This is a list of winners and nominees of the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Young Teen Program, which honors live action programs (series and TV movies) both in broadcast and streaming television aimed at viewers from age eleven to fifteen. The category was established at the 1st Children's and Family Emmy Awards in 2022, and is a sister category to the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Preschool or Children's Program, which honors shows aimed at younger audiences, and one of the four categories honoring writing at the Children's and Family Emmy Awards.
The inaugural recipient of the award was Netflix series Heartstopper. Which is also the current holder of the award, which won at the 4th Children's and Family Emmy Awards.
Background On November 17, 2021, the NATAS announced the creation of the Children's and Family Emmy Awards to recognize the best in children's and family television. The organization cited an "explosive growth in the quantity and quality of children’s and family programming" as justification for a dedicated ceremony. Many categories of the awards were previously presented at the Daytime Emmy Awards. Writing was originally honored there with the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Children's Series, which was presented from 1985 to 2020.
Winners and nominations 2020s Year Series Writer/s Network Ref 2022(1st)Heartstopper Alice Oseman Netflix NATAS ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR FIRST ANNUAL CHILDREN’S & FAMILY EMMYS – The Emmys2022 Children's & Family Emmys: Full List of Nominations – The Hollywood ReporterNetflix Leads First-Ever Children's & Family Emmys Nominations Tally – VarietyChildren's and Family Emmy Awards: 31 famous nominees - GoldDerbyNominees for First-Ever Children's & Family Emmys Revealed|Animation Magazine Better Nate Than Ever Tim FederleDisney+ Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. Kourtney Kang The Mysterious Benedict Society Phil Hay, Matt ManfrediSweet Tooth Justin Boyd, Noah Griffith, Christina Ham, Haley Harris, Jim Mickle, Michael R. Perry, Beth Schwartz, Daniel Stewart Netflix 2023(2nd) Life By Ella Jeff Hodsden, Tim Pollock, Vincent Brown, Susan Jaffee, Natalie McKearnin, Hernan Barangan, Alyssa DiMar Apple TV+ Chang Can Dunk Jingyi ShaoDisney+ The Crossover Kwame Alexander, Damani Johnson, Valerie C. Woods, Ali Kinney, Aaron Carter, Jasmine Swift, Jake Lawler Growing Up Travis Callahan, Nicole Galovski The Mysterious Benedict Society Taylor Chukwu, Phil Hay, Heather Jeng Bladt, Matt Manfredi, Angeli Millan, James Rogers III, Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer 2024(3rd) Percy Jackson and the Olympians: "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher" Rick Riordan, Jonathan E. Steinberg Disney+ High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: "Admissions" Nneka Gerstle Disney+ The Spiderwick Chronicles: "The Field Guide to Jared Grace" Aron Eli Coleite The Roku Channel Heartstopper: "Perfect" Alice Oseman Netflix Goosebumps: "Say Cheese and Die!" Rob Letterman, Nicholas Stoller Disney+ 2025(4th) Heartstopper: "Journey" Alice Oseman Netflix Goosebumps: The Vanishing: "Stay Out of the Basement, Part I" Rob Letterman, Hilary Winston Disney+ Me: "Pilot" Barry L. Levy Apple TV+ Star Wars: Skeleton Crew: "This Could Be a Real Adventure" Christopher Ford, Jon Watts Disney+ Sweet Tooth: "This Is a Story" Jim Mickle Netflix Time Bandits: "Kevin Haddock" Jemaine Clement, Iain Morris, Taika Waititi Apple TV+
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