Joseph H. Bearns Prize

• Milton Babbitt (for Music for the Mass) [2]
• Christopher Bailey (for Six Songs on Poems of John Monroe) [3]
• Samuel Barber (1929, for Violin Sonata,[4] and again in 1933, for School for Scandal Overture)
• William Bergsma [5]
• Stephen Cabell (2004, for Cosmicomic) [6]
• Ronald Caltabiano (1981, 1983) [7]
• Carlos R. Carrillo Cotto (1993, for Cantares) [8]
• William Coble [9]
• Glen Cortese [10]
• Alvin Curran [11]
• Richard Danielpour (1982) [12]
• Mario Davidovsky [13]
• Jonathan Dawe [14]
• Charles Dodge [15]
• Emily Doolittle (1997, for Weather Songs) [16]
• Michael Eckert [17]
• Renee Favand (1995, for Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes.)[18]
• Mark Gustavson (1983, for Textures of Time) [19]
• Daron Hagen (1985, for Trio Concertante)[20]
• Mark Hagerty [21]
• Kevin Hanlon [22]
• William Harvey (for Cuerpo Garrido) [23]
• Joel Hoffman (1975, for Variations for violin, cello, and harp) [24]
• Stephen Jaffe (1976, for Four Nocturnes) [25]
• Pierre Jalbert [26]
• Evan Johnson (2006) [27]
• Brooke Joyce (1999) [28]
• Louis Karchin [29]
• Aaron Jay Kernis [30]
• Kenneth Lampl [31]
• David Lang (1983)
• Paul Lansky (1964) [32]
• Anne LeBaron (1978) [33]
• Roland Leich (1933 for Housman Songs, and 1937 for String Quartet) [34]
• Leonard Mark Lewis (1999) [35]
• Steven Mackey [36]
• Shafer Mahoney [37]
• Paul Moravec [38]
• Lynn David Newton (1965, for Sonata for Piano) [39]
• Paul Nordoff (1933, for Piano Concerto) [40]
• Joshua Penman (2004, for Aevum) [41]
• Daniel Perlongo (for Seven Pieces) [42]
• Tobias Picker [43]
• James Primosch (1981) [44]
• David Rakowski (1984, for Violin Concerto) [45]
• Jason Roth (1995, for Second String Quartet)[18]
• Jake Rundall (2006) [46]
• Eric W. Sawyer (1987) [47]
• Carl Schimmel (1999, for Capa Cocha)[48]
• Joseph Schwantner (1967) [49]
• Harold Shapero (1946, for Symphony for String Orchestra) [50]
• Alexander Sigman (2006) [51]
• David Soley [52]
• Anthony Strilko [53]
• Louise Talma (1932) [54]
• Bruce Taub (1971, for Variations 11.7.3.3.4) [55]
• Reynold Tharp (1996, for Drift) [56]
• Christopher Theofanidis [57]
• Augusta Read Thomas [58]
• Richard Toensing
• Christopher Trapani [59]
• Benjamin Vanden Heuvel (2018) [60]
• Dan Visconti [61]
• David Ward-Steinman (1959, for Symphony) [62]
• Hugo Weisgall
• Richard Willis (for Symphony No. 1) [63]
• Cynthia Lee Wong (2004, for Fates and Furies) [64]
• Maurice Wright (1974) [65]
• Charles Wuorinen (1958, 1959, and 1961) [66]

° Lani Smith (Co-winner - 1958) for "Prelude and Scherzo for Brass, Timpani and Strings"

• The Joseph H. Bearns Prize webpage.