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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.

• 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

• DISCOVER SCREENWRITING AWARD