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2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerMilkDustin Lance BlackThe story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.Amazon2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesBallastLance HammerAmazonFrozen RiverCourtney HuntAmazonRachel Getting MarriedJenny LumetAmazonThe WacknessJonathan LevineAmazon

2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerPreciousGeoffrey FletcherIn New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.Amazon2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesA Single ManTom FordAmazonAmreekaCherien DabisAmazonCold SoulsSophie BarthesAmazonCrazy HeartScott CooperAmazon

2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerTiny FurnitureLena DunhamAbout a recent college grad who returns home while she tries to figure out what to do with her life.Amazon2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesJack Goes BoatingRobert GlaudiniAmazonLovely, StillNicholas FacklerAmazonMonogamyDana Adam ShapiroAmazonObselidiaDiane BellAmazon

2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay Winner50/50Will ReiserInspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.Amazon2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesAnother EarthMike CahillAmazonCedar RapidsPhil JohnstonAmazonMargin CallJ.C. ChandorAmazonTerriPatrick DeWittAmazon

2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerSafety Not GuaranteedDerek ConnollyThree magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified advertisement seeking a companion for time travel.Amazon2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesCeleste & Jesse ForeverRashida JonesAmazonFill the VoidRama BurshteinAmazonGaybyJonathan LiseckiAmazonRobot & FrankChristopher FordAmazon

2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerNebraskaBob NelsonAn aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.Amazon2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesAfternoon DelightJill SolowayAmazonDon JonJoseph Gordon-LevittAmazonIn a World...Lake BellAmazonThe Inevitable Defeat of Mister & PeteMichael StarrburyAmazon

2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerDear White PeopleJustin SimienThe lives of four black students at an Ivy League college.Amazon2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesAppropriate BehaviourDesiree AkhavanAmazonLittle AccidentsSara ColangeloAmazonShe's Lost ControlAnja MarquardtAmazonThe One I LoveJustin LaderAmazon

2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerRoomEmma DonoghueHeld captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.Amazon2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesMe and Earl and the Dying GirlJesse AndrewsAmazonMediterraneaJonas CarpignanoAmazonThe Diary of a Teenage GirlMarielle HellerAmazonThe MendJohn MagaryAmazon

2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerThe WitchRobert EggersA family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic, and possession.Amazon2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesBarryAdam MansbachAmazonChristineCraig ShilowichAmazonJean of the JonesesStella MeghieAmazonOther PeopleChris KellyAmazon

2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerThe Big SickKumail NanjianiPakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his tAmazon2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesColumbusKogonadaAmazonDonald CriedKris AvedisianAmazonIngrid Goes WestMatt SpicerAmazonWomen Who KillIngrid JungermannAmazon