This award goes to the most improved journal, regardless of its state at the time the renovations began. A weak journal that has become excellent is eligible, but so too is an admired journal that manages to become dramatically better. Submissions must feature significant editorial change and may also feature change in design and other aspects of the journal's publication.
2009
Winner:Revista Hispanica Moderna
Honorable Mention:Dutch Crossing
2008
Winner:English Language Notes
2007
Winner:Women's Studies Quarterly
2006
Winner:The Classical Outlook
Runner-up:Canadian Children's Literature
HonorableMention: Italian Culture
2005
Winner:Virginia Quarterly Review
Runner-up:Modern Language Studies
2004
Winner:Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism
2003
Winner:Modernism/Modernity
2002
Winner:World Literature Today
2001
Winner:CR: The New Centennial Review
2000
Winner:JAC
1999
Winner:Composition Studies
1998
Winner:Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies
1997
Winner:Connecticut Review
1996
Winner:The Comparatist
1995
Winner:Critical Matrix
1994
Winner:Tampa Review
Runner-up:Modern Language Quarterly
1993
Winner:Review: Latin American Literature and Arts
Runner-up:George Sand Review
1992
Winner:Arion
Honorable Mentions:Journal of Value Inquiry, Russian Review, Australian Journal of Communication, INTI
1991
Winner:College Literature
Honorable Mentions:Studies in Canadian Literature Études en littérature canadienne, Queen's Quarterly
1990
Winner:The Wallace Stevens Journal
Honorable Mention:Christianity and Literature
1989
Winner:Susquehanna University Review
1988
Not awarded
1987
Winner:Revue André Malraux
