As The World Turns' Headwriters
| When | Who | Storylines |
| 1956 | Irna Phillips | Created the show, created the Lowells and the Hughes. |
| mid 1960s | Irna Phillips and Bill Bell | |
| late 1960s | Katherine Babecki | |
| early 1970s | Joe Kane and Ralph Ellis | |
| early 1970s | Winnifred Wolfe | |
| early 1970s | Katherine L. Phillips | |
| early 1970s | Warren Swanson, Elizabeth Tillman and John Boruff | |
| early 1970s to 1973 | Irna Phillips and David Lesan | |
| Summer 1973 | Robert Soderberg and Edith Sommer | |
| late 1970s | Ralph Ellis and Eugenie Hunt | |
| late 1970s | Douglas Marland | Created the Willows story where Lisa was held captive by an innkeeper. |
| early 1980s | Bridget and Jerome Dobson | Brought Tom and Margo together as a couple; created James Stenbeck; crafted the marital rape story for John/Dee; wrote the Steve and Betsy romance. |
| early 1980s | Paul Roberts | |
| early 1980s | K.C. Collier and Tom King | |
| early 1980s | Caroline Franz and John Saffron | |
| early 1980s | Tom King and Millee Taggart | |
| mid 1980s | Cynthia Benjamin and Susan Bedsow Horgan | |
| mids 1980s to early 1990s | Douglas Marland | Margo's rape, Kim and Bob's reuniting as a couple, Doug Cummings story, Caroline Crawford murder; introduction of Hank Elliot, created the Snyder family including Holden and Meg, Susan's affair with Bob, Shannon's shrunken head story |
| mid 1990s | Juliet Parker and Richard Backus | |
| 1995 | Richard Culliton | Lisa suing John over Eduardo's death |
| mid 1990s | Stephen Black and Henry Stern | |
| May to October 1997 | Jessica Klein | Wrote Damian off the show choosing to be a monk. |
| January 1998 to June 1999 | Lorraine Broderick | Created Jack/Julia/Carly triangle. Broke up Tom and Margo over Tom's affair with Emily. |
| June 1999 to late July 1999 | Leah Laiman | |
| Late July 1999 to Present | Leah Laiman and Carolyn Culliton | |
