Award ceremony for writing of 1997
The 50th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on 21 February 1998, honored the best writers in film and television of 1997.
Film.
Best Adapted Screenplay.
"L.A. Confidential" – Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
Best Original Screenplay.
"As Good as It Gets" – Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks
Television.
Best Episodic Drama.
 "Entrapment" - "Law &amp; Order" - Rene Balcer and Richard Sweren
Best Episodic Comedy.
 "The Fatigues" - "Seinfeld" - Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin
1997 Daytime Serials
Winner- 
"General Hospital": Claire Labine; Matthew Labine; Robert Guza, Jr.; Karen Harris; Michele Val Jean; Meg Bennett; Ralph Ellis; Mary Ryan; Jane Atkins; Stephanie Braxton; Judith Pinsker; Lynda Myles; Elizabeth Korte; Patrick Mulcahey; Lisa Lieberman
Other Nominees: 
"All My Children": Agnes Nixon; Lorraine Broderick; Hal Corley; Fredrick Johnson; Gail Lawrence; Jeff Beldner; Christina Covino; Courtney Sherman; Millee Taggart; Karen Lewis; Elizabeth Smith; Michelle Patrick; Bettina F. Bradbury; Judith Donato; Kathleen Klein; Jane Owen Murphy