1986 Cynthia Ozick William Abrahams Shannon Ravenel Peter Schimdt       1987 Robert Coover Benjamin DeMott Stanley Elkin Shannon Ravenel       1988 Donald Barthelme Benjamin DeMott Bill Henderson Cynthia Ozick       1989 Tobias Wolff C. Michael Curtis Stanley W. Lindberg Joy Williams       1990 Joyce Carol Oates Frank Conroy Daniel Halpern Tobias Wolff       1991 Paul Bowles Joel Conarroe Francine du Plessix Gray Joyce Carol Oates       1992 Eudora Welty Russell Banks Ann Beattie L. Rust Hills       1993 Grace Paley Stuart Dybek Deborah Eisenberg Jack Miles       1994 Tillie Olsen Charles Baxter Susan Cheever Mary Gordon       1995 Richard Ford Richard Bausch Ethan Canin Mary Morris