2022
Aanaa Oshoo Felema for I've Stopped Trying To Make Celery Taste Good
Jane Katherine Coneybeer for Lost and Found
2019
Andrea Fennimore for Genevieve
Rebecca Cyr for Discomposed
2018
Ethan Heusser for short story On The Softsupple Banks of HWY 205, Painted
Cade Windell for Fortuna
2017
Monica Anderson for short story Gender Trouble
Jade Yeen Onn for prose Oranges & Origins
2016
Eric Callahan for poetry piece Waves
Nina Marie Poloni for short story When You Were Here
2015
Brittany Sundberg for prose entitled Green-Eyed Girl
Gwendolyn Hill for poem entitled Someday, a Life
2014
Amanda Dority for poetry entitled The Mask
Jessica Kibler for prose entitled Repeat
2013
Ben Davis for fiction entitled All a Person Really Needs
Kayla Harr for poetry entitled Remains of a Family
2012
Kayla Harr for creative nonfiction entitled In the House of the Dying
Traci Porter for fiction entitled Patient 152
2011
Malaya Laulhati for poetry entitled Kayumunggi (for Cheryl)
Natasha Renee Mackey for short story entitled Seven Points
2010
Leila Giovannoni for poetry entitled Prelude
Mark Walsh for short story entitled Another World
2009
Katherine Westermann for poetry entitled I Can’t Help You
Alexander McElroy for prose entitled Line of Sight
2008
Tabitha Stickel for poetry entitled A Portrait of Every Child
Katherine Westermann for prose entitled Napa Valley
2007
Sara Gingrich for a collection of five poems entitled: Pan’s Poem, She Said, Robert Valentine, Nephew, and Let the Sunshine In
Christie VanLaningham $500 for short story entitled Petrification
2006
Gavin McQuillan for literary work entitled Hollywood Revisited
Malynda Shook for literary work entitled Tulips
2005
Camellia Anne Bradley for literary work entitled Call It a Story
Jerrold Brunoe for literary work entitled Back Then, Right Now and One Day When
2004
Kevin Hockett for literary work entitled A Dream
Kaitlyn Kernek for literary work entitled All by Myself
2003
Bradley Beckham for literary work entitled Old Coots and Pink Boots
Sarah Cutsforth for poetry entitled Magic Show
2002
Antonia E. Massa-MaLoed for literary work entitled Abraham’s Son
2001
Peter Jones for literary work entitled Survivors
Jessica Smith for poetry entitled Forgiveness
2000
Tulley Long for literary work entitled Chambered Nautilus
1999
James Donnelly for literary work entitled Motel Del Sol
1998
Jeff Chapman for literary work entitled In Search of Cool
1997
Elissa Minor for literary work entitled Ilima Flowers
1996
Cheryl Hills for literary work entitled Franken Poodle Tornado Head Blondo from Beyondo and John
1995
Erin Ergenbright for a collection of poetry entitled: Summer in Pretty Little Nowhere, Sister and Rehabilitation
Danie Sunday for literary work entitled Grandpa’s
1994
Michele Thompson for collection of poetry entitled: Growing, Hirsute and Fat Dog Won’t Hunt
1993
Erin Ergenbright for collection of poetry entitled: Silverwire and In Her Hands
1992
J. L. S. Morris (Jennifer Smith) for literary work entitled Hold Your Babies When They Cry
1991
Britney Gress for literary work entitled Victoria
1990
Marc Wondra for literary work entitled Starburst Balls
1989
Leslie Joyce for literary work entitled Dust Devils