Ian McClellan Hunter Award
- 2013: David Koepp
- 2012: Claire Labine
- 2011: Frank Gilroy
- 2010: Alan Zweibel
- 2009: John Patrick Shanley
- 2008: Not Awarded
- 2007: Andrew Bergman
- 2006: Marshall Brickman
- 2005: John Sayles
- 2004: Jules Feiffer
- 2003: Nora Ephron
- 2002: Donald E. Westlake
- 2001: Evan Hunter
- 2000: Herb Gardner
- 1999: Horton Foote
- 1998: William Persky
- 1997: Jay Presson Allen
- 1996: Ernest Kinoy
- 1995: Robert Benton
- 1994: Walter Bernstein
- 1993: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- 1992: Ring Lardner, Jr.
Richard B. Jablow Award
- 2013: Bob Schneider
- 2012: Susan Kim
- 2011: Marianne Pryor
- 2010: David Steven Cohen
- 2009: Chris Albers & Tom Fontana
- 2008: Catherine Twohill
- 2007: Gail Lee
- 2006: Warren Leight
- 2005: John Auerbach
- 2004: Ellen M. Violett
- 2003: James Schamus
- 2002: Stephen Schiff
- 2001: Richard Wesley
- 2000: Ruth Gallo
- 1999: James H. Kaye
- 1998: Michael Winship
- 1997: Bruce R. Campbell
- 1996: Edward Pomerantz
- 1995: Albert Ruben
- 1994: George Malko
- 1993: Willie Kathryn Suggs
- 1992: Jane Bolllinger
- 1991: Corinne Jacker
- 1990: Herb Sargent
- 1989: Edward Adler & Mona Mangan
- 1988: Marc Siegel
- 1987: Claire Wood Labine
- 1986: Art Wallace
- 1985: Craig B. Fisher
- 1984: Ernest Pendrell
- 1983: Elihu Winer
- 1982: Jerome Coopersmith
- 1981: Ernest Kinoy & Loring Mandel
- 1980: Manya Starr & David Davidson
- 1979: Not Awarded
- 1978: Richard B. Jablow in memoriam
Herb Sargent Award
- 2013: Not Awarded
- 2012: Judd Apatow
- 2011: Not Awarded
- 2010: Gary David Goldberg
- 2009: Norman Stiles
- 2008: Not Awarded
- 2007: Lorne D. Michaels
- 2006: James L. Brooks
Evelyn F. Burkey Award
- 2013: Not Awarded
- 2012: Not Awarded
- 2011: The Television Academy Foundation’s Archive of American Television
- 2010: Edward Albee
- 2009: Committee to Protect Journalists
- 2008: Walter Bernstein
- 2007: Joan Didion
- 2006: Museum of Television and Radio
- 2005: Claire Labine
- 2004: Senator John McCain
- 2003: Martin Scorsese
- 2002: Colin Callender
- 2001: Tom Fontana
- 2000: Vaclav Havel
- 1999: David Brown
- 1998: Judy Crichton
- 1997: Sidney Lumet
- 1996: Ken Saro-Wiwa (posthumously)
- 1995: Dennis Potter(posthumously)
- 1994: Joan Ganz Cooney
- 1993: Arthur Miller
- 1992: Jacqueline Babbin
- 1991: George Schaefer
- 1990: Art Buchwald
- 1989: Horton Foote
- 1988: Andrew A. Rooney & Local 1101 & District 1 of the Communication Workers of America
- 1987: Edwin Newman 1986 Athol Fugard & Lloyd Richards
- 1985: Jerome B. Lurie
- 1984: Leonard Wasser
- 1983: Alan Wagner
- 1982: Herbert Brodkin
- 1981: Elmer W. Lower
- 1980: Walter Cronkite
- 1979: Barbara Schultz
- 1978: Fred Coe
John Merriman Award
- 2013: Lynh Bui
- 2012: David Shultz
- 2011: Jeremy Borden
- 2010: Philippa Levenberg
- 2009: Sarah Tobianski
- 2008: Lagan Sebert
- 2007: Diana F. Davis
- 2006: Monika Evstatieva
- 2005: Scarlotte Deupree
- 2004: Michael Meneer
- 2003: Stacey Brooks Delo
- 2002: Tracy Johnke
- 2001: Muthoni Muturi
- 2000: Michele Cohen
- 1999: Kathleen Connorton
- 1998: Amy M. Quinton
- 1997: Gehane N. M. Salim
- 1996: Rosabel Tibayan Castillo
- 1995: Meredith L. Lefforge
- 1994: Joshua M. Kerns
- 1993: Stephanie Claire Griggs
- 1992: Al Freeman
WGAE Foundation Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting
- 2013: Heather Dunoon
- 2012: Hailey O'Brien
- 2011: James DiLapo
- 2010: Antal Zambo
- 2009: Sara Van Acker
