| 2017 |
David Bradley, Elizabeth McCracken, Brad Watson |
| 2016 |
Molly Antopol, Peter Cameron, Lionel Shriver |
| 2015 |
Tessa Hadley, Kristen Iskandrian, Michael Parke |
| 2014 |
Tash Aw, James Lasdun, Joan Silber |
| 2013 |
Lauren Groff, Edith Pearlman, Jim Shepard |
| 2012 |
Mary Gaitskill, Daniyal Mueenuddin, Ron Rash |
| 2011 |
A. M. Homes, Manuel Muñoz, Christine Schutt |
| 2010 |
Junot Díaz, Paula Fox, Yiyun Li |
| 2009 |
A. S. Byatt, Anthony Doerr, Tim O’Brien |
| 2008 |
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, David Leavitt, David Means |
| 2007 |
Charles D’Ambrosio, Ursula K. Le Guin, Lily Tuck |
| 2006 |
Kevin Brockmeier, Francine Prose, Colm Toíbín |
| 2005 |
Cristina García, Ann Patchett, Richard Russo |
| 2003 |
Jennifer Egan, David Guterson, Diane Johnson |
| 2002 |
Dave Eggers, Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead |
| 2001 |
Michael Chabon, Mary Gordon, Mona Simpson |
| 2000 |
Michael Cunningham, Pam Houston, George Saunders |
| 1999 |
Sherman Alexie, Stephen King, Lorrie Moore |
| 1998 |
Andrea Barrett, Mary Gaitskill, Rick Moody |
| 1997 |
Louise Erdrich, Thom Jones, David Foster Wallace |