| Year | Playwright | |
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| 2024 | Surrey Houlker | |
| Marcus Scott | ||
| 2023 | Jesús I. Valles | |
| Kyle McCloskey | ||
| Morris McLennan | ||
| 2022 | Emma P. Horwitz | |
| Sam Mayer | ||
| 2021 | Xandra Nur Clark | |
| Shualee Cook | ||
| Lucas Baisch | ||
| 2020 | Mfoniso Udofia | |
| Ryan Stevens | ||
| 2019 | Jeremy O. Harris | |
| Sam Max | ||
| Charles Gershman | ||
| 2018 | Emilio Rodriguez | |
| Jon Marans | ||
| 2017 | Andrew Rincon | |
| Benjamin Benne | ||
| 2016 | Rae Binstock | |
| Erik Jackson | ||
| 2014-2015 | Mashuq Deen | |
| Ryan Fogarty | ||
| Tom Jacobson | ||
| Benjamin V. Marshall | ||
| 2012-2013 | Frankie Little Hardin | |
| Marc Estes | ||
| 2011 | C. Robert Jones | |
| Chris Phillips | ||
| 2010 | Drew Kalter | |
| Brian Quirk | ||
| Barbara Kahn | ||
| 2009 | Dan Bernitt | |
| Carolyn Gage |
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| 2007 | Eric Bentley |
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| Chris Weikel | ||
| 2006 | Megan Terry |
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| Kathleen Warnock | ||
| 2005 | Michael Kearns |
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| Jorge Ignacio Cortinas |
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| 2004 | Rebecca Ranson | |
| Jane Shepard |
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| 2003 | Rev. Alvin Carmines |
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| H.M. Koutoukas | ||
| 2002 | Sheila Callaghan |
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| Christopher Shinn |
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| 2001 | Maria Irene Fornes |
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| 2000 | Jeff Weiss |
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| 1999 | Madeleine Olnek | |
| 1998 | Chay Yew |
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| 1997 | Paula Vogel |
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| 1996 | Susan Miller |
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| Robert Patrick |
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| 1995 | Victor Lodato | |
| 1994 | Lisa Kron |
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| Doric Wilson |
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