2009-10

Michael Dickman, Poetry
His poem Returning to Church was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize.

Zachary Lazar, Fiction
Published his first novel, Aaron, Approximately, in 1998. Sway, his second novel, has been named a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice and a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of 2008.

Jordan Harrison, Playwriting
A 2008 Kesselring Prize and Fellowship recipient.

2008-09

Christian Barter - Poetry
His first collection of poetry, The Singers I Prefer, was a finalist for the 2006 Lenore Marshall Prize.

Tarell Alvin McCraney - Playwriting
International Writer in Residence for the Royal Shakespeare Company 2008-2010.

Whitney Terrell - Fiction Writer
Author of The Huntsman, a New York Times notable book.
  

1944-07
1944	Richard P. Blackmur	Critic
1946	William Aydelotte	Historian
1948	Joseph C. Sloane, Jr.	Art Historian
1950	John Berryman	Poet
1952	Richard W.B. Lewis	Writer
1954	Richard T. Burgi	Slavicist
1955	Peter J. Gay	Political Scientist
1957	Joseph Kerman	Musicologist
1958	John Arthur Hanson	Classicist
1959	Walter Clemons Jr.	Writer
1960	Frederick Olafson	Philosopher
1961	James H. Billington	Russian Historian
1962	Hans Staub	Literary Critic
1963	Richard Schmitt	Philosopher
1965	Kenneth Frampton	Architect
1967	Robert Erwin	Political Scientist
1968	William S. Pechter	Film Critic
1969	Paul Oppenheimer John Eaton	Poet/Writer Musician/Composer
1970-71	James Magnuson	Playwright
1970	Jay Wright	Poet/Playwright
1971	George McCulley	Historian
1972	Alessandra Comini	Art Historian
1973	William Mullen	Classicist
1974	Eugene Eoyang	Sinologist
1975	Peter Conrad	Literary Critic
1977	Christine Gordon Owen	Short Story Writer
1978	Richard McKane	Poet/Translator
1979	Phyllis Janowitz	Poet
1980	Howard Norman	Novelist/Translator
1981	Judish Hemschemeyer	Poet/Translator
1982	Angeline Goreau	Biographer/Novelist
1983	Darryl Pinckney	Novelist
1984	Ewa Kuryluk	Artist
1985	Stephen Wright	Novelist
1986	Tama Janowitz	Novelist
1987	Mona Simpson	Novelist
1988	Jane Shore	Poet
1989	Andrew Hudgins	Poet
1990	Joanna Szczesna	Journalist
1991	Red Hawk	Poet
1992	Cristina Garcia	Journalist/Novelist
1993	Doug Wright	Playwright
1994	Mark Levine	Poet
1995	Khaled Mattawa	Poet
1996	Susan Power	Novelist
1997	W. David Hancock	Playwright
1998	Sharona Ben-Tov Naomi Iizuka	Poet Playwright
1999	Mary Jo Bang Lan Samantha Chang	Poet Fiction Writer
2000	Karen Hartman Greg Hrbeck	Playwright Fiction Writer
2001	Craig Arnold Veronica Chambers	Poet Fiction Writer
2002	Andrea Ashworth Marlys West	Prose Writer Poet
2003	Anthony Doerr Sarah Manguso	Fiction Writer Poet
2004	Daisy Fried Adam Kirsch	Poet Poet
2005	Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Stephanie Elizondo Griest Will Eno	Fiction Writer Writer Playwright
2006	Gabe Hudson Dan O'Brien David Orr	Fiction Writer Playwright Critic/Poetry Reviewer
2007	Monique Truong Kathleen Graber J. Michael Friedman	Fiction Writer Poet Composer and Lyricist