Normally, I’d provide excerpts from each of the nominated writers’ comics, but I don’t have all of the comics, so instead the links will take you to their Comic Book Database profiles. Sorry, best I can do.

Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman, Pilot Season, Genius
Mat Johnson, Incognegro
Jeremy Love, Bayou
Jeff Mariotte, Presidential Material: Barack Obama
Dwayne McDuffie, Justice League of America