| Year | Playwright |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Ida Cuttler |
| Alexa Derman | |
| 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 | |
| 2007 | Eric Bentley |
| Chris Weikel | |
| 2006 | Megan Terry |
| Kathleen Warnock | |
| 2005 | Michael Kearns |
| Jorge Ignacio Cortinas | |
| 2004 | Rebecca Ranson |
| Jane Shepard | |
| 2003 | Rev. Alvin Carmines |
| H.M. Koutoukas | |
| 2002 | Sheila Callaghan |
| Christopher Shinn | |
| 2001 | Maria Irene Fornes |
| 2000 | Jeff Weiss |
| 1999 | Madeleine Olnek |
| 1998 | Chay Yew |
| 1997 | Paula Vogel |
| 1996 | Susan Miller |
| Robert Patrick | |
| 1995 | Victor Lodato |
| 1994 | Lisa Kron |
| Doric Wilson |
