| Year | Editor | Chapter | Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | S. Joe Fox | Lexington | The Music Men |
| 2011 | S. Jean Hall | Lafayette | Tippecanotes |
| 2001 | Lynn & Aaron Hughes | Terre Haute | Ripples |
| 2000 | Bob Evanson | Lafayette | Tippeca-Notes |
| 1999 | Ken Steffen | Fort Wayne #1 | The Score |
| 1998 | Frank Ridoux | Kokomo | HAR-MO-NOTES |
| 1997 | Paul Del Rio | Louisville Metro | It's About Times |
| 1996 | Howard Waltersdorf | Terre Haute | Ripples on the Wabash |
| 1995 | Brad McAlexander | Greater Indianapolis | Inside The Pride |
| 1994 | Carl Taylor | Ashland | Corn Pone |
| 1993 | Robert Evanson | Lafayette | Tippeca-News |
| Mike Van Cleave | Muncie | Magic City Music Gazzette | |
| 1992 | Don Harris | Columbus-Greenwood | The Bulletone |
| 1991 | Ron Gilbert | Lafayette | Tippecanotes |
| 1990 | Lynn Martin | Greater Indianapolis | Pride of Indy |
| Tasker Witham | Terre Haute | Ripples on the Wabash | |
| 1988 | Paul Gabriel | Fort Wayne | The Score |
| 1987 | Fritz Endris | Greensburg | News and Notes |
| 1986 | John Lyness | Porter-LaPorte Co. | Lakeshore Ambassador |
| Dick Pierard | Terre Haute | Ripples on the Wabash | |
| 1985 | Don Robinson | South Bend-Mishawaka | Mell-O-Notes |
| 1984 | Frank Bunton | Columbus | The Bulletone |
| 1983 | Roger Davidson | Kokomo | Har-Mo-Notes |
| 1982 | Dick Pierard | Terre Haute | Ripples on the Wabash |
| 1981 | Lowell Shank | Mammoth Cave | Gazebo Gazette |
| 1980 | Lowell Shank | Mammoth Cave | Gazebo Gazette |
| Gary Garitson | Columbus | The Bulletone | |
| 1979 | Leland King | Western Kentucky | Purchase Propaganda |
| 1978 | Lowell Shank | Mammoth Cave | Gazebo Gazette |
