Robert Penn Warren MFA Thesis Award
- K. Brake (poetry and Robbie Howell (fiction), 2016
- Dylan Krieger (poetry) and Emily Nemens (fiction), 2015
- Jacqueline Kari (poetry) and Lee Tyler Williams (fiction), 2014
- Adam Atkinson (poetry) and Sean Green (fiction), 2013
- Afton Wilky (poetry) and Alison Grifa, 2012
- William Burke (poetry) and Lauren Tussing-White, 2011
- Jennifer Tamayo (poetry) and Tyler Smith, 2010
- Kristin Sanders (poetry) and Jennifer Nunes, 2009
- Shane Noecker for “The Manes,” 2008
- Bobbi Parry and Frank W. Hardie, 2007
William Jay Smith MFA Award for Poetry
- Laura Theobald for “[You predicted the hell out of me],” 2016
- Muriel Leung for “Paradise in a Fevered Dream,” 2015
- Jacqueline Kari for "A Murder Ballad: The Two Brothers, 49A, 49B, and 49C," 2014
- Emily Nemens for "Some Facts about Sculptors," 2013
- Aeron Kopriva for “E Muet,” 2012
- Benjamin Pelhan for "Afternoons," 2011
- Jennifer Tamayo for “Permanent Resident Card,” 2010
- Kristin Sanders for “This Poem is not Sad, nor is it Lonely,” 2009
- Penelope Dane for “Lesbian Potential,” 2008
- Claire Dixon for “10th Grade Math Lessons at Myrtle Scott’s House,” 2007
David Madden MFA Award for Fiction
- Amy Rossi for "Look Closer, Look Away," 2016
- Hannah Reed for “Pinions and Plumage,” 2015
- Hannah Reed for "Three Encounters on Balsa," 2014
- Hannah Reed for "The Shape of Milagrom" 2013
- Lee Tyler Williams for “Leechdom: A Daybrook of the Colony,” 2012
- John David Harding for "Improvising," 2011
- John David Harding for “Giving Sister Away,” 2010
- Shelby Goddard for “Minor Tragedies,” 2009
- Jane Stubbs for “Poker Night,” 2008
- Bret Anthony Johnston, for “Hot Box,” 2007
Kent Gramm MFA Award for Nonfiction
- K. Brake for “The Children’s Book: an Essay,” 2016
- Muriel Leung for "Lamentation of Failed Objects," 2015
- Anthony Ramstetter for "Music and Musicality," 2014
- Adam Atkinson for "Teen Wolf," 2013
- Emily Nemens for “The Unfinished Grid: A Personal History of Art in New York,” 2012
- James Claffey for "Scenes from a Receding Irish Life," 2011
- David Newman for “Flight Plan,” 2010
- Shelby Goddard for “The Great State of Jefferson,” 2009
- Shane Noecker for “Rainbow Lane,” 2008
- Craig Brandhorst for “Noble Rot,” 2007
Ruth Elizabeth McClain Cassidy MFA Award for Screenwriting
- Amy Rossi for Tomorrow We May Still Be Here, 2016
- Bill Moran for Stargazer, 2015
- Alyson Pomerantz for Beyle, 2014
- Rachel Van Sickle for Making a Miracle, 2012
- Rachel Van Sickle for As Good As Dead, 2011
- Taylor Smith for Kudzu Boy—Episode 101 (Pilot), 2010
- Jane Stubbs for The Somnambulist, 2009
- Stephanie Nash for Morte D’Arthur: Dragon’s Crown, 2008
- Frank W. Hardie for Against the Spread, 2007
Romulus Linney MFA Award for Playwriting
- Jacqueline Kari for Gin Mill: An Impossible Play, 2014
- Sarah Maxwell for In the Middle at the Super 8, 2013
- Jenny Lentz Brosseau for A House Divided, 2012
- Adam Atkinson for Big Forest, 2011
- Susan Kirby-Smith for Game On, 2010
- Susan Kirby-Smith for Household, 2009