USC Scripter Awards

The USC Scripter Award (Scripter) is the name given to an award presented annually by the University of Southern California (USC) to honor both authors and screenwriters. Starting in 1988, the USC Libraries Board of Councilors award the year's best film adaptation of a printed work, recognizing the original author and the screenwriter.

In 2016, a second Scripter award, for episodic series adaption, was added. The Literary Achievement Award honors significant contributions to storytelling across form, genre, and medium. The Ex Libris Award recognizes long-time supporters of the USC Libraries. The latter two awards are presented on an occasional basis. Per the Scripter Awards website, "Scripter celebrates writers and writing, collaboration, and the profound results of transforming one artistic medium into another. It stands as an emblem of libraries’ ability to inspire creative and scholarly achievement."

• 2008 – Steven Zaillian
• 2009 – Michael Chabon
• 2010 – Eric Roth
• 2011 – Dennis Lehane
• 2012 – Paul Haggis
• 2013 – Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry
• 2014 – Robert Towne
• 2015 – Walter Mosley
• 2018 – Francis Ford Coppola
• 2020 – Susan Orlean
• 2022 – Barry Jenkins

• 2015 – Elaine Leventhal
• 2017 – Kathleen McCarthy Kostlan
• 2018 – Valerie and Ronald Sugar
• 2019 – George E. Isaacs
• 2020 – Glenn Sonnenberg
• 2021 – Greg Lucas

• Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
• BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
• Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

• Official website
• Scripter Awards playlist on YouTube