‘HANNAH’ NAMED BEST SCREENPLAY BY GUILD

Woody Allen’s screenplay for “Hannah and Her Sisters” was named best original screenplay of 1986 by the Writers Guild of America, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s “A Room With a View,” based on a novel by E. M. Forster, was selected as the best among adaptations in bicoastal ceremonies Thursday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles and the Saint, a club in New York.

Allen, a previous WGA winner for “Annie Hall” and “Broadway Danny Rose,” was also presented--in absentia--with a special award for his career screenwriting achievements.

The awards would appear to single out Allen and Jhabvala as favorites to win Oscars in those same categories during Monday night’s Academy Award ceremonies.

Other WGA winners for 1986:

Best Original Long-Form Television Screenplay: (tie) Mel Frohman, “The Execution of Raymond Graham,” an ABC-TV movie, and Mary Gallagher and Ara Watson, “Nobody’s Child,” a CBS-TV movie.

Best Adapted Long-Form Screenplay: Edward Anhalt, “Peter the Great, Part I,” based on the book by Robert K. Massie, for NBC-TV miniseries.

Best Anthology Episode: Harlan Ellison, “Paladin of the Lost Hour” for CBS-TV’s “The Twilight Zone.”

Best Variety/Musical/ Award/Tribute/Special Event: (tie) Hal Goldman, “Kraft Salutes George Burns’ 90th Birthday,” a CBS-TV special, and Buz Kohan, “Liberty Weekend--Opening Ceremonies,” an ABC-TV special.

Best Episodic Drama: (tie) Debra Frank and Carl Sautter, “The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice” for ABC-TV’s “Moonlighting,” and John Masius, Bruce Paltrow and Tom Fontana, “Remembrance of Things Past” for NBC-TV’s “St. Elsewhere.”

Best Episodic Comedy: Bob Randall, “Allie’s Affair” for CBS-TV’s “Kate & Allie.”

Best Children’s Script: Nancy Audley, “Maricela,” based on story by Christine Burrell and Richard Soto for PBS.

Best TV Documentary/Current Events: Ruth Streeter and Perry Wolff, “The Vanishing Family--Crisis in Black America” for CBS-TV’s “CBS Reports.”

Best TV Documentary/Non-Current: Howard Enders, “The Lady Next Door” for CBS-TV.

Best TV Spot News: Isabel Nagy, “Libya” for KCBS-TV.

Best Daytime TV Series: Tom King, Millie Taggart, William Burritt, Mardee Kravit, Eleanor Mancusi, Maura Penders, Barbara Perlman, Dorothy Purser, Eric Wiklund and Claire Labine, “Ryan’s Hope” for ABC-TV.

Best Radio Documentary: Norman Morris, Frank Devine, Cathy Lewis and Charles Reeves, “Exploring America 1986: Pockets of the Past” for CBS.

Best Radio Spot News: Stu Chamberlain, “Paul Harvey News” for ABC.