Juroren waren unter anderem Gore Vidal, Daniel J. Boorstin, A. S. Byatt, Arthur M. Schlesinger, William Styron, Christopher Cerf, Shelby Foote, Vartan Gregorian, Edmund Morris und John Richardson. ###>The board consisted of Daniel J. Boorstin, A. S. Byatt, Christopher Cerf, Shelby Foote, Vartan Gregorian, Edmund Morris, John Richardson, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., William Styron and Gore Vidal.