2025/26

Winner

Beth Hyland, Fires, Ohio, University of California, San Diego 

Finalists

Ida Cutler, Moe is a Dick, Yale School of Drama 
Ally Merkel, Mira & Dill, NYU
Alex Lin, Barren, The Juilliard School 
Xiaoyan Kang, The Words of Ants, University of Iowa

 

2024/25

Winner

Milo Cramer, Business Ideas, University of California, San Diego 

Finalists

Nurit Chinn, I Love Strangers, Brooklyn College 
Stefani Kuo, Final Boarding Call, Yale University, David Geffen School of Drama 
Yilong Liu, We Borrowed Brokenness, The Juilliard School 
Madison Wetzell, The Lost Ballad of Our Mechanical Ancestors, Brooklyn College

 

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