The 2006 award was presented on April 5, 2006.

2006 Gerald F. Berlin Creative Writing Award winners Michael Zacchilli and H. Claire West with Richard M. Berlin.
Michael Zacchilli, UMMS 2007 — Dialogue: An Empty Hospital Corridor
Jacob Freedman, UMMS 2009 — On Assessing My Qualifications And What I Was Forced To Tell The Bald Man
H. Claire West, UMMS 2007 — Privilege
Gary Blanchard, MD — My Father, the Patient
Chris Rosenbaum, MD — Cheers to the ER