2011
Six metres of pavement /
Doctor, Farzana.

2010
The inferno : a poet's novel /
Myles, Eileen.

2009
A field guide to deception /
Malone, Jill.

2008 (tie)
The sealed letter /
Donoghue, Emma, 1969-

2008 (tie)
All the pretty girls : stories /
Mayor, Chandra, 1973-

2007
The IHOP papers /
Liebegott, Ali.

2006
The night watch /
Waters, Sarah, 1966-

2005
Babyji : a novel /
Dawesar, Abha.

2004
A seahorse year /
D'Erasmo, Stacey.

2003
Southland /
Revoyr, Nina, 1969-

2002
Fingersmith /
Waters, Sarah, 1966-

2001
Days of awe /
Obejas, Achy, 1956-

2000
Valencia /
Tea, Michelle.

1999
Tipping the Velvet
Waters, Sarah

1998
Cavedweller /
Allison, Dorothy.

1997
Beyond the pale : a novel /
Nachman/Dykewomon, Elana.

1996
Memory mambo : a novel /
Obejas, Achy, 1956-

1995
Autobiography of a family photo : a novel /
Woodson, Jacqueline.

1994
The gifts of the body /
Brown, Rebecca, 1956-

1993
Written on the body /
Winterson, Jeanette, 1959-

1992
Running fiercely toward a high thin sound : a novel /
Katz, Judith, 1951-

1991
The revolution of little girls /
Boyd, Blanche M., 1945-

1990
Out of time /
Martinac, Paula, 1954-

1989
The bar stories : a novel after all /
Donnelly, Nisa.

1988
Trash : stories /
Allison, Dorothy.