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 \ 2021 Elena Ferrante, author Maggie Gyllenhaal, screenwriter Scripter 34 \ Episodic Series \ Dopesick \ 2021 Beth Macy, author Danny Strong, screenwriter Scripter 34 \ Literary Achievement Award Barry Jenkins Scripter 33 \ Film \ Nomadland \ 2020 Jessica Bruder, author Chloé Zhao, screenwriter Scripter 33 \ Episodic Series \ The Queen's Gambit \ 2020 Walter Tevis, author Scott Frank, screenwriter Scripter 33 \ Ex Libris Award Greg Lucas Scripter 32 \ Film \ Little Women \ 2019 Louisa May Alcott, author Greta Gerwig, screenwriter Scripter 32 \ TV \ Fleabag \ 2019 Phoebe Waller-Bridge, author and screenwriter Scripter 32 \ Literary Achievement Award Susan Orlean Scripter 32 \ Ex Libris Award Glenn Sonnenberg Scripter 31 \ Film \ Leave No Trace \ 2018 Peter Rock, author Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, screenwriters Scripter 31 \ TV \ A Very English Scandal \ 2018 John Preston, author Russell T Davies, screenwriter Scripter 31 \ Ex Libris Award George E. Isaacs Scripter 30 \ Film \ Call Me by Your Name \ 2017 André Aciman, author James Ivory, screenwriter Scripter 30 \ TV \ The Handmaid’s Tale \ 2017 Margaret Atwood, author Bruce Miller, screenwriter Scripter 30 \ Literary Achievement Award Francis Ford Coppola Scripter 30 \ Ex Libris Award Valerie and Ronald Sugar Scripter 29 \ Film \ Moonlight \ 2016 Tarell Alvin McCraney, author Barry Jenkins, screenwriter Scripter 29 \ TV \ (tie) The Night Manager & The People v. O.J. Simpson \ 2016 John le Carré, author David Farr, screenwriter & Jeffrey Toobin, author Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, screenwriters Scripter 29 \ Ex Libris Award Kathleen McCarthy Kostlan Scripter 28 \ Film \ The Big Short \ 2015 Michael Lewis, author Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, screenwriters Scripter 28 \ TV \ Show Me a Hero \ 2015 Lisa Belkin, author William F. Zorzi and David Simon, screenwriters Scripter 27 \ The Imitation Game \ 2014 Andrew Hodges, author Graham Moore, screenwriter Scripter 27 \ Literary Achievement Award Walter Mosley Scripter 27 \ Ex Libris Award Dr. Elaine Leventhal Scripter 26 \ 12 Years a Slave \ 2013 Solomon Northup, author John Ridley, screenwriter Scripter 26 \ Literary Achievement Award Robert Towne Scripter 25 \ Argo \ 2012 Joshuah Bearman and Antonio J. Mendez, authors Chris Terrio, screenwriter Scripter 25 \ Literary Achievement Award Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry Scripter 24 \ The Descendants \ 2011 Kaui Hart Hemmings, author Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, screenwriters Scripter 24 \ Literary Achievement Award Paul Haggis Scripter 23 \ The Social Network \ 2010 Ben Mezrich, author Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter Scripter 23 \ Literary Achievement Award Dennis Lehane Scripter 22 \ Up in the Air \ 2009 Walter Kirn, author Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, screenwriters Scripter 22 \ Literary Achievement Award Eric Roth Scripter 21 \ Slumdog Millionaire \ 2008 Vikas Swarup, author Simon Beaufoy, screenwriters Scripter 21 \ Literary Achievement Award Michael Chabon Scripter 20 \ No Country for Old Men \ 2007 Cormac McCarthy, author Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, screenwriters Scripter 20 \ Literary Achievement Award Steven Zaillian Scripter 19 \ Children of Men \ 2006 P.D. James, author Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby, screenwriters Scripter 18 \ Capote \ 2005 Gerald Clarke, author Dan Futterman, screenwriter Scripter 17 \ Million Dollar Baby \ 2004 F.X. Toole, author Paul Haggis, screenwriter Scripter 16 \ Mystic River and Seabiscuit \ 2003 Dennis Lehane, author; Laura Hillenbrand, author Brian Helgeland, screenwriter; Gary Ross, screenwriter Scripter 15 \ The Hours \ 2002 Michael Cunningham, author David Hare, screenwriter Scripter 14 \ A Beautiful Mind \ 2001 Sylvia Nasar, author Akiva Goldsman, screenwriter Scripter 13 \ Wonder Boys \ 2000 Michael Chabon, author Steve Kloves, screenwriter Scripter 12 \ The Hurricane \ 1999 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton, authors Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon, screenwriters Scripter 11 \ A Civil Action \ 1998 Jonathan Harr, author Steven Zaillian, screenwriter Scripter 10 \ L.A. Confidential \ 1997 James Ellroy, author Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson, screenwriters Scripter 09 \ The English Patient \ 1996 Michael Ondaatje, author Anthony Minghella, screenwriter Scripter 08 \ Sense and Sensibility \ 1995 Jane Austen, author Emma Thompson, screenwriter Scripter 07 \ The Shawshank Redemption \ 1994 Stephen King, author Frank Darabont, screenwriter Scripter 06 \ Schindler's List \ 1993 Thomas Keneally, author Steven Zaillian, screenwriter Scripter 05 \ A River Runs Through It \ 1992 Norman Maclean, author Richard Friedenberg, screenwriter Scripter 04 \ Fried Green Tomatoes \ 1991 Fannie Flagg, author Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski, screenwriters Scripter 03 \ Awakenings \ 1990 Oliver Sacks, author Steven Zaillian, screenwriter Scripter 02 \ The Accidental Tourist \ 1989 Anne Tyler, author Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriters Scripter 01 \ 84 Charing Cross Road \ 1988 Helene Hanff, author Hugh Whitemore, screenwriter