Since the Fellowship was established, the following awards have been made:
- 1966 - Michael Illingworth
- 1967 - Tanya Ashken
- 1968 - Derek W. Ball
- 1969 - Ralph Hotere
- 1970 - Michael D. Smither
- 1971 & 1972 - Marte Szirmay
- 1973 - Ray W. Thorburn 1974 - Marilynn Webb
- 1975 - John Parker
- 1976 - Ian B. Bergquist
- 1977 - Jeffrey A. Harris
- 1978 - Grahame C. Sydney
- 1979 - Matthew W. Pine
- 1980 - Andrew R. Drummond
- 1981 - Gretchen W. Albrecht
- 1982 - Christopher E. Booth
- 1983 - Joanna M. Paul
- 1984 - Michael R. Armstrong
- 1985 - Denis O'Connor
- 1986 - Ian C. McMillan
- 1987 - Kendal R. Heyes
- 1988 - Julia M. Morison
- 1989 - Shona Rapira Davies
- 1990 - Siegfried Koglmeier
- 1991 - Christine Webster
- 1992 - Neil Frazer
- 1993 - Peter Gibson Smith
- 1994 - Nicola Jackson
- 1995 - Jeffrey Thomson
- 1996 & 1997 - Fiona Pardington
- 1998 - Shane Cotton
- 1999 - Seraphine Pick
- 2000 - Jim Speers
- 2001 - Ava Seymour
- 2002 - Scott Eady
- 2003 - Sara Hughes
- 2004 - Mladen Bizumic
- 2005 - Rohan Wealleans
- 2006 - Sarah Munro
- 2007 - Ben Cauchi
- 2008 - Heather Straka
- 2009 - Eddie Clemens
- 2010 - Joanna Langford
- 2011 - Kushana Bush
- 2012 - Nick Austin
- 2013 - Zina Swanson
- 2014 - Patrick Lundberg
- 2015 - John Ward Knox
- 2016 - Miranda Parkes
- 2017 - Campbell Patterson
- 2018 - Louise Menzies
- 2019 - Imogen Taylor
- 2020 & 2021 - Bridget Reweti
- 2022 - Sorawit Songsataya
- 2023 - Emily Hartley-Skudder