Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation give awards to new songwriters and book writers. The foundation was created by American Theatre Wing Board Member, Sondra Gilman, and Texas Art Commissioner, Celso Gonzalez-Falla. The Musical Theatre Award is accompanied by a grant of $25,000. A number of smaller grants (between $1,000- $5,000) are also awarded at the ceremony. To qualify the "writers must have had at least one musical produced in either a commercial or a professional non-profit theatre in America."[1]
| Year | Winner(s) |
| 1991 | Craig Carnelia |
| 1992 | Louis Rosen |
| 1993 | Jeffrey Lunden and Arthur Perlman |
| 1995 | Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley |
| 1996 | Jason Robert Brown[2] and Ray Leslee |
| 1998 | Robert Lindsay Nassif (author of Honky Tonk Highway & Ellior Ness in Cleveland).[3] |
| 1999 | Doug Cohen[3] and Polly Pen[3] |
| 2000 | Kirsten Childs |
| 2001 | Andrew Lippa[1] |
| 2003 | Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin[4] |
The Foundation also gives out commendations of $1000–$5000. Previous winners include:
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