The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Television Writing in Daytime Serials is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the best written television daytime serials since the 25th annual Writers Guild of America Awards in 1973. The winners are indicated in bold.
Winners and nominees 1970s Year Program Writer(s) Network 1972(25th) Love of Life Loring Mandel, Nancy Ford, Louis Ringwald, Mac McClelland CBS The Secret Storm Gabrielle Upton, Joe Fifield CBS Where the Heart Is Claire Wood Labine, Paul Avila Mayer, Charles J. Dizenzo, Patricia E. Dizenzo 1973(26th) Search for Tomorrow Ralph Ellis & Eugenie Hunt, Bib Wein, Jane Chambers CBS Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Ann Marcus, Ken Hartman, Jerry Adelman CBS Love of Life Claire Wood Labine, Paul Avila Mayer 1974(27th) Search for Tomorrow Ann Marcus, Joyce Perry, Pamela Wylie, Ray Goldstone CBS Days of Our Lives William J. Bell, Patricia F. Smith, William Rega, Margaret Stewart NBC Love of Life Claire Wood Labine, Paul Avila Mayer, Nancy Ford, Clarice Blackburn CBS 1975(28th) Ryan's Hope Claire Wood Labine, Paul Avila Mayer, Mary Ryan Munisteri, Allan Leicht ABC Days of Our Lives Patricia F. Smith, William J. Bell, William Rega, Margaret Stewart, Kay Lenard, Sheri Anderson NBC The Edge of Night Henry Slesar CBS 1976(29th) Ryan's Hope Claire Wood Labine, Paul Avila Mayer, Mary Ryan Munisteri, Jeffrey Lane ABC Days of Our Lives William J. Bell, Patricia Falken Smith, Bill Rega, Margaret Stewart and Kay Lenard NBC The Edge of Night Henry Slesar 1977(30th) Ryan's Hope Claire Wood Labine, Paul Avila Mayer, Mary Ryan Munisteri ABC Days of Our Lives Patricia F. Smith, William J. Bell, William Rega, Margaret Stewart, Kay Lenard NBC Love of Life Gabrielle Upton CBS 1978(31st) Ryan's Hope Claire Wood Labine, Jeffrey Lane, Paul Avila Mayer, Mary Ryan Munisteri, Judith Pinsker ABC Love of Life Gabrielle Upton CBS One Life to Live Lanie Bertram, Margaret DePriest, Marisa Gioffre, Sam Hall, Peggy O'Shea, Gordon Russell, Don Wallace ABC 1979(32nd) Guiding Light Jerome Dobson, Bridget Dobson, Charles J. Dizenzo, Patricia E. Dizenzo, Robert White, Phyllis White, Robert Soderberg, Jean Rouverol CBS Days of Our Lives Ann Marcus, Joyce Perry, Ray Goldstone, Laura Olsher, Rocci Chatfield, Michael Robert David NBC Ryan's Hope Claire Wood Labine, Paul Avila Mayer, Mary Ryan Munisteri, Judith Pinsker, Jeffrey Lane ABC
1980s Year Program Writer(s) Network 1980(33rd) Ryan's Hope Claire Wood Labine, Paul Avila Mayer, Mary Ryan Munisteri, Jeffrey Lane ABC The Doctors Eugenie Hunt, A. M. Barlow, Heather Matthews, Kate Brooks, Ralph Ellis, Eugenie Hunt NBC Texas John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington, Ralph Adamo, Carole Berlin, Harry Boehm, Elizabeth Boehm, Patrick Mulcahey, John Saffron 1981(34th) Ryan's Hope Claire Wood Labine, Paul Avila Mayer, Mary Ryan Munisteri, Jeffrey Lane ABC The Doctors Dennis Brite, Elizabeth Levin NBC Texas John W. Corrington, Joyce Corrington, Ralph Adamo, Harry Boehm, Elizabeth Boehm, Carole Berlin, Patrick Mulcahey 1982(35th) Ryan's Hope Claire Wood Labine, Mary Ryan Munisteri, Eugene Price, Barbara Perlman, Rory Metcalf ABC The Edge of Night Henry Slesar ABC 1983(36th) Ryan's Hope Claire Wood Labine, Paul Avila Mayer, Mary Ryan Munisteri, Nancy Ford ABC Capitol Peggy O'Shea, Craig Carlson, Granville Burgess, Richard Camp, Peggy Sloane, John Sedlak, Steve Hayes, John Williams Corrington, Joyce Corrington, Shirley Hartman, Steve Hayes, Susan Goldberg, David Bennett Carren, Carly Mary Cady, Stephen Karpf, Elinor Karpf CBS 1984(37th) Search for Tomorrow Gary Tomlin, Jeanne Glynn, Courtney Simon, Robin Amos, Norman Borisoff, Louisa Burns-Bisogno, Judy Lewis, Juliet Law Packer, Jule Selbo, Diane Silver, Noreen Stone, Emily Squires, Leslie Thomas, Phyllis White, Robert White, Stephen Wardwell NBC Guiding Light Pamela Long Hammer, Stephanie Braxton, Trent Jones, John Kuntz, Jeff Ryder, Addie Walsh, Robin Amos, Carolyn Culliton, Charles Jay Hammer, Nancy Gail Lawrence, Michelle Poteet Lisanti, Samuel D. Ratcliffe, Pete T. Rich, Emily Squires, Christopher Whitesell CBS 1985(38th) One Life to Live Peggy O'Shea, Sam Hall, S. Michael Schnessel, Lanie Bertram, Ethel Brez, Mel Brez, Barbara Morgenroth, Don Wallace, Peter Swet, Eugenie Hunt ABC Guiding Light Jeff Ryder, Addie Walsh, John Kuntz, Christopher Whitesell, Trent Jones, Megan McTavish, Stephen Demorest, Pete T. Rich & Nancy Gail Lawrence, Emily Squires, Robin Amos, Elaine Potwardowski CBS The Edge of Night Lee Sheldon, David Snell, Marty Ross, Eric Rubinton ABC 1986(39th) Ryan's Hope Thomas King, Millee Taggart, William Burritt, Mardee Kravit, Eleanor Mancusi, Maura Penders, Barbara Perlman, Dorothy Ann Purser, Eric Wiklund, Claire Wood Labine ABC One Life to Live Peggy O'Shea, S. Michael Schnessel, Craig G. Carlson, Lanie Bertram, Ethel M. Brez, Melvin E. Brez, Lloyd Gold, George Lefferts, Peter Swet, Don Wallace ABC 1987(40th) Ryan's Hope Claire Wood Labine, Eleanor Mancusi, William Burritt, Madeline B. David, Steve Lehrman, David Appell ABC Days of Our Lives Sheri Anderson, Leah Laiman, Anne M. Schoettle, Thom Racina, Shelly Moore, Dena Breshears, Richard J. Allen, Linda Campanelli, Maralyn Thoma, Michelle Poteet Lisanti, Peggy Schibi, Penina Spiegel, Ted Kubiak NBC 1988(41st) Ryan's Hope Claire Wood Labine, Eleanor Mancusi, William Burritt, Madeline B. David, David Appell, Rocco Bufano, Matthew Labine ABC Guiding Light Pamela K. Long, Trent Jones, Nancy Curlee, Stephen Demorest, Nancy Williams, Nancy Franklin, Richard E. Culliton, Nancy Gail Lawrence, Pete T. Rich, Melissa Salmons CBS 1989(42nd) Ryan's Hope Claire Wood Labine, Matthew Labine, Eleanor Mancusi, William Burritt, Louise T. Shaffer, Paul Balido ABC As the World Turns Douglas Marland, John Kuntz, Stephanie Braxton, Juliet Law Packer, Meredith Post, Nancy Ford, Penelope Koechl, Richard Backus, Caroline Franz, Patricia E. Dizenzo CBS All My Children Agnes Nixon, Margaret DePriest, Lorraine Broderick, Victor Miller, Peggy Sloane, Megan McTavish, Gillian Spencer, Mary K. Wells, Susan Kirshenbaum, Elizabeth Page, Karen Lewis, Elizabeth Wallace, Kathleen Klein ABC
1990s