1989….. Dudley Randall
1988….. Harry Mark Petrakis
1987….. Andrew Greeley
1986….. John Knoepfle
1985….. Gwendolyn Brooks
1984….. Harriette Arnow
1983….. John Voelker (Robert Traver)
1982….. Wright Morris
1981….. Fredrick Manfred
1980….. Jack Conroy
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