The following are the names of those who have won RPS Composition Prizes since the competition started in 1948. In certain years no award was made. From 1994 former winners were not eligible to enter again.
1948 - 1959 / 1960 - 1969 / 1970 - 1979 / 1980 - 1989 / 1990 - 1999 / 2000 - 2009 / 2010 - to date
1999
Jonathan Cole
1998
no prize awarded
1997
Oscar Bettison
1996
Andrew March
1995
Sang-Eun Lee
1994
Paul de Aragon
David Bruce
1993
no prize awarded
1992
Julian Anderson
1991
Shinuh Lee
1990
John Cooney
Paul Newland