Some winners critical of the Academy Awards have boycotted the ceremonies and refused to accept their Oscars . The first to do so was screenwriter Dudley Nichols ( Best Writing in 1935 for '' The Informer '' ) . Nichols boycotted the 8th Academy Awards ceremony because of conflicts between the Academy and the Writers ' Guild . Nichols eventually accepted the 1935 award three years later , at the 1938 ceremony . Nichols was nominated for three further Academy Awards during his career
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