Past English Festival Authors
- 1982: Robert Newton Peck
- 1983: Joan W. Blos
- 1984: William Sleator
- 1985: M. E. Kerr
- 1986: Richard Peck
- 1987: Ouida Sebestyen
- 1988: Robert Cormier
- 1989: Rosa Guy
- 1990: Cynthia Voigt
- 1991: Sue Ellen Bridgers
- 1992: Chris Crutcher
- 1993: Paul Zindel
- 1994: Bruce Brooks
- 1995: Kathryn Lasky
- 1996: Will Hobbs
- 1997: Harry Mazer
- 1998: Robert Cormier, Sue Ellen Bridgers, Chris Crutcher, Bruce Brooks, M.E. Kerr
- 1999: Christopher Paul Curtis
- 2000: Suzanne Fisher Staples
- 2001: Tim Wynne-Jones
- 2002: Virginia Euwer Wolff, Paul Janeczko, Tim Wendel
- 2003: Sharon Dennis Wyeth, Norma Fox Mazer, Sue Ellen Bridgers, Chris Crutcher
- 2004: Joan Bauer
- 2005: Jacqueline Woodson
- 2006: Will Hobbs
- 2007: Joseph Bruchac
- 2008: Joan Bauer, Naomi Shihab Nye, Chris Crutcher, Christopher Paul Curtis
- 2009: Graham Salisbury
- 2010: Jennifer Armstrong
- 2011: Megan Whalen Turner
- 2012: Laurie Halse Anderson
- 2013: Chris Crowe, Chris Crutcher, Sharon M. Draper, Nikki Grimes
- 2014: Jordan Sonnenblick
- 2015: Gary D. Schmidt
- 2016: Matt de la Peña
- 2017: E. Lockhart, Gene Luen Yang
- 2018: Kekla Magoon, Laurie Halse Anderson, Chris Crutcher
- 2019: Neal Shusterman, Steve Sheinkin
- 2020: Rita Williams-Garcia, Rich Wallace, Sandra Neil Wallace
- 2021: Ruta Sepetys, Adib Khorram, Bridget Heos, Sally J. Pla
- 2022: Stacey Lee, Candace Fleming, Jo Knowles, Gareth Hinds
- 2023: Eliot Schrefer, Rita Williams-Garcia, Chris Crutcher
- 2024: Jasmine Warga, Jeff Zentner
- 2025: Alan Gratz, Quartez Harris, Rikki Santer