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1980
Literature
- Ellen Douglas
Music
- Luigi Zaninelli
Art
- Ed McGowin
1981
Literature
- Walker Percy
Music
- James S. Sclater
Art Ray Parrish
1982
Literature
- Ellen Gilchrist
Music
- William Grant Still (posthumously)
Art
- Valerie Jaudon
1983
Literature
- Ellen Douglas
Music
- Patrick Houlihan
Art
- George Wardlaw
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1984
Literature
- Rebecca Hill
Music
- Patrick Houlihan
Art
- James L. Seawright, Jr.
1985
Literature
- Ellen Gilchrist
Music
- Luigi Zaninelli
Art
- William Dunlap
1986
Literature
- John Stone
Music
- Samuel Jones
Art
- Kenneth W. Marlow
Photography
- Robert Townsend Jones, Jr.
1987
Literature
- Richard Ford
Music
- David Caudill
Visual Art
- Ke Francis
Photography
- Birney Imes, III
1988
Literature
- Walker Percy
Music
- Milton Babbitt
Visual Art
- Zarah Maranian
Photography
- Maude S. Clay
Lifetime Achievement
- Eudora Welty
1989
Literature
- Larry Brown
Music
- Paul Overstreet
Visual Art
- Mildred Nungester Wolfe
Photography
- Rita Dewitt
Lifetime Achievement
- Walter Anderson
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1990
Literature
- Rick Bass
Music
- James S. Sclater
Visual Art
- Randy Hayes
Photography
- William Eggleston
Special Achievement
- William Ferris
Charles Reagan Wilson
1991
Literature
- Ellen Gilchrist
Music
- Samuel Jones
Visual Art
- Birney Imes, III
1992
Fiction
- Lewis Nordan
NonFiction
- Michael B. Ballard
Visual Art
- Ron Dale
Photography
- Maude S. Clay
Music
- Luigi Zaninelli
Career Achievement in the Performing Arts
- Jane Reid Petty
1993
Fiction
- Donna Tartt
NonFiction
- Chalmers Archer
Clifton Taulbert
Visual Art
- Jere H. Allen
Photography
- Allen Frame
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1994
Fiction
- Barry Hannah
NonFiction
- Willie Morris
Visual Art
- Greely Myatt
Photography
- Tom Rankin
Music
- Douglas McConnell
1995
Fiction
- Beverly Lowry
NonFiction
- Mary Garrard
Visual Art
- Sylvain Klaus
Photography
- Birney Imes, III
Music
- James S. Sclater
Lifetime Achievement
- Franke and Bern Keating
Citation of Merit
- ETV and Public Radio in Mississippi
1996
Fiction
- Lewis Nordan
NonFiction
- David Herbert Donald
Visual Art
- Charles Carraway
Photography
- Milly Moorhead
Music
- Laurence M. Oden
Lifetime Achievement
- Lee and Pup McCarty
1997
Fiction
- Cynthia Shearer
NonFiction
- Stephen Ambrose
Visual Art
- Valerie Jaudon
Photography
- Marion Brown
Music
- Mark Howell
Poetry
- Paul Ruffin
1998
Fiction
- Wylene Dunbar
NonFiction
- Will D. Campbell
Visual Art
- William Dunlap
Photography
- Hubert F. Worley, Jr.
Music
- Luigi Zaninelli
Poetry
- Angela Ball
Special Achievement
- Marion Barnwell
1999
Fiction
- Ellen Douglas
NonFiction
- Patti Carr Black
Visual Art
- Jean Cappadonna-Nichols
Photography
- Lucinda Devlin
Music
- James Sclater
Poetry
- John Stone
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2000
Fiction
- Steve Yarbrough
NonFiction
- Edward Cohen
Visual Art
- Paula Temple
Photography
- Maude Schuyler Clay
Music
- Luigi Zaninelli
Poetry
- D.C. Berry
Lifetime Achievement
- Leontyne Price
Citation of Merit
- University Press of Mississippi
2001
Fiction
- Howard Bahr
NonFiction
- Jeff Durstewitz and Ruth Williams
Visual Art
- Collier B. Parker
Photography
- Eudora Welty
Poetry
- Natasha Trethewey
2002
Fiction
- Barry Hannah
NonFiction
- Bobby DeLaughter
Visual Art
- Sheila Stott Gourlay
Photography
- John D. Lawrence
Music
- Michael Kimber
Poetry
- Brooks Haxton
2003
Fiction
- Brad Watson
NonFiction
- Minor Ferris Buchanan
Visual Arts
- Gwendolyn Magee
Photography
- Jack Kotz
Music
- Samuel Jones
James Sclater
Poetry
- Natasha Trethewey
Lifetime Achievement
- Mimi Garrard and James Seawright
2004
Fiction
- Tom Franklin
NonFiction
- Christopher Maurer
Visual Arts
- Wyatt Waters
Music
- Logan Skelton
Poetry
- Ann Fisher-Wirth
Lifetime Achievement
Shelby Foote
2005
Fiction
- Margaret McMullan
NonFiction
- Timothy B. Smith
Visual Arts
- Sam Gilliam
Musical Composition
- Justin Sharp
Poetry
- Brooks Haxton
Photography
- Gretchen Haien
2006
Fiction
- Tom Bailey
NonFiction
- Suzanne Marrs
Visual Arts
- Thomas Nawrocki
Music Composition
- Andrew Owen
Photography
- Robyn Moore
2007
Fiction
- Richard Ford -"The Lay of the Land"
NonFiction
- Jere Nash and Andy Taggart - "Mississippi Politics: The Struggle
for Power 1976-2006
Visual Arts
- Bill Dunlap - "Dunlap"
Music Composition
- Samuel Jones - "Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra"
Photography
- Debra Ferguson - "Vanishing Delta"
Poetry
- Natasha Trethewey - "Native Guard: Poems"
Lifetime Achievement
- Morgan Freeman and Myrna Colley-Lee
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