For a Master American Dramatist:
1998 Arthur Miller
1999 Edward Albee
2000 Horton Foote
2001 Richard Foreman
2002 Maria Irene Fornes
2003 John Guare
2004 Lanford Wilson
2005 Wallace Shawn
2006 Adrienne Kennedy
2007 A. R. Gurney
2008 Richard Nelson
2009 Sam Shepard
2010 David Mamet
2011 David Henry Hwang
2012 Christopher Durang
2013 Larry Kramer
2014 David Rabe
2015 Tina Howe
2016 Lynn Nottage
2017 Suzan-Lori Parks
2018 Luis Alfaro
For an American Playwright in Mid-Career:
1998 Richard Greenberg
1999 Paula Vogel
2000 Suzan-Lori Parks
2001 Charles Mee, Jr.
2002 Tony Kushner
2003 Craig Lucas
2004 Lynn Nottage
2005 Dael Orlandersmith
2006 Stephen Adly Guirgis
2007 Naomi Iizuka
2008 Sarah Ruhl
2009 Nilo Cruz
2010 Theresa Rebeck
2011 Marcus Gardley
2012 Will Eno and Adam Rapp
2013 Kirsten Greenidge
2014 Donald Marguiles
2015 Anne Washburn
2016 Young Jean Lee
2017 Tarell Alvin McCraney
2018 Sibyl Kempson
For an Emerging American Playwright:
(This award was offered for the first time in 2014.)
2014 Laura Marks
2015 Jennifer Blackmer
2016 Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
2017 Thomas Bradshaw
2018 Mike Lew