| 2022 and 2023 |
Reid L. Neilson and Scott D. Marianno. Restless Pilgrim: Andrew Jenson’s Quest for Latter-day Saint History. University of Illinois Press |
| Finalist |
Richard L. Saunders. Dale L. Morgan: Mormon and Western Histories in Transition. The University of Utah Press |
| 2020 and 2021 |
Terryl L. Givens. Stretching the Heavens: The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism. The University of North Carolina Press |
| 2018 and 2019 |
James R. Swensen. In a Rugged Land: Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and the Three Mormon Towns Collaboration, 1953-1954. The University of Utah Press
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| Finalist |
Colleen Whitley. Feed My Sheep: The Life of Alberta Henry. The University of Utah Press |
| 2017 |
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870. Alfred A. Knopf |
| Finalist |
Thomas G. Smith. Stewart L. Udall: Steward of the Land. University of New Mexico Press |
| 2016 |
Gregory A. Prince. Leonard Arrington and the Writing of Mormon History. The University of Utah Press |
| Finalist |
Paul Andrew Hutton. The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, The Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History. Crown |
| 2015 |
Angela Pulley Hudson. Real Native Genius: How an Ex-Slave and a White Mormon Became Famous Indians. The University of North Carolina Press |
| 2014 |
Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey. Gasa Gasa Girl Goes To Camp: A Nisei Youth Behind a World War II Fence. University of Utah Press |
| 2013 |
Todd M. Compton. A Frontier Life: Jacob Hamblin, Explorer and Indian Missionary. University of Utah Press |
| 2012 |
Timothy Egan. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 2011 |
William M. Adler. The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon. Bloomsbury |
| 2009 and 2010 |
Matthew J. Grow. Liberty to the Downtrodden: Thomas L. Kane, Romantic Reformer. Yale University Press |
| 2008 |
Janet Chapman and Karen Barrie. Kenneth Milton Chapman: A Life Dedicated to Indian Arts and Artists. University of New Mexico Press |
| 2007 |
Frederick H. Swanson. Dave Rust: A Life in the Canyons. University of Utah Press |
| 2006 |
Sandra Ailey Petree ed. Recollections of Past Days: The Autobiography of Patience Loader Roxsa Archer. Utah State University Press |
| 2005 |
Richard Lyman Bushman. Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling. Alfred A. Knopf |
| 2004 |
Eva Tulene Watt with assistance from Keith H. Basso. Don’t Let the Sun Step Over You: A White Mountain Apache Family Life, 1860-1975. University of Arizona Press |
| 2003 |
Virginia Kerns. Scenes from the High Desert: Julian Steward’s Life and Theory. University of Illinois Press |
| 2002 |
Ronald O. Barney. One Side by Himself: The Life and Times of Lewis Barney 1808-1894. Utah State University Press |
| 2001 |
Sally Zanjani. Sarah Winnemucca. University of Nebraska Press |
| 2000 |
Donald Worster. A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell. Oxford University Press |
| 1999 |
Davis Bitton. George Q. Cannon: A Biography. Deseret Book Company |
| 1998 |
Valeen Tippetts Avery. From Mission to Madness: Last Son of the Mormon Prophet. University of Illinois Press |
| 1997 |
Thomas Toone. Mahonri Young: His Life and Art. Signature Books |
| 1996 |
Jackson J. Benson. Wallace Stegner: His Life and Work. Viking Penguin |
| 1995 |
Mary Lythgoe Bradford. Lowell L. Bennion: Teacher, Counselor, Humanitarian. Dialogue Foundation |
| 1995 |
Robert Alan Goldberg. Barry Goldwater. Yale University Press |
| 1994 |
LeRoy Ashby and Rod Gramer. Fighting the Odds: The Life of Senator Frank Church. Washington State University Press |
| 1993 |
Shirley A. Leckie. Elizabeth Bacon Custer and the Making of a Myth. University of Oklahoma Press |
| 1992 |
Ivan Doig. Heart Earth. Atheneum/Macmillan |
| 1991 |
Terry Tempest Williams. Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. Pantheon Books |
| 1991 |
Thomas G. Alexander. Things in Heaven and Earth: The Life and Times of Wilford Woodruff. Signature Books |
| 1990 |
William DeBuys and Alex Harris. River of Traps. University of New Mexico Press |
| 1988 |
Roger D. Lanius. Joseph Smith III: Pragmatic Prophet. University of Illinois Press |
| 1987 |
Levi S. Peterson. Juanita Brooks: Mormon Woman Historian. University of Utah Press |
| 1986 |
Joseph C. Porter. Paper Medicine Man: John Gregory Bourke and His American West. University of Oklahoma Press |
| 1986 |
James B. Allen. Trials of Discipleship: The Story of William Clayton, A Mormon. University of Illinois Press |
| 1985 |
Paul Hutton. Phil Sheridan and His Army. University of Nebraska Press |
| 1984 |
Linda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery. Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith. Doubleday |
| 1984 |
Richard Bushman. Joseph Smith and the Beginning of Mormonism. University of Illinois Press |
| 1983 |
Leonard J. Arrington. Brigham Young: American Moses. Knopf/Random House
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