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AWARDS & HONORARY POSITIONS - A TIMELINE

WILLIAM LINK Awards, Recognitions and Honorary Positions
1970	EMMY AWARD “MY SWEET CHARLIE” OUTSTANDING WRITING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA NAACP IMAGE AWARD “MY SWEET CHARLIE” OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE
1971	EMMY AWARD "COLUMBO: DEATH LENDS A HAND," NBC-TV MYSTERY MOVIE OUTSTANDING WRITING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
1972	GOLDEN GLOBE, HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS “COLUMBO” BEST TELEVISION SHOW, DRAMA GOLDEN GLOBE, HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS “THAT CERTAIN SUMMER” BEST TELEVISION MOVIE
1973	SILVER NYMPH AWARD, MONTE CARLO INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL “THAT CERTAIN SUMMER” BEST TELEVISION MOVIE THE SCOUT AWARD, America's Television Critics “THAT CERTAIN SUMMER” BEST TELEVISION MOVIE
1974	GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY AWARD “THE EXECUTION OF PRIVATE SLOVIK” MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO BROADCASTING GOLDEN GATE AWARD, SAN FRANCISCO FILM FESTIVAL "THE EXECUTION OF PRIVATE SLOVIK" OUTSTANDING DRAMA
1976 -1977	BOARD OF GOVERNORS, ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
1979	EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD, MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA “COLUMBO” AND “ELLERY QUEEN” TV SERIES SPECIAL EDGAR
1980	EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD, MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA "MURDER BY NATURAL CAUSES" BEST TV FEATURE OR MINISERIES
1981	CHRISTOPHER AWARD “CRISIS AT CENTRAL HIGH" EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD OF TELEVISION
1983	EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD, MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA "REHEARSAL FOR MURDER" BEST TV FEATURE OR MINI SERIES The Media Award from the Alliance of Gay Artists in the Entertainment Industry "TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT"
1984	INDUCTED INTO THE ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES HALL OF FAME
1986	PADDY CHAYEFSKY LAUREL AWARD TELEVISION WRITING ACHIEVEMENT EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD, MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA “GUILTY CONSCIENCE" BEST TV FEATURE OR MINISERIES
1989	ELLERY QUEEN AWARD, MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA OUTSTANDING WRITING TEAMS BOUCHERCON XX - Philadelphia, PA MYSTERY PERFORMANCE AWARD
1991	BOUCHERCON XXI - Pasadena, CA Guest of Honor (Visual Media)
1999	THE PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA HALL OF FAME "THAT CERTAIN SUMMER" A LANDMARK MOVIE FOR TELEVISION. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER WILLIAM LINK
2001	THE MARLOWE AWARD THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER OF THE MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA IN HONOR OF WILLIAM LINK'S MANY AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR GENRE
2002	NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA
2010	AGATHA CHRISTIE POIROT AWARD MALICE DOMESTIC CONTRIBUTION TO THE MYSTERY FIELD

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