The prestige of the George Polk Award has grown through the years with the list of winners, which follows, with the most recent first. More in depth listings of the winners, starting with the most recent, are found below. 1990-1999 1980-1989 1970-1979 1960-1969 1950-1959 1948-1949 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996