenberry** "Ghostface" – Broken Arrow (ABC) – John Dunkel "The Quick and the Dead – Maverick (ABC) – Douglas Heyes End of a Gun – The 20th Century-Fox Hour (CBS) – Sam Peckinpah "The Child" – The Restless Gun (NBC) – Herbert Little Jr., David Victor; story by John Payne

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
John Lee Mahin

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"Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
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WGA Awards
Film Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Documentary Screenplay
Television Awards	Animation Comedy Series Comedy/Variety Talk Series Daytime Serials Drama Series Episodic Comedy Episodic Drama Long Form – Adapted Long Form – Original New Series Children's Script
Special Awards	Paul Selvin Award Valentine Davies Award Morgan Cox Award Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
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 Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year