1970: Howard Mumford Jones
1972: Willard Thorp
1973: Leon Howard
1974: Walter Blair
1975: Henry Nash Smith
1976: Lewis Leary
1977: Gay Wilson Allen
1978: Cleanth Brooks
1979: Malcolm Cowley
1970: Howard Mumford Jones
1972: Willard Thorp
1973: Leon Howard
1974: Walter Blair
1975: Henry Nash Smith
1976: Lewis Leary
1977: Gay Wilson Allen
1978: Cleanth Brooks
1979: Malcolm Cowley