This award is given annually to the editor of the best Study Group newsletter published during the previous calendar year. The winner is chosen by a selection committee comprised of the President, the Vice President Study Groups, the author of the Study Group Centreline column, the editor of BNA Topics, and a fifth member appointed by agreement between the President and the Vice President Study Groups.

The selection committee uses the following criteria in judging the Study Group newsletters:

1. The information in the newsletter should be new, substantive, and useful to the members of the Study Group. Emphasis should be placed on major new contributions to BNA philatelic knowledge and articles updating and expanding upon previous research.
2. The articles should contain relevant philatelic and collateral material.
3. The articles should demonstrate interaction among Study Group members, and not just include material of interest to the editor.
4. The articles should be well edited as regards structure, spelling, and punctuation. They should be easy to read, follow, and understand.
5. Newsletters should have a clean overall layout and be consistent in style.
6. Articles should acknowledge not only authorship but also those members contributing to an article and their contributions, unless a member requests otherwise, in which case this request should be noted in the article.

John S. Siverts was one of the earliest members of BNAPS, having joined in May 1944. His interests in BNA included squared circles, RPOs, town cancels, revenues, the Pence issue, and pre-Confederation provinces. He exhibited at several BNAPEX conventions and at CAPEX 1951. He wrote several articles for BNA Topics, served on the BNAPS Board of Governors from 1983 to 1986, and was inducted in the Order of the Beaver in 1984. John Siverts died on 14 April 1988.

Year	Editor	Newsletter	Study Group
2024	Malcolm Back	Newfoundland Newsletter	Newfoundland
2023	Morris Beattie	British Columbia Postal History Newsletter	British Columbia Postal History
2022	Ross Gray	The Newsletter of the Canadian R.P.O. Study Group	Canadian R.P O.
2021	Jim Jung	Pence-Cents Era Study Group newsletter	Pence-Cents Era
2020	Andrew Scott	British Columbia Postal History Newsletter	British Columbia Postal History
2019	Michael D. Smith	Dots and Scratches	Re-entries and Constant Plate Varieties
2018	Robin Harris	Corgi Times	Elizabethan II
2017	No award
2016	Michael D. Smith	Dots and Scratches	Re-entries and Constant Plate Varieties
2015	Glenn Archer	Confederation The award was given at BNAPEX 2016 Fredericton	Large and Small Queens
2014	Gary Dickinson	First Impressions	First Day Cover
	Ross Gray	The Newsletter of the Canadian R.P O. Study Group	Canadian R.P O.
2013	Ken Lemke	King George VI Post and Mail	King George VI
2012	Norris (Bob) Dyer	The Newfie Newsletter	Newfoundland
2011	Ken Lemke	King George VI Post and Mail	King George VI
2010	Norris (Bob) Dyer	The Newfie Newsletter	Newfoundland
2009	Leopold Beaudet	The Admiral's Log	Admiral
2008	Stephen Prest	King George VI Post and Mail	King George VI
2007	Robin Harris	Corgi Times	Elizabethan II
2006	Robin Harris	Corgi Times	Elizabethan II
2005	Ross Gray	The Newsletter of the Canadian R.P O. Study Group	Canadian R.P O.
2004	Norris (Bob) Dyer	The Newfie Newsletter	Newfoundland
2003	Robin Harris	Corgi Times	Elizabethan II
2002	Fred Fawn	The 1898 Christmas Map Stamp Newsletter	Map Stamp
	Ross Gray	The Newsletter of the Canadian R.P O. Study Group	Canadian R.P O.
2001	Dick Staecker	Postal Stationery Notes	Postal Stationery
2000	John D. Arn	Corgi Times	Elizabethan II
1999	Malcolm B. Montgomery	Newsletter	Transatlantic Mail
1998	Christopher Ryan	Canadian Revenue Newsletter	Canadian Revenue
1997	Dean Mario	Newsletter	Canadian Military Mail
1996	John D. Arn	Corgi Times	Elizabethan II
1995	William G. Robinson	The Newsletter of the Canadian R.P O. Study Group	Canadian R.P O.
1994	John D. Arn	Corgi Times	Elizabethan II
1993	Ralph Trimble	Newsletter	Canadian Re-entry
1992	Jack C. Arnell	Newsletter	Transatlantic Mail
1991	Kenneth V. Ellison	Newsletter	Canadian Military Mail
1990	Daniel G. Rosenblat	Slogan Box	Slogan
1989	Ralph Trimble	Newsletter	Canadian Re-entry