Discover Screenwriting Award

The Discover Screenwriting Award honors writers who had his or her screenplay produced into a feature film or movie for television. The American Screenwriters Association presents these annual award.

Winners and nominees

 * 2001: Milo Addica – Monster's Ball
 * Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Roger S. H. Schulman, and Joe Stillman – Shrek
 * Julian Fellowes – Gosford Park
 * Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant – Amélie
 * Christopher Nolan – Memento


 * 2002: Nia Vardalos – My Big Fat Greek Wedding
 * David Hare – The Hours
 * Ronald Harwood – The Pianist
 * Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, and Paul Weitz – About a Boy
 * Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – About Schmidt


 * 2003: Antwone Fisher – Antwone Fisher
 * Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation
 * Richard Curtis – Love Actually
 * Brian Helgeland – Mystic River
 * Bob Peterson, David Reynolds, and Andrew Stanton, – Finding Nemo


 * 2004: Paul Haggis – Million Dollar Baby
 * Terry George and Keir Pearson – Hotel Rwanda
 * David Magee – Finding Neverland
 * Patrick Marber – Closer
 * José Rivera – The Motorcycle Diaries


 * 2005: Dan Futterman – Capote
 * George Clooney and Grant Heslov – Good Night, and Good Luck
 * Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know
 * Angus MacLachlan – Junebug
 * Josh Olson – A History of Violence


 * 2006: Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine
 * Russell Gewirtz – Inside Man
 * Paul Greengrass – United 93
 * Peter Morgan – The Queen
 * Jason Reitman – Thank You for Smoking


 * 2007: Adrienne Shelly – Waitress
 * Steven Conrad – The Pursuit of Happyness
 * Pierce Gardner and Peter Hedges – Dan in Real Life
 * Daniel Giat – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
 * Nancy Oliver – Lars and the Real Girl