1987 - Kathryn Maxwell
1988 - Lisa Nigro
1989 - William Steiger
            Jean Koeller (Sheldon Bergh Award)
1990 - Serena Bocchino
           Thomas Connolly (Sheldon Bergh Award)
1991 - Brian Rutenbergh, Brian Whitfield
            David Baca (Sheldon Bergh Award)
1992 - Marc Solomon Dennis
            Molly Barker (Sheldon Bergh Award)
1993 - Bo Joseph
            Chawky Frenn (Sheldon Bergh Award)
1994 - John Jacobsmeyer
1995 - Nan Hass Feldman
            John Feodorov (Sheldon Bergh Award)
1996 - Michael Rich
            Christian Pietrapiana (Sheldon Bergh Award)
1997 - Ellen Fienberg
            David Chon Murray (Sheldon Bergh Award)
1998 - Sandow Birk, David Brody
            Bridget Lynch (Sheldon Bergh Award)
1999 - Marc Brodsky, Brian Novatny
            Karen Kitchel (Sheldon Bergh Award)
2000 - Josette Urso
            Paul Pagk (Sheldon Bergh Award)