| Year |
Name |
Publication |
| 1935 |
Milton Danziger |
Springfield Republican |
| 1936 |
Alice Rosenthal |
Dog News |
| 1937 -38 |
Will Judy |
Dog World |
| 1939 |
James D. Strachan |
Kennel and Bench; Dogs in Canada |
| 1940 |
George Butz |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 1941 |
Roslyn Terhune |
Baltimore News Post |
| 1942 |
C.E. Harbison |
Conde Nast |
| 1943 -46 |
James D. Strachan |
Kennel and Bench; Dogs in Canada |
| 1947 - 1948 |
Maxwell Riddle |
Dog World; Freelance |
| 1949 |
Ronald Kilborn |
NY World-Telegram and Sun |
| 1950 |
Dwight Young |
|
| 1951 - 1952 |
Wentzle Ruml, Jr. |
|
| 1952 - 1954 |
John Rendel |
New York Times |
| 1954 |
LeRoy E. Fess |
Buffalo Courier Express |
| 1955 - 1958 |
George Butz |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 1958 - 1959 |
Evelyn Monte |
|
| 1960 - 1962 |
Harvey Barcus |
|
| 1962 - 1963 |
Louise McMahon |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 1963 - 1965 |
Louise Rucks |
Daily Oklahoman |
| 1965 - 1967 |
M.Lewis Sharpley |
Louisville Courier-Journal |
| 1968 - 1971 |
Arthur Frederick Jones |
AKC Pure-Bred Dogs |
| 1971 - 1972 |
John W. Ingram |
|
| 1973 - 1979 |
John Marvin |
|
| 1980 - 1981 |
Louis Iacabucci |
|
| 1981 |
Maxwell Riddle (Acting Pres.) |
Dog World; freelance |
| 1981 - 1985 |
Bill Denlinger |
Denlinger Publications |
| 1985 - 1992 |
Hal Sundstrom |
HalMar Publications; Dog World; Freelance |
| 1992 - 1993 |
Job Michael Evans |
Freelance |
| 1994 - 2000 |
Mordecai Siegal |
Freelance |
| 2001 - 2004 |
Chris Walkowicz |
Freelance |
| 2005 - 2007 |
Ranny Green |
|
| Year |
Name |
|
| 1986 |
Herm David |
|
| 1987 |
Mordecai Siegal |
|
| 1988 |
Edi Munneke |
|
| 1989 |
Maxwell Riddle |
|
| 1990 |
Carol Lea Benjamin |
|
| 1991 |
Enid Bergstrom |
|
| 1992 |
Lorenz Don Arner |
|
| 1993 |
Hal Sundstrom |
|
| 1994 |
Chris Walkowicz |
|
| 1995 |
Tom O'Shea |
|
| 1996 |
Kathryn Braund |
|
| 1997 |
Matthew Margolis |
|
| 1998 |
none awarded |
|
| 1999 |
Geri Cadiz |
|
| 2000 |
Mordecai Siegal |
|
| 2001 |
Mary Bloom |
|
| 2002 |
Steve Dale |
|
| 2003 |
Pat Santi |
|
| 2004 |
Liz Palika |
|
| 2005 |
Ranny Green |
|
| 2006 |
Phyllis DeGioia |
|
| 2007 |
Kim Townsend |
|