2023/24
Winner:
a.k. payne, Furlough's Paradise, Yale School of Drama
Finalists:
Jake Brasch, The Reservoir, The Juilliard School
David Caruso, Save the Whales, etc., Boston University
Rudi Goblen, littleboylittleman, Yale School of Drama
Lia Romeo, The Agency, The Juilliard School
2022/23
Winner:
Stephen Brown, The Many Wondrous Realities of Jasmine Starr-Kidd, The Juilliard School
Finalists:
Adam Ashraf Elsayigh and Arianna Gayle Stucki, Memorial, Brooklyn College
Brittany Fisher, How to Bruise Gracefully, The Juilliard School
Charlie O'Leary, Ridgway, University of Iowa
Jamie Rubenstein, Ruth and Lydia, Hunter College
2021/22
Winner:
Eliana Pipes, Dream Hou$e, Boston University
Finalists:
Alanna Coby, Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, New York University
Carlyn Flint, Net of Worth, University of Southern California
Gloria Majule, Culture Shock, Yale University
Kyle J. McCloskey, Where the Lovelight Gleams, UCLA
2020/21
Winner:
Matthew Libby, Data, NYU Tisch
Finalists:
Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin, Harpers Ferry 2019, Indiana University
Jessica Huang, Mother of Exiles, Juilliard
Keyanna Khatiblou, 2020: a going away party play, Northwestern
Jay Stull, The Singularity Play, Columbia University
2019/20
Winner:
Steph Del Rosso, 53% Of, University of California San Diego
Finalists:
Logan Faust, Unkindness, NYU Tisch
Ava Geyer, Monster, UCSD
Cary J. Simowitz, Djarum Vanilla, UCLA
Inna Tsyrlin, Stitched with a Sickle and a Hammer, Ohio University
2018/19
Winner:
B.J Tindal, Goodnight, Tyler, Northwestern University
Finalists:
Karina Billini, Faded: A Calypso, The New School
Mary Lyon Kamitaki, Southernmost, University of Southern California
Marisela Treviño Orta, Shoe, University of Iowa
Samantha Riley, Happy Hour, NYU Tisch School of the Arts
2017/18
Winner:
Alix Sobler, Sheltered, Columbia University
Finalists:
Korde A. Tuttle, Graveyard Shift, The New School
Leo McGann, The Honey Trap, Boston University
Tori Sampson, Where Butterflies Go in the Winter, Yale School of Drama
Tearrance Chisholm, Anacostia Street Lions, Juilliard
2016/17
Winner:
Jiréh Holder, Too Heavy for Your Pocket, Yale School of Drama
Finalists:
Emily Feldman, Lover in Tableau, University of California San Diego
Lindsey Ferrentino, Moonlight on the Bayou, Yale School of Drama
Ben Fisher, Borealis, University of California San Diego
Mora Harris, Space Girl, Carnegie Mellon
2015/16
Winner:
Eleanor Burgess, Start Down, NYU Dramatic Writing
Finalists:
Will Arbery, Confession, Northwestern University
Hilary Bettis, Ghost of Lote Bravo, The Juilliard School
Nina Braddock, Wishbone, NYU Dramatic Writing
Jen Silverman, All the Roads Home, The Juilliard School
2014/15
Winner:
Tsehaye Gesalyn Hébert, The C.A. Lyons Project, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Finalists:
Kimberly Barrante, An Alien in Inwood, NYU Dramatic Writing
Michael Yates Crowley, Evanston: A Rare Comedy, The Juilliard School
Emily Dendinger, Pocketful of Sand, University of Iowa
Georgette Kelly, Ballast, Hunter College
2013/14
Winner:
Madhuri Shekar, In Love and Warcraft, University of Southern California
Finalists:
Lindsey Ferrentino, Magic Man, Hunter College
Andrew Hinderaker, Colossal, University of Texas at Austin
Jacob Juntunen, In the Shadow of His Language, Ohio University
C. Quintana, Scissoring, Columbia University School of the Arts
2012/13
Winner:
Mike Lew, Bike America, The Juilliard School
Finalists:
Janine Nabers, Annie Bosh is Missing, The Juilliard School
Diana Grisanti, River City, University of Texas at Austin
Peter Floyd, Absence, Boston University
Neeley Gossett, Roman Candle Summer, Hollins University
2011/12
Winner:
Meg Miroshnik, The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, Yale School of Drama
Finalists:
Bob Bartlett, Whales, Catholic University of America
Timothy J. Guillot, We Fight We Die, Catholic University of America
Alexander Maggio, Lost Cause; University of California, Los Angeles
Ben Snyder, Shoe Story, University of Texas at Austin
2010/11
Winner:
David Mitchell Robinson, Carapace, Ohio University
Finalists:
Joe Luis Cedillo, Noche y Mourning, University of Iowa
Will Fancher, The River was Whiskey, Boston University
Shane Sakhrani, The Doctor is Indian, University of Southern California
Martín Zimmerman, White Tie Ball, University of Texas at Austin
2009/10
Winner:
Ismail Khalidi, Tennis in Nablus, NYU-Tisch Dramatic Writing
Finalists:
Dana Lynn Formby, The Small of Her Back, Ohio University
Virginia Grise, blu, California Institute of the Arts
Emily Schwend, Splinters, The Juilliard School
Paul David Young, No One But You, The New School for Drama
2008/09
Winner:
Julia Brownell, Smart Cookie, NYU-Tisch Dramatic Writing
Finalists:
Randall Colburn, Lamp and Moth, Southern Illinois University–Carbondale
Zayd Dohrn, Sick, The Juilliard School
Sarah Gubbins, Fair Use, Northwestern University
Alex Lewin, The Near East; University of California, San Diego
2007/08
Winner:
Tarell Alvin McCraney, In the Red and Brown Water, Yale School of Drama
Finalists:
Merri Biechler, Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver, Ohio University
Bekah Brunstetter, Green, The New School for Drama
Ross Maxwell; Blind, Bleeding, Drugged & Drunk; NYU-Tisch Dramatic Writing
Josh Tobiessen, Election Day; University of California, San Diego
2006/07
Winner:
Darren Canady, False Creeds, NYU-Tisch Dramatic Writing
Finalists:
Elizabeth Brandon, girls, Florida State University
Chris Leyva, Solamente Una Vez, University of Iowa
Carson Kreitzer, Flesh and the Desert, University of Texas at Austin
Ruth McKee, The Nightshade Family; University of California, San Diego
2005/06
Winner:
Ken Lin, said Saïd, Yale School of Drama
Finalists:
Michael L. Cooper and Hyeyoung Kim, Sunfish, NYU Musical Theatre Writing Program
L.A. Kuemmel, The Monongahela House, Carnegie Mellon
Brian Tucker, Sins of the Father, The Juilliard School
William Whitehurst, He Who Outruns Rainstorms, University of Southern California
2004/05
Winner:
Daphne Greaves, Day of the Kings, The Juilliard School
Finalists:
Andrew Barrett, Rainy Days and Mondays, University of Iowa
Marcus Gardley; dance the holy ghost: a play on memory, Yale School of Drama
Megan Gogerty, Love Jerry, University of Texas at Austin
Mat Smart, Hand Foot Arm and Face; University of California, San Diego
