2011 CONTEST
- Grand Prize Winner/2011 fellow: SPOTNIK, Celeste Chan-Wolfe, Los Angeles, CA
- Second Place: CRICKET - Tammy Duffy, Sherman Oaks CA
- Third Place (tied):
AMAZON GIRL - Ken Pearson, Tempe AZ
DISPATCH - Bryan Dick, Manhattan Beach CA
2010 CONTEST
- Grand Prize Winner/2010 fellow: AMERICAN CHILD, April Rouveyrol, CA
- Second Place: AMERICAN SUBLIME, C. C. Young, CA
- Third Place: RASHAE LIKES ME (SOMEHOW), Molly Brown, PA
2009 CONTEST
- Grand Prize Winner/2009 fellow: UPGRADE by Louis Rosenberg, CA
- First Place: SHROUDED IN DARKNESS by James Walker, UK
- Second Place: BEADED ROAD by Wenonah Wilms, MN
2008 CONTEST
- Grand Prize Winner/2008 Fellow: THE THIRD REALM by Nino Del Pesco, MN
2006-7 CONTEST
- Grand Prize Winner/2007 fellow: THE RUT by Kevin Caruso, Matewan NJ
- Finalists:
- EMILIANO DE LA GARZA & THE GENIE by Marc Calderwood, Albuquerque NM
- RUNNING by Kevin Caruso, Matewan NJ
- THE LOW ROAD by Clea Frost, Los Angeles CA
- C-VILLE by Charles McBee, Ruckersville VA
- SMILERS by Mike McGeever, Lombard IL
- THE DEAD END by Yun Jong Suh, San Francisco CA
- FOR THE LOVE OF JADE by Michael J. Yurinko, Easton PA
- Semifinalists:
- ZERO HANDICAP by Clinton & Jim Braly, Salt Lake City
- STILL LIFE by Pat Delgado, Charlotte NC
- STILL by Clea Frost, Los Angeles
- LIGHT RAIN FALLING by Lisa Gold, Long Beach CA
- SUMMER CAMP by Diane Hanks, Swansea MA
- BLACK SHEEP CLUB by Steven Rosen, Los Angeles CA
- REMEMORY by Brooke Sebold, San Francisco CA
- SHAKE THE HEAVENS by J Wheeler, Las Vegas NV
- UNDERGROUND by Chriss Williams, Montclair NJ
- THE MUDVILLE NINE by Phil Yuhas, Orange CA
2005 Contest
- Grand Prize Winner/2005 fellows: Lisa Gold, Malcolm Lawson, Zohar Tzur
- Winner - shorts category: Thomas Moore
- Finalists - feature category: Lorelei Armstrong, Sheila F. Flaherty, David Jaher, Daniel Lawrence, Gary Sherwood
- Finalists (shorts): Marc V. Calderwood, Emily Farache, Frederick Jones, Krasimir Karamfilov, Steve LaMontagne
- Semifinalists: feature category
- David Buik
- Emily Cicchini
- Ian Goodwillie
- Jill Berk Jiminez
- Richard M. Lewis
- Simon Rawlinson
- Lisa Diana Shapiro
- Lizanne Southgate
- Semifinalists: shorts category
- Thomas Beach
- Marc V. Calderwood
- John Puffer
- Adam Yoelin
2004 Contest
- Winner/2004 fellow: PAPAYA MOON Laura Wachtel Portland, OR
- Winner - shorts category: Andy Cannistra
- Semifinalists - feature category:
- .30/60 (THIRTY-OUGHT-SIX) by Jim & Chris Burnham, Pompano Beach, FL
- BROKEN HEARTLAND by Greg Daubenspeck, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- CENTRAL by James Lerman New York, NY
- COWBOYS AND HINDUS by Tejal Desai, Middletown, CT
- GAME_GIRL by Sam Franklin, Encino, CA
- HORSES by Jeff Forester & Jim Berg, Minneapolis, MN
- THE IMPERFECT CELL by Lance Hammer, Los Angeles, CA
- THE INTERROGATOR aka THE STATE OF THE UNION by Chuck Loch, Culver City, CA
- KING OF CALIFORNIA by Michael A. Cahill, Ojai, CA
- THE LIFEGUARD by Frank Reilly, Kapa'a, HI
- MEDIA CIRCUS by Dan Borengasser, Springdale, AR
- MOUNT PLEASANT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE by Troy DeRego, Nashua, NH
- THE PIRATE PRINCESS by Lisa Bauch, Bloomington, MN
- RESURRECTION MEN by Sean O'Conner, Chicago, IL
- SPOTTING NORMAL by Michael E. Young, Richmond, VA
2003 Contest
- Grand Prize Winners/2003 fellows:
- Natasha V.
- William Garcia
- Siddharth Kara
- Winner - shorts category: Bryan Chavez
- Finalists/Semifinalists - feature category:
- Michael Cheung
- Sean Corrigan
- Joseph Allen Costa
- Steve LaMontagne
- Eric G. Lewis
- Rob Luehrs
- Gordon McLennan
- Uri Miron
- Keil Murray & Philip Lorin
- J.D. Ramsey
- Daniel Weitzman
- Phil Yuhas
- Finalists/Semifinalists - shorts category:
- Bruno Bonugli
- Eric Conner
- Dan D'Amello
- Taft Eastman
- Kate Fitzgerald
- Greg Shih
- Mary Jane Stevenson
- Elaine M. Tuennerman
- Sarah Warner
2002 Contest
- Grand Prize Winners/2002 fellows: Greg Marcks, Gary Miranda, Laura Suau
- Winner - shorts category: Joseph O. Holmes
- Finalists - feature category:
- Kevin Caruso
- Vincent Ho & Edmund Kim
- Sheri Keasler
- Rob Sabal
- Jane C. Turville
- Finalists - shorts category:
- Phil Anderson
- Sue Berg
- Kurt Evans
- Hank Isaac
- Daryl Herring
- Lynn Lamousin
- Abby Staeble
- Semifinalists - feature category:
- Spencer Beglarian
- E.G. Carlstrom
- Bob Gilbert
- Alison A. Karas
- Rachel Long
- Grant Pace
- Tom Patrick
- Brent Shepherd
2001 Contest
- Grand Prize Winners/2001 fellows: Willie Hagen, Robert Nelson, Michael North
- Winner - shorts category: Wes Driver
- Finalists: feature category
- Sam Franklin
- Brandy Montalvo
- Lisa Diana Shapiro
- Yuri Sivo
- Kurt Smith
- Finalists - shorts category: Zoe Bui, Barbara Kymlicka, Chris Schlerf, Khavari Wilson
- Semifinalists - feature category:
- Sao Anash
- John Bell
- Joshua Denslow
- Sheri Keasler
- Finbar O'Keefe
- Timothy Smith
- John Zelnick
- Tara Zucker
2000 Contest
- Grand Prize Winners/2000 fellows: Lynda Foote, Fred P. Mills, Michael Salort
- Finalists - feature category:
- Lorelei Armstrong
- Maureen Brogan
- Dan Fabrizio
- Patrick FitzPatrick
- Joseph O. Holmes
- Semifinalists - feature category:
- Edward R. Allen
- Gaston Biraben
- Gabrielle Burton
- Alison McDonald
- Gregg Moscoe
- Lisanne Sartor
- Peter Vanderwall
- Bill Zide
1999 Contest
- Grand Prize Winners/1999 fellows:
- Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
- Bill Robinson
- Devin Wallace
- Finalists - feature category:
- Bruce Akiyama
- Jack Breschard
- Joe Meyer
- Kurt Smith
- James E. Thomas, Jr.
- Semifinalists - feature category:
- Christine DeMaio
- Andrew MacDowell
- Daniel Price
- Stacia Saint Owens
- Joni Sensel
- Thomas Simmons
- Ilja Von Nagel
- Phil Yuhas
1998 Contest
- Grand Prize Winners/1998 fellows:
- Steve Bagatourian
- Eli Despres & Kim Roberts
- Billy Shebar
- Finalists - feature category:
- Dylan Dow
- Robert Tremblay
- Tony Urgo
- Shel Wagner
- Michael D. Zungolo
- Semi-Finalists - feature category:
- Scott Balows
- Joann K. Buckley
- Sally J. Eggleston
- Tom Fitzgerald
- Andrea Kail
- Kelly Kernan
- Fred Lyle
- Ken McCormack
- Kurt Smith
- George Weathers
1997 Contest
- Grand Prize Winners/1997 fellows:
- Daniel Barnz
- Bryan Marvis
- Marcia Sinclair
- Finalists - feature category:
- Eugenie Chan
- Dylan Dow
- Martin Holloway
- Henry Meyerson
- Rich Rubin & Bambi Schieffelin
- Semi-Finalists - feature category:
- John G. Culton
- Veronica F. DiPippo
- Arthur Pearson
- Veerendra Prasad
- Jack R. Stanley
- Megan Timothy
- Joe Wheeler
- William J. Zide