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This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series. The award was first given during the 2007 ceremony and since its conception, Shonda Rhimes holds the record for the most wins with five and is currently the only writer to win in this category more than once.

Winners and nominees

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

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Year Writer Series Episode Ref
2007
Shonda Rhimes Grey's Anatomy "It's the End of the World" [1]
Steven Maeda Day Break "What if He Lets Her Go"
Aaron Rahsaan Thomas Friday Night Lights "Full Hearts"
Naren Shankar CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Killer"
Janine Sherman Barrois ER "Darfur"
2008
Shonda Rhimes and Krista Vernoff Grey's Anatomy "A Change is Gonna Come" [2]
Natalie Chaidez Heroes "The Fix"
Kathleen McGhee-Anderson and Anthony Sparks Lincoln Heights "The Vision"
Shonda Rhimes Private "In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl From Somewhere Else"
Janine Sherman Barrois ER "Breach of Trust"
2009
Shonda Rhimes Grey's Anatomy "Freedom" (Parts I and II) [3]
Liz Friedman and Sara Hess House "Lucky Thirteen"
Kathleen McGhee-Anderson Lincoln Heights "Glass House"
Aaron Rahsaan Thomas Friday Night Lights "Leave No One Behind"
Janine Sherman Barrois ER "Parental Guidance"

2010s

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Year Writer Series Episode Ref
2010
Shonda Rhimes Grey's Anatomy "What a Difference a Day Makes" [4]
Zoanne Clack Grey's Anatomy "Stand By Me"
Sara Hess House "The Greater Good"
Kathleen McGhee-Anderson Lincoln Heights "Home Again"
Alexander Woo True Blood "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"
2011
Shonda Rhimes Private Practice "Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?" [5]
Leyani Diaz and Vanessa Rojas The Event "Loyalty"
Judy McCreary Law & Order: Special Victims Unit "Disabled"
Janine Sherman Barrois Criminal Minds "Remembrance of Things Past"
Alexander Woo True Blood "It Hurts Me Too"
2012
Lolis Eric Elie Treme "Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get the Blues?" [6]
Zoanne Clack Grey's Anatomy "I Will Survive"
Cheo Hodari Coker Southland "Punching Water"
Janine Sherman Barrois Criminal Minds "The Bittersweet Science"
Pam Veasey Ringer "Oh Gawd, There's Two of Them?"
2013
Cheo Hodari Coker Southland "God's Work" [7]
Zoanne Clack Grey's Anatomy "This Magic Moment"
Shonda Rhimes "Flight"
Scandal "Sweet Baby"
Janine Sherman Barrois Criminal Minds "The Pact"
2014
Janine Sherman Barrois Criminal Minds "Strange Fruit" [8]
Karin Gist Revenge "Mercy"
Sara Hess Orange Is the New Black "Blood Donut"
Damian Kindler and Chitra Elizabeth Sampath Sleepy Hollow "Sanctuary"
Aaron Rahsaan Thomas Southland "Babel"
2015
Erika Green Swafford How to Get Away with Murder "Let's Get to Scooping" [9]
Mara Brock Akil Being Mary Jane "Uber Love"
Zoanne Clack Grey's Anatomy "You Be Illin'"
Warren Leight and Julie Martin Law & Order: Special Victims Unit "American Disgrace"
Zahir McGhee Scandal "Mama Said Knock You Out"
2016
Mara Brock Akil, Jameal Turner and Keli Goff Being Mary Jane "Sparrow" [10]
Lee Daniels Empire "Pilot"
Erika Green Swafford and Doug Stockstill How to Get Away with Murder "Mama's Here Now"
LaToya Morgan Turn: Washington's Spies "False Flag"
John Ridley American Crime "Episode 1"
2017
Ava DuVernay Queen Sugar "First Things First" [11]
Joe Robert Cole The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story "The Race Card"
Akela Cooper Luke Cage "Manifest"
LaToya Morgan Turn: Washington's Spies "Benediction"
Anthony Sparks Queen Sugar "By Any Chance"
2018
Gina Prince-Bythewood Shots Fired "Hour One: Pilot"
Anthony Sparks Queen Sugar "What Do I Care For Morning"
Ava DuVernay Queen Sugar "Dream Variations"
Erica L. Anderson Greenleaf "The Bear"
Vera Herbert This Is Us "Still Here"
2019
Kay Oyegun This Is Us "This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life" [12]
Janine Sherman Barrois Claws "Cracker Casserole"
Lena Waithe The Chi "Pilot"
Patrick Joseph Charles Black Lightning "Sins of the Father: The Book of Redemption"
Lena Waithe & Dime Davis The Chi "The Whistle"

2020s

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Year Writer Series Episode Ref
2020
Nichelle Tramble Spellman Truth Be Told "Monster" [13]
Nkechi Okoro Carroll All American "Hussle & Motivate"
Pat Charles Black Lightning "The Book of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son"
Damon Lindelof & Cord Jefferson Watchmen "This Extraordinary Being"
Ava DuVernay & Michael Starrbury When They See Us "Part Four"
2021
Attica Locke Little Fires Everywhere "The Spider Web" [14]
Erika L. Johnson & Mark Richard The Good Lord Bird "A Wicked Plot"
Jessica Lamour Little Voice "Love Hurts"
Katori Hall P-Valley "Perpetratin"
Tanya Barfield Mrs. America "Shirley"
2022
Davita Scarlett The Good Fight "And the Firm Had Two Partners" [15]
Nkechi Okoro Carroll All American "Homecoming"
Malcolm Spellman The Falcon and the Winter Soldier "New World Order"
Aurin Squire Evil "C Is for Cop"
Steven Canals, Janet Mock, Our Lady J, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy Pose "Series Finale"

Multiple wins and nominations

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Wins

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5 wins

Nominations

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References

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  1. ^ "2007 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "2008 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "2009 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "2010 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "2011 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  6. ^ "2012 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  7. ^ Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "2013 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  8. ^ Couch, Aaron (February 22, 2014). "2014 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  9. ^ Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  10. ^ "2016 Image Winners". Variety. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  11. ^ Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). "Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated". Deadline. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  12. ^ "NAACP Awards: 'Black-ish,' 'Black Panther' Top Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. March 30, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  13. ^ NAACP (December 13, 2016). "The Nominees". naacpimageawards.net. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  14. ^ "2021 NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List". Entertainment Tonight. March 29, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  15. ^ "NAACP Image Awards". NAACP Image Awards. February 26, 2022.
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