+ 1970-71: Bryan Louis Pfaffenberger + 1971-72: Leslie Morris Golden + 1972-73: John Thomas Gage
+ 1973-74: Ingrid Maidel Krohn
+ 1974-75: S. M. Blair
+ 1975-76: Jeffrey Lewis Gold
+ 1976-77: S. M. Blair
+ 1977-78: Paul Chernoff
+ 1978-79: Prize not awarded
+ 1979-80: Richard Ogar
+ 1980-81: Christopher Rayner, Jennifer L. Walden
+ 1981-82: Lizbeth L. Hasse
+ 1982-83: Richard Reinhardt
+ 1983-84: Debra Cooper
+ 1984-85: Kirin Narayan
+ 1985-86: Charlotte Redemann
+ 1986-87: John Hatton
+ 1987-88: John Nebrhass, Kathy Newman,
Anthony Robinson-While, William Webber
+ 1988-89: Ramah Commanday
+ 1989-90: Tim Edwards
+ 1990-91: Michael Ditmore
+ 1991-92: Christopher Galvin, Steve Tillis
+ 1992-93: Steve Tillis, Letitia Carper, David Krogh, David Schweidel
+ 1993-94: Roberto Landazuri
+ 1994-95: Chris Haight, Reed Evans
+ 1995-96: Anna Moore, Maureen Morley
+ 1996-97: Kathy Gether
+ 1997-98: Virginia Matzek
+ 1998-99: Kathryn Renee Albe, Paul Klein, Joanne Palamountain,
Sissel Waage, Zack Rogow
+ 1999-00: Casey Knudsen
+ 2000-01: Zack Rogow
+ 2001-02: Eric Walton, Joanne Sandstrom, Joseph Kim, Nellie Haddad
+ 2002-03: Ana Martinez, Michael Rancer
+ 2003-04: Casey Dominguez
+ 2004-05: Erin Cooper, Lawrence Ruth, Sandra Wulff
+ 2005-06: Karen Sullivan, Jacqueline Palhegyi, Zachary Gordon
+ 2006-07: Samuel E. Pittman, Xiaolu Ning
+ 2007-08: Joseph Cadora, Jacob Mikanowski, Xialou Ning
+ 2008-09: Linda Finch-Hicks, Jacob Mikanowski, Kofi Boakye, Jeremy Suizo
+ 2009-10: Byran Jones, Salman Oasim, Viola Tang
+ 2010-11: Shareena Samson
+ 2011-12: Kathy Bradley, Joe Homer, Alex Setzepfandt, Sara Thoi
+ 2012-13: Lindsay Bergstrom, Timothy Borjian, Pierre Bourbonnais, Kelly Clancy, Gail Ford, Leah Romm
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