1979
Co-Winners: Colleen Cotter and Sarah Lindsay
Honorable Mention: Linda Breitag
1980
Co-Winners: Maureen Ash and Colleen Cotter
1981
Co-Winners: Melissa Brown and Elizabeth Stronge
Honorable Mention: Julia Peterson and Caroline O’Hara
1982
Co-Winners: C. Klay DeVries and Laura Jorstad
Honorable Mention: Julie Kink
1983
Winner: Laura Beilfuss
1984
Co-Winners: Martha McNey and Catherine Nelson Urdahl
1985
Co-Winners: Martha McNey
Commendation: Sheila Smith, Joel Jensen, Katie Johnson and Annika Fjelstad
1986
Winner: Cathe Nelson (short stories)
1987
Co-Winners: Lisa Monson and Catherine Nelson
1988
Co-Winners: Holly Harden and Martha Kesler
1989
Winner: Holly Harden
1990
Winner: Jon Olseth
Honorable Mention: Jennifer Mutsch
1991
Winner: Elizabeth Wilder
Honorable Mention: Todd Boss
1992
Winner: Paul Bartlett
1993
Winner: Celena Kusch
1994
Winner: Carrie Bartsch
Honorable Mention: Shannon Gramse
1995
Winner: Mai Moua
Honorable Mention: Meredith Koester and Carrie Mesrobian
1996
Winner: Carrie Mesrobian
Honorable Mention: Christopher Nohl and Gregory Randall
1997
Winner: Loriann Licke
Honorable Mention: Aaron Andersen, Shawn Colberg, Teresa Schultz
1998
Winner: Erika Taibl
Honorable Mention: Patrick Roden and Kim Ronning
1999
Co-Winners: Erin Anderson and David Pisa
2000
Winner: Brent Moore
2001
Co-Winners: Ariana Jensen and Sarah Rasmussen
2002
Winner: Stephanie Gehring
Finalists: Marc Hardenack, Elizabeth Lund and Nathan Miller