Conference speakers for past years are listed below. Speakers prior to 2004 will be added in the future.
| 2017 | ▪ David Biedrzycki
▪ Natalie Lloyd ▪ Duncan Tonatiuh ▪ Kelly Bingham ▪ Kathryn White |
| 2016 | ▪ Patricia McKissack
▪ Eric Velasquez ▪ Carmen Deedy ▪ Michael Dooling ▪ Alan Gratz |
| 2015 | ▪ Clare Vanderpool
▪ Jennifer Sattler ▪ Susan Nees ▪ Shonto Begay ▪ Mike Artell |
| 2014 | ▪ Jodi Moore
▪ R. Gregory Christie ▪ Judith Ortiz Cofer ▪ Jennifer Holm |
| 2013 | ▪ Deborah Wiles
▪ Angela Johnson ▪ Molly Bang ▪ Pat Mora ▪ Amanda Knoll & Howard McWilliam |
| 2012 | ▪ Mike Wimmer
▪ Barbara O’Connor ▪ Carole Boston Weatherford ▪ Jody Feldman ▪ Meghan McCarthy |
| 2011 | ▪ Mary Downing Hahn
▪ Alma Flor Ada ▪ Gail Gibbons ▪ M.T. Anderson ▪ Karen Beaumont ▪ Susan Liverpool |
| 2010 | ▪ Margie Palatini
▪ Kadir Nelson ▪ Andrea Davis Pinkney ▪ Robert Burleigh ▪ Fred Newman |
| 2009 | ▪ Paul Janeczko
▪ Peter Sis ▪ Bryan Collier ▪ Gail Carson Levine ▪ Caralyn & Mark Buehner |
| 2008 | ▪ Ian Ogilvy
▪ Cynthia Kadohata ▪ Brian Pinkney ▪ David Wiesner ▪ Mo Willems |
| 2007 | ▪ Patricia Polacco
▪ Jane Yolen ▪ Marion Dane Bauer ▪ Chris Soentpiet ▪ Keiko Kasza |
| 2006 | ▪ Linda Bailey
▪ Bill Slavin ▪ Jacqueline Woodson ▪ Karen Hesse ▪ Jim Murphy ▪ Emily Arnold McCully ▪ Sherry Norfolk |
| 2005 | ▪ Judy Bloom Fradin & Dennis Fradin
▪ Nikki Grimes ▪ Robert Sabuda ▪ Joseph Bruchac ▪ Helen Lester |
| 2004 | ▪ David Catrow
▪ Nancy Etchemendy ▪ James/Jim Haskins ▪ Patty Lovell ▪ Stephanie Tolan |