1997 Gina Berriault Andre Dubus Cynthia Ozick Tobias Wolff       1998 John Edgar Wideman Gina Berriault Grace Paley Tim O’Brien       1999 Joy Williams Robert Coover Susan Dodd John Edgar Wideman       2000 Deborah Eisenberg Will Blythe William H. Gass Francine Prose       2001 Alice Munro Maureen Howard James Salter Edmund White       2002 Mavis Gallant Deborah Eisenberg Alice Munro Joy Williams       2003 Antonya Nelson Andrea Barrett Percival Everett Sue Miller       2004 Lorrie Moore Edwidge Danticat Adam Haslett Amy Hempel       2005 Ann Beattie Sherman Alexie Ron Carlson Tess Gallagher       2006 John Updike Ann Beattie Richard Ford Joyce Carol Oates