The Horace W. Harrison Grand Award is presented for the best competitive exhibit shown at a BNAPEX convention. The award is a piece of artwork selected by the BNAPEX Convention Committee. A small plaque is affixed to it.

The Grand Award has been in existence since the first BNAPEX convention held in 1949. It was renamed the Horace W. Harrison Grand Award in honour of the late Horace W. Harrison, OTB, a former president of BNAPS, a BNAPEX Grand Award winner in 1989, and a major benefactor to the Society. Horace Harrison passed away on 4 October 2002.

The award recipients are listed alphabetically below. A chronological list is also available.

Chronological list

John D. Arn	Canada - Cameo Definitive Issues	2004 Baltimore, MD
Laurence M. Bell	New Brunswick, Stampless Covers Pence, Cents	1964 Muskoka, ON
Hendrik Burgers	Canadians In Russia 1918 - 1920: The Last Contingent of World War I	2011 North Bay, ON
Pat Burns	The Nova Scotia Post: Early Mail and Markings	2023 Halifax, NS
Robert V. C. Carr	British Columbia - Confederation and Express Covers	1996 Fort Worth, TX
Robert V. C. Carr	Prince Edward Island	1993 Toronto, ON
Robert V. C. Carr	British Columbia	1973 Calgary, AB
Robert V. C. Carr	Nova Scotia	1971 Halifax, NS
Robert V. C. Carr	New Brunswick Grid Cancels	1963 Williamsburg, VA
Walter W. Chadbourne	Maritime Provinces	1950 Philadelphia, PA
Neville L. Clifford-Jones	Newfoundland to 1880	1972 St. John's, NF
Graham Cooper	Newfoundland Air Mails	2000 Schaumburg, IL
L. S. Crosby	Prince Edward Island	1956 Toronto, ON
G. H. David	Special Delivery	1992 St. Charles, IL
Charles P. deVolpi	Western Canada Postal History with Items from Rupert Land, Keewatin, Assiniboia, and a Riel essay	1966 Calgary, AB
Charles P. deVolpi	Adhesives on Cover 1861-68	1958 Ste. Marguerite Station, QC
Charles P. deVolpi	Canadian Stampless Covers	1957 Philadelphia, PA
Martin Eichele	Postal History of Nova Scotia to UPU	2015 Niagara Falls, ON
A. Graham Fairbanks	New Brunswick	1953 Montreal, QC
Charles Firby	Canadian Postal Rates 1859-68 Shown on Covers of 1859 Decimal Issue	1980 McAllen, TX
Gerald Firth	Specialized Collection of the 15c 1868-1899	1961 Elmira, NY
Bob Forster	British Columbia and Vancouver	2010 Victoria, BC
Fred Goodhelpsen	1859 10-cent Consorts	1977 Edmonton, AB
Harry Goody	Newfoundland Pence Issues	1959 Atlantic City, NJ
Arthur Groten	1859 Decimals	1976 San Francisco, CA
Horace W. Harrison	Canada's Registry Stamps	1989 Hamilton, ON
David Hobden	In Defence of the Border - Canadian Military Mails 1667-1885	2024 Kingston, ON
Charles Jacobson	The Maple Leaf Forever: 1897-98 Maple Issue	1999 Vernon, BC
Clare M. Jephcott	Early B.N.A. Postal Markings	1967 Ste. Marguerite Station, QC
Clare M. Jephcott	Proofs & Essays of 19th Century Canada	1962 Ste. Marguerite Station, QC
Kenneth J. Kutz	Mining in Canada	1991 Vancouver, BC
William E. Lea	The Cents Issue of Newfoundland 1865-1880	1997 St. John's, NF
Arthur Leggett	Leaf and Numeral Issues - 1897-1902	1982 Virginia Beach, VA
Robert G. Leigh	The Western District of Upper Canada: The Development of Postal Communications and Postal Markings, 1800-1850	2021 Virtual
Lewis Ludlow	The Pence Issues	1986 Dearborn, MI
Harry W. Lussey	Revenues of Some Eastern Provinces	1988 Virginia Beach, VA
Harry W. Lussey	Registration System	1984 San Francisco, CA
Harry W. Lussey	Admirals	1955 Hartford, CT
Ronald E. Majors	Canadian Postal History: A Rate Study using Decimal-Franked and Stampless Covers (1859-1868)	2017 Calgary, AB
David McLaughlin	The Maple Leaf Issue of Canada 1897 - 1898	2013 Charlottetown, PE
Daniel C. Meyerson	Newfoundland Pence	1960 Banff, AB
William S. & Daniel Meyerson	Newfoundland: Postal History; Pre 1900; After 1900; Airmails	1949 Buffalo, NY
Sam C. Nickle	Province of Canada Pence Issue	1985 Calgary, AB
Sam C. Nickle	Canada Pence Issue	1969 Vancouver, BC
Rosemary Nickle	The Unissued MacDonald Cartier Centenary Stamps of 1914
The Grand Award was given jointly to the Nickles for their two exhibits. Several other couples had pairs of exhibits at this BNAPEX.
Edward Nixon	Canada: 1870-1897 Small Queen Issue	2009 Kingston, ON
Kevin O'Reilly	A Postal History of the Yukon	2014 Baltimore, MD
William S. Pawluk	Canada: Postal Regulations, Rates, and Usages - Dom.& Inter. Mail, 1897-1911	1995 Edmonton, AB
William S. Pawluk	Queen Victoria Leaf Issue of 1897-1898	1983 Winnipeg, MB
David Piercey	Steamship Mail in the Early Decimal Period of Newfoundland 1865 to 1910	2022 Calgary, AB
Michael Powell	The Great War Internment Camps of Canada	2018 Quebec, QC
Robert H. Pratt	19th Century Newfoundland	1970 Easton, MD
Robert H. Pratt	Newfoundland Proofs 1937-41	1965 Chatham, MA
Edward A. Richardson	1868 Large Queens	1978 West Palm Beach, FL
Edward A. Richardson	Booklet Panes	1952 Ithaca, NY
David Sessions	Canada: Classical Flags and Associated Cancellations	1998 Orlando, FL
William L. Simpson	Small Queens	1979 Quebec, QC
James D. Smart	1868 Issue Large Queens	1954 Niagara Falls, ON
Julian C. Smith	Classic Canada Unused	1981 Ottawa, ON
Gary W. Steele	1937-1938 Definitive Issue	2012 Calgary, AB
Gary W. Steele	Dead Letter Office Handstamps - 1867-1954	2008 Halifax, NS
Allan Steinhart	Prestamp and Stampless Mails 1685 - 1865	1990 Galveston, TX
Grégoire Teyssier	Quebec 1763-1867: Un Siècle d’Histoire Postale et de Marcophilie	2016 Fredericton, NB
Guillaume Vadeboncoeur	Canada – The Small Queens of 1870-1897	2019 Ottawa, ON
Tom Watkins	The Postal History of Canada's Semi-Official Airmail	2006 Sudbury, ON
Gerald E. Wellburn	British Columbia	1951 Toronto, ON
Warren S. Wilkinson	British Columbia and Vancouver Island Postal History: 1850-1871	2003 London, ON
Warren S. Wilkinson	Postal Rates of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia	2002 Spokane, WA
Warren S. Wilkinson	Postal Rates of Canada 1851-1859	2001 Ottawa, ON
Victor Willson	Canada 19th Century Non-Letter Mail	2007 Calgary, AB
Victor Willson	Postal History and Usages of Post Card 1871-1928	2005 Edmonton, AB
Victor Willson	Rates and Routes to North American Destinations, 1859-1914	1994 Burlington, VT
John Young	Early Postal Markings	1974 Williamsburg, VA