Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Awarded by Government of Karnataka
Type	State
Category	Kannada cinema
Description
Description	Award for creating well-woven screenplay
Medal	Silver Medal
Statistics
Instituted	1967-68
First awarded	1967-68
Last awarded	2015
Total awarded	49
Cash award	₹ 20,000
First awardee(s)	S. R. Puttanna Kanagal
Recent awardee(s)	• Shashank • Raghu Kovi (Jointly for Krishna Leela)

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honors Kannada language films.

The following is a partial list of award winners and the name of the films for which they won.