The original 1986 winners were Allison Anders, Dennis Clontz, and Jeff Eugenides.
1989 fellow Radha Bharadwaj wrote the first screenplay made into a film, the 1991 drama Closet Land.
1992 fellow Susannah Grant was the first nominated for an Academy Award, for the screenplay for Erin Brockovich.
[1] Beginning in 2013, a reading of scenes from winning screenplays have been performed by professional actors in front of an audience.
Actors that have participated in these readings over the years include: Kathy Baker, Elle Fanning, Ken Jeong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Freida Pinto, Alia Shawkat, Wes Studi, Blair Underwood, Vince Vaughn, and Anton Yelchin.