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