| 1975 | Robert A. Heinlein | (7 Jul 1907) |
| 1976 | Jack Williamson | (29 Apr 1908) |
| 1977 | Clifford D. Simak | (3 Aug 1904) |
| 1979 | L. Sprague de Camp | (27 Nov 1907) |
| 1981 | Fritz Leiber | (25 Dec 1910) |
| 1984 | Andre Norton | (17 Feb 1912) |
| 1986 | Arthur C. Clarke | (16 Dec 1917) |
| 1987 | Isaac Asimov | (2 Jan 1920) |
| 1988 | Alfred Bestor | (18 Dec 1913) |
| 1989 | Ray Bradbury | (22 Aug 1920) |
| 1991 | Lester del Rey | (2 Jun 1915) |
| 1993 | Frederik Pohl | (26 Nov 1919) |
| 1995 | Damon Knight | (19 Sep 1922) |
| 1996 | A.E. van Vogt | (26 Apr 1912) |
| 1997 | Jack Vance | (28 Aug 1925) |
| 1998 | Poul Anderson | (25 Nov 1926) |
| 1999 | Hal Clement | (30 May 1922) |
| 2000 | Brian Aldiss | (18 Aug 1925) |
| 2001 | Philip José Farmer | (26 Jan 1918) |
| 2003 | Ursula K. Leguin | (21 Oct 1929) |
| 2004 | Robert Silverberg | (15 Jan 1935) |
| 2005 | Anne McCaffrey | (1 Apr 1926) |
| 2006 | Harlan Ellison | (27 May 1934) |
| 2007 | James Gunn | (12 Jul 1923) |
| 2008 | Michael Moorcock | (18 Dec 1939) |
| 2009 | Harry Harrison | (12 Mar 1925) |
| 2010 | Joe Haldeman | (9 Jun 1943) |
For further information, please see the SFWA Grand Masters Page.