9th Writers Guild of America Awards

• The King and I, Screenplay by Ernest Lehman; based on the book by Oscar Hammestein II
  • Carousel, Screenplay by Phoebe Ephron, and Henry Ephron; based on the book by Oscar Hammerstein II
  • High Society, Screenplay by John Patrick; based on the play by Philip Barry
  • Meet Me in Las Vegas, Screenplay by Isobel Lennart
  • The Eddy Duchin Story, Screenplay by Samuel A. Taylor; story by Leo Katcher

• Friendly Persuasion, Screenplay by Michael Wilson; based on the novel by Jessamyn West
  • Baby Doll, Screenplay by Tennessee Williams
  • Giant, Screenplay by Fred Guiol, and Ivan Moffat; based on the novel by Edna Ferber
  • Somebody Up There Likes Me, Screenplay by Ernest Lehman; based on the autobiography of Rocky Graziano
  • The Rainmaker, Screenplay by N. Richard Nash; based on the play by N. Richard Nash

• Around the World in 80 Days, Screenplay by James Poe, John Farrow, and S. J. Perelman; based on the novel by Jules Verne
  • Bus Stop, Screenplay by George Axelrod; based on the play by William Inge
  • Full of Life, Screenplay by John Fante; based on the novel by John Fante
  • The Solid Gold Cadillac, Screenplay by Abe Burrows; based on the play by George S. Kaufman, and Howard Teichmann
  • The Teahouse of the August Moon, Screenplay by John Patrick; based on the novel by Vern J. Sneider and the play by John Patrick

• Telephone Time (Episode: The Golden Junkman), Written by Donald S. Sanford; story by John Nesbitt
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Episode: Back for Christmas), Teleplay by Francis M. Cockrell; story by John Collier
  • Frontier (Episode: The Salt War), Written by Morton S. Fine, and David Friedkin
  • Frontiers of Faith (Episode: Lawyer from Boston), Written by Morton Wishengrad
  • Schlitz Playhouse (Episode: The Bankmouse), Written by Lowell Barrington

• Playhouse 90 (Episode: Requiem for a Heavyweight), Written by Rod Serling
  • Climax! (Episode: The Fox), Written by Dale Wasserman
  • Conflict (Episode: Silent Journey), Written by Dean Riesner, and Roy Huggins
  • Lux Video (Episode: The Sentry), Written by John Gay
  • Studio One in Hollywood (Episode: Portrait of a Citizen), Written by Norman Katkov
  • Studio One in Hollywood (Episode: A Special Announcement), Written by David Aldrich
  • The United States Steel Hour (Episode: A Wind from the South), Written by James Costigan

• Medic (Episode: She Walks in Beauty), Written by Ken Kolb
  • Father Knows Best (Episode: The Great Guy), Written by Roswell Rogers
  • Gunsmoke (Episode: The Big Broad), Teleplay by David Victor, and Herbert Little Jr.; story by John Meston
  • Gunsmoke (Episode: The Guitar), Teleplay by Sam Peckinpah; story by John Meston
  • The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (Episode: The White Buffalo), Written by Douglas Heyes

• The Honeymooners (Episode: The $99,000 Answer), Written by Leonard Stern, and Sydney Zelinka
  • Father Knows Best (Episode: The Spirit of Youth), Written by Dorothy Cooper
  • Private Secretary (Episode: Oh Brother!), Written by Phil Davis
  • Screen Directors Playhouse (Episode: The Carroll Formula), Written by John L. Greene
  • The Red Skelton Hour (Episode: The Cop and the Anthem), Teleplay by Sherwood Schwartz, and Jesse Goldstein

Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett