2021–22
Playwriting
1st place: Andrew Vincenzo Lorenzen '22 for "Old Man and Boy"
2nd place: Emily Park '23 for "Waiting for The Dog"
Screenwriting
1st place: Jack Muench '22 for "(Don't) Tell Danny"
2nd place: Phoebe Irene McKinley '22 for "Smile"
Spoken Word/Solo Performance
1st place: Adam Fofana '22 for "A Letter from a Runaway Lover"
2020–21
Playwriting
1st place: Fabia St-Juste for "Prince of Darkness"
2nd place: Quinn Theobald for "The Statue of C. C. Whitley"
Screenwriting
1st place: Jack Muench for "Two Red Lines"
2nd place: Linshuang Wu for "That's What I Am"
Spoken Word/Solo Performance
1st place: Asha Prabhat for "Singing in the Shower"
2nd place: Sara Pistono for "My Mythology"
2019–20
Category added for spoken word/solo performance.
Playwriting
1st place: Quinn Theobald for "Those That Left"
2nd place: Caroline Hinrichs for “Audrey!”
Honorable Mention: Natalie Slaiman for “A Tragedy behind the Gates”
Screenwriting
1st place: Cynthia He for "Take Away"
2nd place: Shannon O’Shea for “Unidentified Flying Objects”
Spoken Word/Solo Performance
1st place: Miya Kuramoto for “Hi my name is [Mee-ya]”
2018–19
Playwriting
1st place: Elle Rothermich for "Unwinding"
2nd place: Rachel Whalen for "How to Spell Permission"
Honorable Mention: Julian Robison for "Sizzle"
Screenwriting
1st place: Lolia Briggs for "Lost & Found"
2nd place: Ryan Delouya for "Costumes"
Honorable Mention: Zhengxi Hou for "In the Wonderland"
2017–18
Film made of the entire 1st-place screenplay.
Playwriting
1st place: Basak Akman for “I Did Something"
2nd place: Gloria Oladipo for “The Forever War”
Screenwriting
1st place: Sarah Nixon for “In the Cold”
2nd place: Madeleine Gray for “The Absence of No”
2016–17
Film made of an excerpt of the 1st-place screenplay for the first time.
Playwriting
1st place: Alesksej Aarsaether for “Diary of an American Girl”
2nd place: Irving Torres for “Linajes Reales”
Screenwriting
1st place: Molly Karr for “Whole Hearted”
2nd place: Clare Dingle for “Child’s Play”
2015–16
Playwriting
1st place: Deborah Pozansky for “Shoebox”
2nd place: Brian Murphy for “A Work of No Man”
Screenwriting (tie for 1st place)
1st place: Kiersten Hosie for “The Mods”
1st place: Emma Sassoon for “In Mourning”
2014–15
Playwriting
1st place: Jessica Evans for “Cheese America”
2nd place: Brian Murphy for “The (Symbolic) Tree”
Screenwriting
1st place: Jacob Wang for “The Blue and White Sea”
2nd place: Scott Chiusano for “Graffiti Gods”
2013–14
Playwriting
1st place: Julia Moser for “Eugene & Elvis”
2nd place: Spencer Whale for “Samsonite”
Screenwriting
1st place: Annie Hayes for “Mate”
2nd place: Daniel J. Barrett for “Not Too Shabby, or: How to Order Coffee at a Café Where You are Undoubtedly the Favorite Customer”
2012–13
Change in contest. Added Screenwriting awards.
Playwriting
1st place: Theodore Wolf
2nd place: Anna Brenner
Screenwriting
1st place: Jacob Thompson
2nd place: Keith Newman
2011–12
1st place: Daniel Bernstein for “Keys”
2010–11
1st place: Daniel Bernstein
2009–10
1st place: Nikka Rosenstein for “An Apocalypse”
Runner up: Ryan Stanisz
2008–09
1st place: Will Wiseheart for “A Kingdom of Salt”
2007–08
1st place: Amanda Idoko for “Punching Glass”
2006–07
1st place: Jonah Eisenstock for “The Anniversary”
2005–06
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2004–05
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2003–04
1st place: Venkatesh Thattai for “All in a Name”
2002–03
1st place: Patrick Reynolds for “Reef”
2001–02
1st place: Ashleigh Nankivell for “2%”
2000–01
1st place: Daniel Antoniazzi for “The End of the World”
2nd place: Lauren Feldman for “Over Isaac”
Honorable mention: Rebecca Devaney for “Glimpses”
1999–2000
1st place: Andrew Perlmutter for “Monkey Shines”
1998–99
1st place: Harvey Young for “P.M. Dreamscape”
1997–98
1st place: David Snodgrass for “Ingulf”
2nd place: Michael Wallach for “Mariba”