Distinguished Editor
2009
Winner: Ralph Cohen, New Literary History
2008
Winner: Ronald Bayor, Journal of American Ethnic History
2007
Winners: George D. Greenia, La corónica and Holly Laird, Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature
Honorable Mention: Rick Emmerson, Speculum
2006
Winner: Carolyn Dinshaw & David Halperin, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies
Runner-Up: Donald G. Davis, Libraries & Culture
Honorable Mention: Marianne Hirsch, PMLA
2005
Winner: Joe Weixlmann, African American Review
Runner-up: Raquel Chang-Rodriguez, Colonial Latin American Review
2004
Winner: Eva-Marie Kröller, Canadian Literature
2003
Not awarded
2002
Winner: Walter Cummins, Literary Review: An International Journal of Contemporary Writing
2001
Not awarded
2000
Winner: Joseph T. Skerrett, Jr., MELUS
1999
Winner: Cathy N. Davidson, American Literature
1998
Winner: Henry W. Johnstone, Philosophy and Rhetoric
1997
Winner: Joseph M. Schwartz, Renascence
1996
Winner: Robert C. Post, Technology and Culture
1995
Winner: Valters Nollendorfs, Monatshefte
Runner up: John Peradotto, Arethusa
1994
Winner: Donald Lawler, Victorians Institute Journal
Runner-up: Joanne Dobson, Legacy
1993
Winner: Gary A. Olson, Journal of Advanced Composition
Runner-up: Richard J. Calhoun, South Carolina Review
1992
Winner: John W. Kronik, PMLA
Honorable mentions: Frank Lentricchia, SAQ; Charles Oliver, The Hemingway Review
1991
Winner: James Wilbur, Journal for Value Inquiry
Honorable Mention: Jim Raymond, College English
1990
Winner: John Stasny, Victorian Poetry
1989
Winner: Andrew Parkin
1988
Winner: Claude Rawson, Modern Language Review and The Yearbook of English Studies
1987
Winner: Philip Mitchell, Journal of English and Germanic Philology
1986
Winner: Jill Levenson, Modern Drama
1985
Winner: Lewis Simpson, Southern Review
1984
Winner: Donald Stanford, Southern Review
1983
Winner: Joel Conarroe, PMLA
1982
Winner: Blake Nevius, Nineteenth Century Fiction
1981
Winner: Helmut Gerber, English Literature in Transition (posthumous)