2014-2015 Naomi Benaron, Running the Rift
2013-2014 Conor Grennan, Little Princes
2012-2013 Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2011-2012 Tom Piazza, City of Refuge
2010-2011 Warren St. John, Outcasts United
2009-2010 Ann Pancake, Strange as this Weather has Been - Theme: Cherish What Remains
2008-2009 Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Theme: Journeys Lost and Found
2007-2008 Helena Maria Viramontes, Under the Feet of Jesus - Theme: Courage, Compassion, Commitment
2006-2007 Martin Goldsmith, The Inextinguishable Symphony - Theme: Arts, Politics and the Survival of the Human Spirit
2005-2006 Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains - Theme: Beyond Self:Living with Purpose
2004-2005 Mark Hertsgaard, The Eagle's Shadow - Theme: Trading Places: The U.S. as Others See Us
2003-2004 Anthony Grooms, Bombingham - Theme: Dreams and Disappointments
2002-2003 Ruth Ozeki, My Year of Meats - Theme: Change. Not so Easy.
2001-2002 Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow - Theme: Making Contact
2000-2001 Helen Fremont, After Long Silence - Theme: Selves and Stories, Disguise and Disclosure
1999-2000 Alex Kotlowitz, There are No Children Here - Theme: Building Walls, Creating Doors
1998-1999 Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills - Theme: Legacies
1997-1998 Scott Russell Sanders, The Paradise of Bombs - Theme: Conscience and Courage: Personal Landscapes
1996-1997 Gus Lee, China Boy - Theme: Educating the Community: Growing Apart and Staying Together
1995-1996 Anna Deavere Smith, Fires in the Mirror - Theme: Culture, Conflict, and Community