In past years, they have included:
- Johannes Anderegg
- Katja Behrens
- Peter Bichsel
- Marica Bodrozic
- Thea Dorn
- Tanja Dückers
- Lilian Faschinger
- Gerd Fuchs
- Durs Grünbein
- Oskar Holl
- Thomas Hürlimann
- Felicitas Hoppe
- Navid Kermani
- Eckart Klessmann
- Christopher Kloeble
- Joseph Kruse
- Katja Lange-Müller
- Klaus Modick
- Margareth Obexer
- Ulrich Profitlich
- Peter Rühmkorf
- Peter Schneider
- Jan Schütte
- Zafer Senocak
- Werner Söllner
- Hans-Michael Speier
- Franz Stanzel
- Hartmiut Steinecke
- Jacob Steiner
- Robert Thalheim
- Ilija Trojanow
- Martin Walser
- Renate Wiggershaus
- Rolf Wiggershaus