2007     Kade L. Twist (Cherokee), Amazing Grace
2006     Rebecca Hatcher Travis (Chickasaw), Picked Apart the Bones
2005     Kim Shuck (Cherokee, Sac & Fox), Smuggling Cherokee
2004     Christina M. Castro (Jemez Pueblo/Taos Pueblo), Silence on the Rez
              Cathy Ruiz (Cree-Metis), Stirring Up the Water
2003     Marion D Sherman (Oglala Lakota), Wild Plums
2002     Renee Matthew (Koyukon), Down River From Here
              Phillip Carroll Morgan (Choctaw-Chickasaw), The Fork-in-the-Road Indian Poetry Store
2001     Suzanne Rancourt (Abenaki), Billboard in the Clouds
2000     Karenne Wood (Monacan), Markings on Earth, U of Arizona Press
1999     Janet McAdams (Alabama Creek), The Island of Lost Luggage, U of Arizona Press
1998     Jennifer K. Greene (Salish-Kootenai/Chippewa-Cree), What I Keep, Greenfield Review Press
1997     Deborah A. Miranda (Costanoan-Esselen-Ohlone/Chumash), Indian Cartography, Greenfield Review Press
1996     Charles G. Ballard, Winter Count Poems, Greenfield Review Press
1995     Denise Sweet (White Earth Chippewa), Songs for Discharming, Greenfield Review Press
1994     Tiffany Midge (Standing Rock Sioux), Outlaws, Renegades and Saints, Greenfield Review Press
1993     Kimberly Blaeser (White Earth Chippewa), Trailing You, Greenfield Review Press
1992     Gloria Bird (Spokane), Full Moon on the Reservation, Greenfield Review Press
              Joe Dale Tate Nevaquaya (Yuchi-Comanche), Leaving Holes, U of Arizona Press