2003
 
Dafnis Prieto (jazz drummer, percussionist, composer)
 
2004
 
Candace Bouchard (dancer)
Configuration (contemporary dance company)
Liz Waldner (writer)
 
2005
 
Steve Allen (saxophonist)
Yazmany Arboleda (visual artist)
Graham Michael Hamilton (actor)
Nicole Lowrance (actor)
Psalmayene 24 (actor, playwright)
 
2006
 
Adrian Belic (filmmaker)
Martin Espada (poet)
Nicolas Kendall (violinist)
Oni Faida Lampley (playwright, actor)
Kanji Segawa (dancer)
 
2007
 
Brenda Shaughnessy & Craig Teicher (poets)
Alexander Strain (actor)
Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance (contemporary ballet company)
The Women's Project (theater production company)
Charles-Louis Yoshiyama (dancer)
 
2008
 
America's Dream Chamber Artists (chamber music ensemble)
Barbara Barg (poet, musician)
Carl Flink and Black Label Movement (choreographer, dance ensemble)
Geoffrey Gatza (poet)
Christine Toy Johnson (actor)
Harun Mehmedinovic (filmmaker, photographer)
Karl Miller (actor)
Colin Tribby (percussionist, teaching artist)
WordBRIDGE (playwriting laboratory)
 
2009
 
Ensemble Studio Theatre (theatre production company)
Margo Hall (actor, director, playwright)
Jo Kreiter (artistic director, Flyaway Productions)
Courtney Lavine (dancer)
Catherine Russell (vocalist)
Jeremy Skidmore (director)
Dan Stroeh (writer, Carpe Diem Award recipient)
 
2010
 
The Barrow Group (theatre production company)
Julio Bragado-Young (dancer, Carpe Diem Award recipient)
Darren Canady (playwright)
Caledonia Curry (a.k.a. Swoon) (visual artist)
Sharon Hayes (visual artist)
Connie Hochman (filmmaker)
Jonathan Jordan (dancer)
Nancy Kuhl (writer)
Genine Lentine (writer)
John Manzari (dancer, singer, actor)
Leo Manzari (dancer, singer, actor)
Gretchen and John Morning (filmmakers)
Jay Sullivan (actor)
Holly Twyford (actor)
 
2011
 
Alejandro Cerrudo (choreographer, dancer)
Mel Chin (visual artist)
Jeffrey Cirio (dancer)
Jessica Frances Dukes (actor)
John Duvernoy (writer)
Jeremy Gumbs (singer, actor, dancer)
Nanna Ingvarsson (actor)
Daniel Karslake (filmmaker)
Jennifer Mendenhall (actor)
Robert Ransick (visual artist)
Brian Reeder (choreographer)
Kate Rouzer (dancer)
Erin Weaver (actor)
Dean Young (writer)
 
2012
 
Dianne Bellino (filmmaker)
Grace Cloutier (harpist)
Aubrey Deeker (actor)
Aisha deHaas (singer, actor)
Roberto Harrison (writer, visual artist)
Russell Harvard (actor, Carpe Diem Award recipient)
Jamie Isenstein (visual artist)
Barry Woods Johnston (sculptor)
Chris Jordan (filmmaker)
Ellie Krakow (visual artist)
Aaron Kreiswirth (photographer)
Sean Panikkar (opera singer)
Grace Pettis (singer, songwriter, guitarist)
Elizabeth Robinson (writer, poet)
Alberto Velazquez (dancer)
 
2013
Benjamin Behrends (dancer)
Ben Carroll (singer, songwriter, guitarist)
Kara Lee Corthron (playwright)
Fire Island Artist Residency (residency program for visual artists)
Hillary Gravendyk (poet)
Justin Kauflin (jazz pianist, composer)
Melissa McGill (sculptor, visual artist)
Andrea Thome (playwright)
Johannes Weidenmueller (jazz bassist)

 

2014

Merri C. Biechler (playwright, Artistic Director/Brick Monkey Theatre Ensemble)

Kimberly Gilbert (actor)

Steve Hackman (multi-instrumentalist, composer, conductor)

Pablo Helguera (multi-media artist)

Matthew Henriksen (poet, curator, producer)

Eric Shimelonis (multi-instrumentalist, composer, conductor)

Kathleen Akerley (actor and playwright)

 

2015

Orlando White (poet)
Leon Brown (actor)
Lauren Feldman (playwright)
Patrick Corbin (dancer and choreographer)
David Cale (actor)
John Morogiello (playwright)
Mark Dion (visual artist)
Paige Ackerson-Kiely (poet)
Simone Leigh (visual artist)

OrchKids (music education and outreach organization, Daniel Trahey, Director)