15th Writers Guild of America Awards

The 15th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1962. Winners were announced in 1963.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

*Billy Budd, Screenplay by Peter Ustinov and DeWitt Bodeen; Based on the novel by Herman Melville, and the play by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman

*Birdman of Alcatraz, Screenplay by Guy Trosper; Based on the book by Thomas E. Gaddis

*The Miracle Worker, Screenplay by William Gibson; Based on his play

That Touch of Mink, Written by Nate Monaster and Stanley Shapiro

*Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson; Based on the novel "Mr. Hobbs' Vacation" by Edward Streeter

*The Notorious Landlady, Screenplay by Blake Edwards and Larry Gelbart; Based on the story "The Notorious Tenant" by Margery Sharp

*Period of Adjustment, Screenplay by Isobel Lennart; Based on the play by Tennessee Williams

*The Pigeon That Took Rome, Screenplay by Melville Shavelson; Based on the novel by Donald Downes