| 100% | SCHAAP | 6 | Award-winning ESPN writer/reporter Jeremy |
| 52% | ALAN | 4 | Eisner Award winning writer ___ Moore who wrote "V for Vendetta" |
| 49% | EMMY | 4 | TV award won by Jeremy Allen White for his role in "The Bear" |
| 47% | LARSSON | 7 | Award-winning Swedish crime writer, Asa |
| 47% | CHIANG | 6 | Award-winning science fiction writer Ted |
| 46% | LEY | 3 | Emmy-winning ESPN reporter Bob |
| 46% | LEY | 3 | Emmy-winning ESPN reporter Bob ___ |
| 45% | MARTINESPADA | 12 | Writer whose collection "Floaters" won the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry (2 wds.) |
| 45% | DIANAGABALDON | 13 | Award-winning writer of 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Writer whose novel "Interior Chinatown" won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 44% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | Writer whose novel "Trust Exercise" won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 44% | OCTAVIA | 7 | Science fiction writer Butler who won two Hugo Awards and two Nebula Awards |
| 44% | ACCOLADES | 9 | Awards won |
| 43% | ARKADYMARTINE | 13 | Writer whose "A Memory Called Empire" won the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 43% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Writer whose novel "The Rabbit Hutch" won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 43% | EBONYFLOWERS | 12 | Writer/artist who won the 2020 Eisner Award for Best Short Story for "Hot Comb" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Writer whose novel "Hell of a Book" won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 43% | PDJELICLARK | 11 | Writer whose "A Master of Djinn" won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2022 (3 wds.) |
| 42% | EMMY | 4 | Award won by "Succession" |
| 42% | JEMELEHILL | 10 | Award-winning sports journalist who went from ESPN to The Atlantic |
| 42% | PRAWNSMEDALS | 12 | Awards won by shrimps? |
| 41% | DAVIDYAZBEK | 11 | 30-Across writer/composer who won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Original Score (2 wds.) |
| 41% | PHOEBE | 6 | ___ Waller-Bridge, British actress and writer whose drama series "Fleabag" won four Emmy Awards in 2019 |
| 41% | NOBELPEACEPRIZE | 15 | Award won by Woodrow Wilson |
| 41% | BRONZESTAR | 10 | Award won by Henry Fonda |
| 41% | OSCAR | 5 | Award won by "The Favourite" |
| 41% | ESPY | 4 | Award won by Caitlin Clark |
| 41% | SAMSHEPARD | 10 | Award-winning writer, actor, and director born November 5, 1943 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | DAVIDEKELLEY | 12 | Writer/producer who has won 11 Emmy Awards, including one for Outstanding Limited Series for 29-Across (3 wds.) |
| 40% | EMMY | 4 | Award won twice by Donald Glover |