Black Reel Award for Outstanding Screenplay, Adapted or Original

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Screenplay, Adapted or Original. Geoffrey Fletcher and John Ridley are the only Black Reel Award Screenwriting winners to win Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Multiple wins

 * 2 Wins
 * Gregory Allen Howard
 * Jordan Peele

Multiple nominations

 * 6 Nominations
 * Spike Lee


 * 5 Nominations
 * Tyler Perry


 * 4 Nominations
 * Jordan Peele
 * John Ridley


 * 3 Nominations
 * Ryan Coogler
 * Michael Elliot
 * Steve McQueen
 * Gina Prince-Bythewood


 * 2 Nominations
 * Mark Brown
 * Ava DuVernay
 * Rick Famuyiwa
 * Gregory Allen Howard
 * Elizabeth Hunter
 * Barry Jenkins
 * Malcolm D. Lee
 * James McBride
 * Kemp Powers
 * Dee Rees
 * Chris Rock
 * Don D. Scott
 * Kevin Willmott