- 1991 Junko Peterson
- 1992 Wincha Chong
- 1993 Paula Nishida
- 1994 Caroline Wong
- 1995 Mary Dumas
- 1996 Karyn Luke
- 1997 Christian Balazs
- 1998 Stacy Chang
- 1999 Laura Tano
- 2000 Elaine Gierlach
- 2001 Kristel Yoneda
- 2002 Valerie Sakimura
- 2003 Ben Nishimoto
- 2004 Myke Okuhara
- 2005 Scott Nishimoto
- 2006 Kathy Jetnil
- 2007 Elizabeth Rian
- 2008 Kyleena Lamadrid
- 2009 Lin Rui Li
- 2010 Max Cone
- 2011 Forrest Abbott-Lum
- 2012 Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence
- 2013 Stephanie Yip
- 2014 Kehaulani Likio
- 2015 Mililani Takeda
- 2016 Nana Clemons
- 2017 Arden Patoc
- 2018 Lauren Ashley Beamer
- 2019 Rana Mejes
- 2020 Abigail Bierwert