Outstanding

Writing in a TV Movie or Limited Series

Nominees

  • "Round Two: Fight Night"

    Shaye Obgonna, writer

  • "Innocence leaves when you discover cruelty. First in others, then in yourself."

    Nambi E. Kelley, writer

  • "Janet"

    Lydia Adetunji, writer

  • "Inside Man"

    Erika L. Johnson, writer

  • Cee Marcellus & Tina Mabry, writers

Past Winners

  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    George C. Wolfe
    2017

  • Seven Seconds

    “A Boy and a Bike”
    Veena Sud & Shalisha Francis
    2018

  • When They See Us

    “Part One”
    Ava DuVernay, Julian Breece & Attica Locke
    2019

  • Watchmen

    “If You Don’t Like My Story, Write Your Own”
    Damon Lindelof & Christal Henry
    2020

  • Sylvie's Love

    Eugene Ashe
    2021

  • The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

    “Ptolemy”
    Walter Mosley
    2022

  • Swarm

    “Running Scared”
    Ibra Ake & Stephen Glover
    2023

  • Genius: MLK/X

    “Matriarchs”
    Sigrid Gilmer
    2024