Writers Guild of America Awards 1965

18th WGA Awards

March 23, 1966

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Best Written Drama:
The Pawnbroker

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Best Written Musical:
The Sound of Music

The 18th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on 23 March 1966, honored the best film and television writers of 1965.

Winners

Film

• Best Written American Comedy:
  • A Thousand Clowns - Herb Gardner
• Best Written American Drama:
  • The Pawnbroker - Morton S. Fine and David Friedkin
• Best Written American Musical:
  • The Sound of Music - Ernest Lehman

Television

• Outstanding Script for a Television Anthology:
  • "Demon with a Glass Hand" - The Outer Limits - Harlan Ellison