SCREEN

BEST SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN

AMERICAN BEAUTY, DreamWorks Pictures, Written by Alan Ball

BEST SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED

ELECTION, Paramount Pictures, Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, based on the novel by Tom Perrotta

TELEVISION

ORIGINAL LONG FORM

DASH AND LILLY, A&E Network and Granada Entertainment, A&E, Written by Jerry Ludwig

ADAPTED LONG FORM

THE CONFESSION, El Dorado Pictures and Phoenician Films, Cinemax, Screenplay by David Black, based on the novel Fertig by Sol Yurick

EPISODIC DRAMA

MEADOWLANDS (THE SOPRANOS), HBO Films, HBO, Written by Jason Cahill

EPISODIC COMEDY

MERRY CHRISTMAS, MRS. MOSKOWITZ (FRASIER), Network Television Division, Paramount Pictures, NBC, Written by Jay Kogen

COMEDY/VARIETY -- MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES -- SPECIALS -- ANY LENGTH

THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, Kennedy Center Television, CBS, Written by Bob Shrum and George Stevens, Jr., film sequences written by Sara Lukinson

COMEDY/VARIETY -- (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES

LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN, NBC, Written by Jonathan Groff, Jon Glaser, Conan O’Brien, Andy Richter, Mike Sweeney, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Brian Stack, Chris Albers, Brian McCann, Ellen Barancik, Janine Di Tullio, Andy Blitz, Tommy Blacha, Brian Reich, Vernon Chatman and Roy Jenkins

DAYTIME SERIALS

DAYS OF OUR LIVES, NBC, Written by Sally Sussman Morina, Dena Higley, Marlene Clark Poulter, Dorothy Ann Purser, Victor Gialanella, Meredith Post, Peter Brash, Peggy Schibi, Fran Myers, Maralyn Thoma, Joyce Rosenblad, Bruce Neckels and Sofia Landon Geier

CHILDREN'S SCRIPT

SEA PEOPLE, Temple Street Productions, Ltd., Showtime, Written by Wendy Biller & Christopher Hawthorne

DOCUMENTARY CURRENT EVENTS

GIVE WAR A CHANCE (FRONTLINE), Kirk Documentary Group, PBS, Written by Michael Kirk & Peter J. Boyer

DOCUMENTARY -- OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS

HOOVER DAM (THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE), WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS, Written by Stephen Stept

NEWS -- REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT

20/20 WEDNESDAY, ABC, Written by Lori A. Bores

NEWS -- ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY

A SPECIAL DELIVERY (20/20), ABC, Written by Lori A. Bores

RADIO

RADIO DOCUMENTARY

THE DRUG SCORE, ABC News Radio, Written by Julia Kathan

NEWS -- REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT

WORLD NEWS THIS WEEK, ABC News Radio, Written by Ruth Stein Davis

NEWS -- ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY

THE LAST POLKA IN CLEVELAND (PERSPECTIVE), ABC News Radio, Written by Mike Silverstein

ON-AIR PROMOTION

NBC PROMOTIONS, NBC, Written by Christian McLaughlin

GRAPHIC ART

CBS NEWS TIME 100, CBS, Written by Beth Leudesdorf & John Haubrich