Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Playwriting is presented by the prime body for performing arts in India, the Sangeet Natak Akademi. This award is a part of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Theatre category. It is being presented since the year 1958, when the eminent Marathi play writer B. V. `Mama` Warerkar received it, for the first time. The award is presented to the exceptionally talented and successful play writers in Indian theatre, who have been playing a crucial role in the total development of theatre in India. The Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Playwriting is given to the play writers in different languages like Assamese, Gujarati, Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, etc.
The list of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Playwriting is given below:
•Playwriting of Assamese | |
| Year | Playwriter |
| 2003 | Arun Sarma |
| 1986 | Satya Prasad Barua |
•Playwriting of Bengali | |
| Year | Playwriter |
| 2005 | Debasis Majumdar |
| 1991 | Mohit Chattopadhyaya |
| 1985 | Manoj Mitra |
| 1975 | Bijon Bhattacharya |
| 1969 | Manmatha Ray |
| 1968 | Badal Sircar |
•Playwriting of Dogri | |
| Year | Playwriter |
| 2008 | Narsingh Dev Jamwal |
•Playwriting of Gujarati | |
| Year | Playwriter |
| 1971 | Pragji Dossa, C.C. Mehta |
| 1961 | Prabhulal Dayaram Dwivedi |
•Playwriting of Hindi | |
| Year | Playwriter |
| 2008 | Mudra Rakshasa |
| 2007 | Reoti Sharan Sharna |
| 2006 | Prabhat Kumar Bhattacharya |
| 2004 | Swadesh Deepak |
| 2001 | D. P. Sinha, Bhisham Sahni |
| 1992 | Surendra Verma |
| 1988 | Dharamvir Bharati |
| 1977 | Lakshmi Narain Lal |
| 1968 | Mohan Rakesh |
| 1965 | Upendra Nath Ashk |
•Playwriting of Kannada | |
| Year | Playwriter |
| 1997 | H.S. Shiva Prakash |
| 1989 | G.B. Joshi |
| 1983 | Chandrasekhar B. Kambar |
| 1980 | Narasinga Rao Parwathavani |
| 1972 | Girish Karnad |
| 1963 | Adya Rangacharya `Shriranga` |
•Playwriting of Kashmiri | |
| Year | Playwriter |
| 1997 | Moti Lal Kemmu |
•Playwriting of Malayalam | |
| Year | Playwriter |
| 2009 | Vayala Vasudevan Pillai |
| 1998 | N. Krishna Pillai |
| 1986 | K. T. Muhammad |
| 1979 | G. Shankara Pillai |
•Playwriting of Manipuri | |
| Year | Playwriter |
| 2007 | Yumnam Rajendra Singh |
•Playwriting of Marathi | |
| Year | Playwriter |
| 2009 | Shankar Narayan Navre |
| 2003 | Ratnakar Ramkrishna Matkari |
| 1996 | G.P. Deshpande |
| 1994 | Satish Alekar |
| 1987 | V.V. Shirwadkar, Mahesh Elkunchwar |
| 1984 | Vasant Shankar Kanetkar |
| 1982 | M.G. Rangnekar |
| 1976 | C.T. Khanolkar |
| 1970 | Vijay Tendulkar |
| 1967 | P.L. Deshpande |
| 1958 | B.V. `Mama` Warerkar |
•Playwriting of Mizo | |
| Year | Playwriter |
| 2007 | Lathangfala Sailo |
•Playwriting of Oriya | |
| Year | Playwriter |
| 1987 | Gopal Chhotray |
| 1981 | Manorajan Das |
•Playwriting of Punjabi | |
| Year | Playwriter |
| 2005 | Ajmer Singh Aulakh |
| 1998 | Balwant Gargi |
| 1993 | Gursharan Singh |
•Playwriting of Tamil | |
| Year | Playwriter |
| 2004 | Indira Parthasarathy |
| 1999- 2000 |
N. Muthuswamy |
| 1974 | S.D. Sundaram |