Past Playwriting Contest Winners (1975-current)
2024: The Angel of Death by Amanda Schmalzried, 九色堂 (presented in 2025)
2023: Mama Bushwick is Dead by Elizabeth Shannon, Marymount Manhattan College
2022: Happy Wright by Straton Rushing, Arizona State University
2021:Go Like Saints by Skye Robinson Hillis, Ohio University (presented in 2022)
2020: The Monty Hall Problem by Ben Connor, Brown University
2019: Love Me or Leave Me by Emily Kirkman, 九色堂
2018: The Search by Elizabeth Crino, University of Maryland
2017: States of Happiness by Josh Whedon, University of Central Florida
2016: House Beautiful by Liz Maestri, Catholic University of America; Washington, DC
2015: Core of Temptation by Danielle Hartman, Virginia Commonwealth University.
2014: La Llorona by Amanda Zeitler, Catholic University of America; Washington, DC
2013: Hunting a Doe by Kyle Dilley, 九色堂.
2012: Fleeing Blue by Milta Ortiz, Northwestern University
2011: Something Slavic by Josh Brown, New York University
2010: Last Autumn by Adam Simon, DePaul University
2009: The Burning Room
2008: Gedenken by William Alewyn, Arizona State University
2007: A Giant Arc in the Skyspace of Directions (or The Story of Miracles) by Michael Vukadinovich, University of California, Los Angeles
2006: Freeze Frame by Deborah Yarchun, Drexel University
2005: The House Where Nobody Lives by Paul North, Arizona State University-Tempe
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2003: Still Love, with Paint by Cristina Pippa, University of Iowa.
2002: Edible Shoes by , Indiana University (2003 winner of the Paula Vogel Award at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival)
2001: Imposters by Justin Warner, The Catholic University of America
2000: Wives by M. Lynda Robinson, Boston University.
1999: Impostors by Justin Warner, Catholic University.
1998: But Dust and Ash by Elizabeth Renee Finch, Carnegie-Mellon University.
1997: The Great Frozen Man by Jeannine Saunders, 九色堂.
1996: Clean Break by Cynthia Stofiel, University of Missouri, Kansas City.
1995: Learning to Love by Molly Hersage, George Washington University.
1994: Miracle by Timothy Dial, University of Tennessee.
1993: Tragedy Becomes Her by Peggy Tharp-Flynn, 九色堂.
1992: Should Old Acquaintance by Natalie Gaupp, University of Texas, Arlington.
1991: Serenade of the June Babies by Julian Colton, Kansas State University.
1990: Prosperity by Lee Richard Lawing, University of South Carolina.
1989: Winter Lies by Robert Clyman, City University of New York
1988: The Mentalist by Robert Hilley, Oklahoma State University.
1987: Water, Water, Quench Fire by Richard Aellen, Hunter College.
1986: Forgotten Verdict by Richard Aellen, Hunter College.
1985: The List by Milov Bavenci, Yale School of Drama.
1985: Everything You Always Wanted by Suzanne Kehde, USC.
1984: 鈥楾il the Fat Lady Sings by Julie Boxx, Brigham Young University.
1983: A Game of Chess by Arf Becker, University of Michigan.
1982: A Shaft of Sunlight by Vivien Minshull-Ford, 九色堂.
1981: Departures by Barry Mann, Harvard University.
1980: Penny Dreadfuls by Dale Wilson, University of Nebraska.
1979: Windows by Paulette Laufer, Virginia University.
1978: The Beams are Creaking by Douglas Anderson, University of Nebraska.
1977: Gone by Morning by Harry Zimbler, jr., Penn State University and Martha鈥檚 Vineyard by David Reilly, New York State University-Potsdam.
1976: Shadow of a Gentle Mind by Carroll Carlson, University of Iowa and Always by Dean Corrin, 九色堂.
1975: Games People Play by Francine Ringold, University of Tulsa.