Writers Guild of America Awards 1948

1st WGA Awards
Presented by the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

The 1st Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1948. Winners were announced in 1949.

Winners

Film

Best written film concerning problems with the American scene

• The Snake Pit, Screenplay by Frank Partos and Millen Brand

Best written Western

• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Screenplay by John Huston

Best written musical

• Easter Parade, Story by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett, Screenplay by Sidney Sheldon & Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett

Best written drama

• The Snake Pit, Screenplay by Frank Partos and Millen Brand

Best written comedy

• Sitting Pretty, Screenplay by F. Hugh Herbert

External links

• WGA.org