8th Writers Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for writing of 1955

8th WGA Awards
Date	1956
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
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The 8th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1955. Winners were announced in 1956.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Written Musical

Best Written Drama

Marty, Written by Paddy Chayefsky
- Bad Day at Black Rock, Screenplay by Millard Kaufman; based on a story by Howard Breslin
- Blackboard Jungle, Screenplay by Richard Brooks; based on the novel by Evan Hunter
- East of Eden, Screenplay by Paul Osborn; based on the novel by John Steinbeck
- Picnic, Screenplay by Daniel Taradash; based on the play by William Inge

Best Written Comedy

Mister Roberts, Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent, and Joshua Logan; based on the play by Thomas Heggen, and Joshua Logan from the novel by Thomas Heggen
- Phffft, Written by George Axelrod
- The Seven Year Itch, Screenplay by Billy Wilder, and George Axelroad; based on the play by George Axelroad
- The Tender Trap, Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein; based on the play by Max Shulman, and Robert Paul Smith
- To Catch a Thief, Screenplay by John Michael Hayes; based on the novel by David Dodge

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein

"Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
"Writers Guild of America, USA (1956)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-16.

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Film Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Documentary Screenplay
Television/ New Media Awards	Animation Comedy Series Comedy/Variety Talk Series Comedy/Variety Specials Comedy/Variety Sketch Series Daytime Serials Drama Series Episodic Comedy Episodic Drama Long Form – Adapted Long Form – Original Short Form New Media New Series Children's Script Documentary Script – Current Events Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events
Special Awards	Paul Selvin Award Valentine Davies Award Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement Evelyn F. Burkey Award
Former Awards	Musical Western American Scene Drama Comedy
Ceremonies	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year