WVLA Literary Merit Award
1954----Edgar B. Sims
1955----Cecile R. Goodall
1956----Jean Lee Latham
1957----Charles L. Repper
1958----
1959----
1960----
1961----
1962----
1963----
1964----
1965----
1966----
1967----
1968----
1969----
1970----
1971----
1972----Ruth Ann Musick
1973----Marie Boette
1974----Brooks Wigginton
1975----Agnes Smith Parrish
1976----John A. Williams
1977----Louise Pease McNeill
1978----Davis A. Grubb
1979----James Gay Jones
1980----Meredith Sue Willis
1981----Mary Lee Settle
1982----Jim Comstock
1983----Ken Heckler
1984----Cynthia Rylant
1985----Charles E. Yeager
1986----Breece D.J. Pancake
1987----Otis Rice
1988----
1989----Ken Sullivan
1990----Pat Hussey
1990----Barbara Ferrero
1990----James Haught
1991----Phil Laska
1992----David Alan Corbin
1993----Marc Harshman
1994----Anna Smucker
1995----Laurence Yep
1996----Jayne Anne Phillips
1997----Denise Giardina
1998----Cheryl Ryan Harshman
1999----Homer H. Hickam, Jr.
2000----Stephen Coonts
2001----Irene McKinney
2002----John Cuthbert
2003----None given
2004----Keith Maillard
2005----
2006----James E. Casto and Jeanette Walls
1955----Cecile R. Goodall
1956----Jean Lee Latham
1957----Charles L. Repper
1958----
1959----
1960----
1961----
1962----
1963----
1964----
1965----
1966----
1967----
1968----
1969----
1970----
1971----
1972----Ruth Ann Musick
1973----Marie Boette
1974----Brooks Wigginton
1975----Agnes Smith Parrish
1976----John A. Williams
1977----Louise Pease McNeill
1978----Davis A. Grubb
1979----James Gay Jones
1980----Meredith Sue Willis
1981----Mary Lee Settle
1982----Jim Comstock
1983----Ken Heckler
1984----Cynthia Rylant
1985----Charles E. Yeager
1986----Breece D.J. Pancake
1987----Otis Rice
1988----
1989----Ken Sullivan
1990----Pat Hussey
1990----Barbara Ferrero
1990----James Haught
1991----Phil Laska
1992----David Alan Corbin
1993----Marc Harshman
1994----Anna Smucker
1995----Laurence Yep
1996----Jayne Anne Phillips
1997----Denise Giardina
1998----Cheryl Ryan Harshman
1999----Homer H. Hickam, Jr.
2000----Stephen Coonts
2001----Irene McKinney
2002----John Cuthbert
2003----None given
2004----Keith Maillard
2005----
2006----James E. Casto and Jeanette Walls
