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 are listed first and highlighted in bold.
| 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 | "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" | [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" |
| 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" |