Sue Alexander Award Recipients:
| Year | Winner | Title of Manuscript | |
| 2020 | Kristen Kiesling | If I Tell | |
| 2019 | Shaleen Woods | Roots and Rosemary | |
| 2018 | Patricia Flam | Daniel and the Infinite Stuff | |
| 2017 | Christine DeHerrera | Jeezus Geeks & Rainbow Freaks | |
| 2016 | Heather Zenzen | Sam and Haley | |
| 2015 | Ida Olson | Vigaro | |
| 2014 |
Linda Kao |
The Treasure of the Foggy Isles
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| 2013 | Lindsay Wright | The Master Clock of Paris | |
| 2012 | Kat Yeh | Girl of Shadow | |
| 2011 | Marilyn Hilton | Hover Over Me | |
| 2010 | Kelly Sheahan | Animal Tracks | |
| 2009 | Sharon Cameron | Stranwyne Keep | |
| 2008 | Doug Marshall | Flung | |
| 2007 | Tracy Holczer | Runaway Grace (Published as The Secret Hum of a Daisy) | |
| 2006 | Carole Estby Dagg | From Mica Creek to New York City, One Step at a Time | |
| 2005 | Emily Jiang | Paper Daughter | |
| 2004 | Melodie Chenevert | Lillian Wald: Heroic Nurse of Henry Street | |
| 2003 | Candace Moonshower | The Legend of Zoey | |
| 2002 | Mary Waldorf | Me and My Sister Ed (published as The Goldrush Kid) | |
| 2001 | Donna Bergman | Sassie in the Wind | |
| 2000 | Jay Asher | The Choco Barn Cow | |
| 1999 | Maria Fleming | Somewhere Sleeping | |
| 1998 | Lynn Baker | The Naturals | |
| 1997 | Patricia Rae Wolff | Joey and the Quest | |
| 1996 | Cat Bauer | Zee (Renamed Harley, Like a Person upon publication) |
Promising Picture Book Recipients:
| Year | Winner | Title of Manuscript | |
| 2015 | Eileen Meyer | Discovering Lincoln: A Picture Book in Poems | |
| 2014 | Rebecca Langston-George | Bovinella | |
| 2013 | Sue Gallion | Pug and Pig | |
| 2012 | Jenny Bielicki | Starry Kalahari |