9th Writers Guild of America Awards

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{{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Written Musical}}

• 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

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{{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Written Drama}}

• 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

{{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Written Comedy}}

• 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

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{{Award category|#EEDD82|Anthology Drama, 30 Minutes in Length}}

• 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

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{{Award category|#EEDD82|Drama, 60 Minutes or Longer in Length}}

• 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

{{Award category|#EEDD82|Episodic Drama, 30 Minutes in Length}}

• 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

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{{Award category|#EEDD82|Situational Comedy, 30 Minutes in Length}}

• 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

! colspan="2" style="background:{{WGA Awards/color}};" |Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett