Judges
- 2011 – Tony Barnstone
- 2010 – Claudia Keelan
- 2009 – Virgil Suárez
- 2008 – Grace Schulman
- 2007 – Alberto Rios
- 2006 – Naomi Shihab Nye
- 2005 – Ishmael Reed
- 2004 – Diane Wakoski
- 2003 – C. D. Wright
- 2002 – David Wagoner
- 2001 – Lynne McMahon
- 2000 – Dana Gioia
- 1999 – Mary Oliver
- 1998 – X. J. Kennedy
- 1997 – Samuel Maio