Many of our past Scripter Awards are viewable online through the USC Libraries YouTube channel. For a list of all the nominees in past years visit our Wikipedia page. Past Winners Scripter 34 \ Film \ The Lost Daughter \ 2021Elena Ferrante, authorMaggie Gyllenhaal, screenwriter Scripter 34 \ Episodic Series \ Dopesick \ 2021Beth Macy, authorDanny Strong, screenwriter Scripter 34 \ Literary Achievement AwardBarry Jenkins Scripter 33 \ Film \ Nomadland \ 2020Jessica Bruder, authorChloé Zhao, screenwriter Scripter 33 \ Episodic Series \ The Queen's Gambit \ 2020Walter Tevis, authorScott Frank, screenwriter Scripter 33 \ Ex Libris AwardGreg Lucas Scripter 32 \ Film \ Little Women \ 2019Louisa May Alcott, authorGreta Gerwig, screenwriter Scripter 32 \ TV \ Fleabag \ 2019Phoebe Waller-Bridge, author and screenwriter Scripter 32 \ Literary Achievement AwardSusan Orlean Scripter 32 \ Ex Libris AwardGlenn Sonnenberg Scripter 31 \ Film \ Leave No Trace \ 2018Peter Rock, authorDebra Granik and Anne Rosellini, screenwriters Scripter 31 \ TV \ A Very English Scandal \ 2018John Preston, authorRussell T Davies, screenwriter Scripter 31 \ Ex Libris AwardGeorge E. Isaacs Scripter 30 \ Film \ Call Me by Your Name \ 2017André Aciman, authorJames Ivory, screenwriter Scripter 30 \ TV \ The Handmaid’s Tale \ 2017Margaret Atwood, authorBruce Miller, screenwriter Scripter 30 \ Literary Achievement AwardFrancis Ford Coppola Scripter 30 \ Ex Libris AwardValerie and Ronald Sugar Scripter 29 \ Film \ Moonlight \ 2016Tarell Alvin McCraney, authorBarry Jenkins, screenwriter Scripter 29 \ TV \ (tie) The Night Manager & The People v. O.J. Simpson \ 2016John le Carré, authorDavid Farr, screenwriter & Jeffrey Toobin, authorScott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, screenwriters Scripter 29 \ Ex Libris AwardKathleen McCarthy Kostlan Scripter 28 \ Film \ The Big Short \ 2015Michael Lewis, authorAdam McKay and Charles Randolph, screenwriters Scripter 28 \ TV \ Show Me a Hero \ 2015Lisa Belkin, authorWilliam F. Zorzi and David Simon, screenwriters Scripter 27 \ The Imitation Game \ 2014Andrew Hodges, authorGraham Moore, screenwriter Scripter 27 \ Literary Achievement AwardWalter Mosley Scripter 27 \ Ex Libris AwardDr. Elaine Leventhal Scripter 26 \ 12 Years a Slave \ 2013 Solomon Northup, authorJohn Ridley, screenwriter Scripter 26 \ Literary Achievement Award Robert Towne Scripter 25 \ Argo \ 2012 Joshuah Bearman and Antonio J. Mendez, authorsChris Terrio, screenwriter Scripter 25 \ Literary Achievement Award Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry Scripter 24 \ The Descendants \ 2011 Kaui Hart Hemmings, authorAlexander Payne, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, screenwriters Scripter 24 \ Literary Achievement Award Paul Haggis Scripter 23 \ The Social Network \ 2010 Ben Mezrich, authorAaron Sorkin, screenwriter Scripter 23 \ Literary Achievement Award Dennis Lehane Scripter 22 \ Up in the Air \ 2009 Walter Kirn, authorJason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, screenwriters Scripter 22 \ Literary Achievement Award Eric Roth Scripter 21 \ Slumdog Millionaire \ 2008 Vikas Swarup, authorSimon Beaufoy, screenwriters Scripter 21 \ Literary Achievement Award Michael Chabon Scripter 20 \ No Country for Old Men \ 2007 Cormac McCarthy, authorJoel Coen, Ethan Coen, screenwriters Scripter 20 \ Literary Achievement Award Steven Zaillian Scripter 19 \ Children of Men \ 2006 P.D. James, authorAlfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby, screenwriters Scripter 18 \ Capote \ 2005 Gerald Clarke, authorDan Futterman, screenwriter Scripter 17 \ Million Dollar Baby \ 2004 F.X. Toole, authorPaul Haggis, screenwriter Scripter 16 \ Mystic River and Seabiscuit \ 2003Dennis Lehane, author; Laura Hillenbrand, authorBrian Helgeland, screenwriter; Gary Ross, screenwriter Scripter 15 \ The Hours \ 2002Michael Cunningham, authorDavid Hare, screenwriter Scripter 14 \ A Beautiful Mind \ 2001Sylvia Nasar, authorAkiva Goldsman, screenwriter Scripter 13 \ Wonder Boys \ 2000 Michael Chabon, authorSteve Kloves, screenwriter Scripter 12 \ The Hurricane \ 1999 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton, authorsArmyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon, screenwriters Scripter 11 \ A Civil Action \ 1998 Jonathan Harr, authorSteven Zaillian, screenwriter Scripter 10 \ L.A. Confidential \ 1997 James Ellroy, authorBrian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson, screenwriters Scripter 09 \ The English Patient \ 1996Michael Ondaatje, authorAnthony Minghella, screenwriter Scripter 08 \ Sense and Sensibility \ 1995Jane Austen, authorEmma Thompson, screenwriter Scripter 07 \ The Shawshank Redemption \ 1994 Stephen King, authorFrank Darabont, screenwriter Scripter 06 \ Schindler's List \ 1993 Thomas Keneally, authorSteven Zaillian, screenwriter Scripter 05 \ A River Runs Through It \ 1992 Norman Maclean, authorRichard Friedenberg, screenwriter Scripter 04 \ Fried Green Tomatoes \ 1991 Fannie Flagg, authorFannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski, screenwriters Scripter 03 \ Awakenings \ 1990Oliver Sacks, authorSteven Zaillian, screenwriter Scripter 02 \ The Accidental Tourist \ 1989Anne Tyler, authorFrank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriters Scripter 01 \ 84 Charing Cross Road \ 1988 Helene Hanff, authorHugh Whitemore, screenwriter