The Cook-Douglas Medal is the highest award reserved exclusively for Standard Dwarf Bearded Irises within the American Iris Society.

To view a picture of the award winning iris, hover your mouse over the iris name.

Year	Iris Name	Hybridizer
2022	Coconino Coconino	Marky Smith
2021	Portland Pink Portland Pink	Paul Black
2021	Stop and Stare Stop and Stare	Thomas Johnson
2019	Raspberry Ice Raspberry Ice	Keith Keppel
2018	My Cher My Cher	Paul Black
2017	Bright Blue Eyes Bright Blue Eyes	Michael Sutton
2016	Open Your Eyes Open Your Eyes	Paul Black
2015	Maui Sunrise Maui Sunrise	Terry Aitken
2015	Zooboomafoo Zooboomafoo	Paul Black
2014	Eye of the Tiger Eye of the Tiger	Paul Black
2013	Wish Upon a Star Wish Upon a Star	Paul Black
2012	Bluebeard's Ghost Bluebeard's Ghost	Paul Black
2011	Fires of Fiji Fires of Fiji	Paul Black
2010	Ultimate Ultimate	Thomas Johnson
2009	Puddy Tat Puddy Tat	Paul Black
2008	Cat's Eye Cat's Eye	Paul Black
2007	Music Music	Keith Keppel
2006	Ruby Eruption Ruby Eruption	Chuck Chapman
2005	Marksman Music	Marky Smith
2004	Minidragon Minidragon	Marky Smith
2003	Dot Com Dot Com	B. Jones
2002	Little Blue Eyes Little Blue Eyes	J. Weiler
2001	Starbaby Starbaby	Marky Smith
2000	Vavoom Vavoom	A. Ensminger
1999	Pele Pele	T. Aitken
1998	Little Showoff Little Showoff	E. Hall
1997	Bedford Lilac Bedford Lilac	Bennett Jones
1996	Pumpin' Iron Pumpin' Iron	Paul Black
1995	Serenity Prayer Serenity Prayer	Perry Dyer
1994	Orange Tiger Orange Tiger	B. Jones
1993	Dark Vader Dark Vader	Linda Miller
1992	Sun Doll Sun Doll	B. Jones
1991	Chubby Cheeks Chubby cheeks	Paul Black
1990		No 15% vote winner
1989	Baby Blessed Baby Blessed	L. Zurbrigg
1988	Raspberry Jam Raspberry Jam	D. Niswonger
1987	Little Black Belt Little Black Belt	D. Niswonger
1986	Rain Dance Rain Dance	B. Jones
1985	Michael Paul Michael Paul	W. Jones
1984	Sapphire Jewel Sapphire Jewel	M. Hamblen

Year	Iris Name	Hybridizer (Introduction Year)
2021	Blue Eyed Girl Blue Eyed Girlk	Thomas Johnson
2021	Blissful Blissful	Paul Black
2021	Cheerful Chipmunk Cheerful Chipmunk	Michael Sutton
2021	Divenere Divenere	Hugh Stout
2021	Cher's Delight Cher's Delight	Paul Black
2021	Atomic Glow Atomic Glow	Richard Tasco
2021	Oh Wow Oh Wow	Thomas JOhnson
2021	Kewlopolis Kewlopolis	Hugh Stout
2019	Portland Pink Portland Pink	Paul Black
2019	Oh Canada Oh Canada	Thomas Johnson
2019	Lovable Pink Lovable Pink	Paul Black
2019	Blue Oasis Blue Oasis	Richard Tasco
2019	Fairy Fireworks Fairy Fireworks	J. T. Aitken
2019	Gate to Paradise Gate to Paradise	Paul Black
2018	Stop and Stare Stop and Stare	Thomas Johnson
2018	Beckoning Beckoning	Thomas Johnson
2018	Going in Circles Going in Circles	Paul Black
2018	Bluebeard's Gold Bluebeard's Gold	Michael Sutton
2018	Brash and Sassy Brash and Sassy	Thomas Johnson
2018	Oh So Sweet Oh So Sweet	Paul Black
2017	Matador's Cape Matador's Cape	Paul Black
2017	Look Inside Look Inside	Paul Black
2017	Worry Wart Worry Wart	Paul Black
2017	Abuzz With Charm Abuzz With Charm	Carol Coleman
2017	Coconino Coconino	Marky Smith
2016	My Cher My Cher	Paul Black
2016	Raspberry Ice Raspberry Ice	Paul Black
2016	Dark Matter Dark Matter	Keith Keppel
2016	Black Lightning Black Lightning	Chuck Chapman
2016	Outspoken Outspoken	Paul Black
2015	Exotic Eyes Exotic Eyes	Donald Spoon
2015	Teagan Teagan	Don Spoon
2015	Pulsator Pulsator	Thomas Johnson
2015	Tanzanite Tanzanite	Marky Smith
2015	Kaching Kaching	Paul Black
2015	Pinkster Pinkster	Michael Sutton
2014	Open Your Eyes Open Your Eyes	Paul Black
2014	Nosferatu Nosferatu	Paul Black
2014	Giggles and Grins Giggles and Grins	Carol Coleman
2014	Bombay Sapphire Bombay Sapphire	Paul Black
2014	Lemon Freeze Lemon Freeze	Keith Keppel
2013	Riveting Riveting	Paul Black
2013	Raspberry Tiger Raspberry Tiger	Paul Black
2013	Eye of Sauron Eye of Sauron	Paul Black
2013	Bright Blue Eyes Bright Blue Eyes	Michael Sutton
2013	Meow Meow	Paul Black
2012	Eye of the Tiger Eye of the Tiger	Paul Black
2012	Maui Sunrise Maui Sunrise	J. T. Aitken
2012	Yahtzee Yahtzee	Thomas Johnson
2012	Extraterrestrial Extraterrestrial	Marky Smith
2012	Cheeky Kid Cheeky Kid	Barbara and David Schmieder
2012	Devil's Night Devil's Night	Keith Keppel
2012	Robin's Nest Robin's Nest	Carol Coleman/Jayme Adams
2011	Pussycat Pink Pussycat Pink	Paul Black
2011	Zooboomafoo Zooboomafoo	Paul Black
2011	Banded Tiger Banded Tiger	Barbara & David Schmieder
2011	Leopard Print Leopard Print	Thomas Johmson
2011	Mikey Likes It Mikey Likes It	J.T. Aitken
2011	Celebrate Celebrate	Paul Black
2011	Spiderman Spiderman	Donald Spoon
2011	Bluebeard's Ghost Bluebeard's Ghost	Paul Black
2011	Wish Upon A Star Wish Upon A Star	Paul Black
2010	Canadian Kisses Canadian Kisses	Paul Black
2010	Absolute Joy Absolute Joy	J.T. Aitken
2010	Big Blue Eyes Big Blue Eyes	Paul Black
2010	Scream Scream	Thomas Johnson
2009	Devil Baby Devil Baby	Keith Keppel
2009	Devoted Devoted	Paul Black
2009	Zap Zap	Paul Black
2009	Bowl of Cherries Bow of Cherries	Lynda Miller
2009	Photon Photon	Marky Smith
2009	Dime Dime	Paul Black
2009	Riverbuds Riverbuds	William & Ada Godfrey
2008	Attack Cat Attack Cat	Paul Black
2008	Panther Panther	Marky Smith
2008	Eye of Newt Eye of Newt	Paul Black
2008	Cache of Gold Cache of Gold	George Sutton
2008	Blueberry Tart Blueberry Tart	Chuck Chapman
2007	Fires of Fiji Fires of Fiji	Paul Black
2007	Ultimate Ultimate	Thomas Johnson
2007	Bourgeois Bourgeois	Paul Black
2007	Dancing Bunnies Dancing Bunnies	Paul Black
2007	Ballistic Ballistic	Paul Black
2006	Cat's Eye Cat's Eye	Paul Black
2006	Puddy Tat Puddy Tat	Paul Black
2006	True Navy True Navy	Bennett Jones
2006	Circus Dragon Circus Dragon	Bennett Jones
2006	Wizard's Return Wizard's Return	Richard Tasco
2006	Ruby Eruption Ruby Eruption	Chuck Chapman
2005	Neutron Neutron	Thomas Johnson
2005	Gnu Generation Gnu Generation	B. Kasperek
2005	Star of Africa Star of Africa	P. Dyer
2005	Snickers Snickers	Keith Keppel
2004	Cachet Cachet	Paul Black
2004	Yippy Skippy Yippy Skippy	Paul Black
2004	Denali Denali	Marky Smith
2004	Just A Croc Just A Croc	B. Kasperek
2003	Marksman Marksman	Marky Smith
2003	Music Music	Keith Keppel
2003	Trajectory Trajectory	Paul Black
2003	Fairy Ring Fairy Ring	Duane Meek
2002	Minidragon Minidragon	Marky Smith
2002	Ruby Eruption Ruby Eruption	Chuck Chapman
2002	Forever Blue Forever Blue	Chuck Chapman
2002	Hoodlum Hoodlum	Keith Keppel
2001	Dot Com Dot Com	B. Jones
2001	Rebus Rebus	J. Gatty
2001	Harlem Nocturne Harlem Nocturne	A. & D. Willot
2001	Blackberry Jam Blackberry Jam	A. & D. Willot
2001	Ringer Ringer	Keith Keppel
2001	Snugglebug Snugglebug	Schreiner's
2001	Webmaster Webmaster	Keith Keppel
2000	Irish Moss Irish Moss	B. Jones
2000	James Bond James Bond	Marky Smith
2000	Easter Easter	Keith Keppel
2000	Acey Deucey Acey Deucey	A. Ensminger
2000	Tattler Tattler	K. Keppel
1999	Hottentot Hottentot	Marky Smith
1999	Peach Petal Pie Peach Petal Pie	D. Niswonger
1999	Ballet Lesson Ballet Lesson	D. Niswonger
1999	Dark Rings Dark Rings	J. Gatty