1979. Mrs. Kelly's monster / Jon Franklin
1980. Zepp's last stand / Madeleine Blais
1981. Death of a playmate / Teresa Carpenter
1982. The federal bureaucracy / Saul Pett
1983. Toxic shock / Nan Robertson
1984. Making it fly / Peter Rinearson
1985. A boy of unusual vision / Alice Steinbach
1986. Life on the land: an American farm family / John Camp
1987. How super are our supercarriers? / Steve Twomey
1988. AIDS in the heartland / Jacqui Banaszynski
1989. Being Black in South Africa / David Zucchino
1990. Adam & Megan / Dave Curtin
1991. A gift abandoned / Sheryl James
1992. Grady's gift / Howell Raines
1993. The stalking of Kristin / George Lardner Jr.
1994. First born, fast grown: the manful life of Nicholas, 10 ; The Mississippi reclaims its true domain ; Cruel flood: it tore at graves, and at hearts
1995. Against all odds ; Class struggle
1996. All she has, $150,000, is going to a university ; Terror in Oklahoma City at ground zero ; Where Alabama inmates fade into old age ; A killer's only confidant: the man who caught Susan Smith / Another battle of New Orleans: Mardi Gras / Rick Bragg
1997. The umpire's sons / Lisa Pollak.