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{{WGA awards short description|works-year=1997}}
{{Infobox film awards|number=50|award=WGA Awards|date=21 February 1998|organizer=[[Writers Guild of America, East]] and the [[Writers Guild of America, West]]|last=[[49th Writers Guild of America Awards|49th]]|next=[[51st Writers Guild of America Awards|51st]]}}
The '''50th [[Writers Guild of America Award]]s''', given on 21 February 1998, honored the best writers in film and television of 1997.

==Film==
===Best Adapted Screenplay===
'''''[[L.A. Confidential (film)|L.A. Confidential]]'' – [[Curtis Hanson]] and [[Brian Helgeland]]'''
*''[[Donnie Brasco (film)|Donnie Brasco]]'' – [[Paul Attanasio]]
*''[[The Ice Storm (film)|The Ice Storm]]'' – [[James Schamus]]
*''[[Wag the Dog]]'' – [[Hilary Henkin]] and [[David Mamet]]
*''[[The Wings of the Dove (1997 film)|The Wings of the Dove]]'' – [[Hossein Amini]]

===Best Original Screenplay===
'''''[[As Good as It Gets]]'' – [[Mark Andrus]] and [[James L. Brooks]]'''
*''[[Boogie Nights]]'' – [[Paul Thomas Anderson]]
*''[[The Full Monty]]'' – [[Simon Beaufoy]]
*''[[Good Will Hunting]]'' – [[Matt Damon]] and [[Ben Affleck]]
*''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' – [[James Cameron]]

==Television==
===Best Episodic Drama===
''' "Entrapment" - ''[[Law & Order]]'' - Rene Balcer and Richard Sweren'''
*"Whose Appy Now?" - ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' - Neal Baer
*"Deadbeat" - ''[[Law & Order]]'' - Ed Zuckerman and I. C. Rapoport

===Best Episodic Comedy===
''' "[[The Fatigues]]" - ''[[Seinfeld]]'' - Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin'''
*"[[The Puppy Episode]]" - ''[[Ellen (TV series)|Ellen]]'' - Mark Driscoll, Dana Savel, Tracey Newman, Jonathan Stark and Ellen DeGeneres
*"[[The Impossible Dream (Frasier)|The Impossible Dream]]" - ''[[Frasier]]'' - Rob Greenberg
*"[[The Chicken Roaster]]" - ''[[Seinfeld]]'' - Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer
*"[[The Bizarro Jerry]]" - ''[[Seinfeld]]'' - David Mandel
*"Ellen, Or Isn't She?" - ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'' - Judd Apatow, John Markus and Garry Shandling
*"The Book" - ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'' - [[Maya Forbes]]

'''1997 Daytime Serials'''
Winner- 
''[[General Hospital]]'': [[Claire Labine]]; [[Matthew Labine]]; [[Robert Guza, Jr.]]; [[Karen Harris (writer)|Karen Harris]]; [[Michele Val Jean]]; [[Meg Bennett]]; [[Ralph Ellis (writer)|Ralph Ellis]]; [[Mary Ryan (writer)|Mary Ryan]]; [[Jane Atkins]]; [[Stephanie Braxton]]; [[Judith Pinsker]]; [[Lynda Myles (American writer)|Lynda Myles]]; [[Elizabeth Korte]]; [[Patrick Mulcahey]]; [[Lisa Lieberman]]
 
Other Nominees: 
''[[All My Children]]'': [[Agnes Nixon]]; [[Lorraine Broderick]]; [[Hal Corley]]; [[Fredrick Johnson]]; [[N. Gail Lawrence|Gail Lawrence]]; [[Jeff Beldner]]; [[Christina Covino]]; [[Courtney Sherman]]; [[Millee Taggart]]; [[Karen Lewis]]; [[Elizabeth Smith (writer)|Elizabeth Smith]]; [[Michelle Patrick]]; [[Bettina F. Bradbury]]; [[Judith Donato]]; [[Kathleen Klein]]; [[Jane Owen Murphy]]

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160328130331/http://awards.wga.org/wga-awards/previous-nominees-winners WGA - Previous award winners]

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