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 Donnie Brasco – Paul Attanasio The Ice Storm – James Schamus Wag the Dog – Hilary Henkin and David Mamet The Wings of the Dove – Hossein Amini Best Original Screenplay As Good as It Gets – Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks Boogie Nights – Paul Thomas Anderson The Full Monty – Simon Beaufoy Good Will Hunting – Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Titanic – James Cameron Television Best Episodic Drama "Entrapment" - Law & Order - Rene Balcer and Richard Sweren "Whose Appy Now?" - ER - Neal Baer "Deadbeat" - Law & Order - Ed Zuckerman and I. C. Rapoport Best Episodic Comedy "The Fatigues" - Seinfeld - Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin "The Puppy Episode" - Ellen - Mark Driscoll, Dana Savel, Tracey Newman, Jonathan Stark and Ellen DeGeneres "The Impossible Dream" - Frasier - Rob Greenberg "The Chicken Roaster" - Seinfeld - Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer "The Bizarro Jerry" - Seinfeld - David Mandel "Ellen, Or Isn't She?" - The Larry Sanders Show - Judd Apatow, John Markus and Garry Shandling "The Book" - The Larry Sanders Show - Maya Forbes 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 References WGA - Previous award winners 1997 1997 film awards Writ 1997 in American cinema 1997 in American television February 1998 events in the United States