Heiðursfélagar
1991: Hannes Pétursson
2002: Njörður P. Njarðvík
2007: Iðunn Steinsdóttir
2018: Pétur Gunnarsson
2022: Ólafur Haukur Símonarson
2022: Vigdís Grímsdóttir
2023: Steinunn Sigurðardóttir
2023: Þórarinn Eldjárn
2024: Einar Már Guðmundsson
2024: Einar Kárason
2024: Kristín Steinsdóttir
2024: Magnea J. Matthíasdóttir
Látnir heiðursfélagar Rithöfundasambands Íslands
1974: Guðmundur Gíslason Hagalín (1898-1985)
1974: Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889-1975)
1974: Halldór Laxness (1902-1998)
1974: Sigurður Nordal (1886-1974)
1974: Tómas Guðmundsson (1901-1983)
1974: Þórbergur Þórðarson (1889-1974)
1977: Kristján Eldjárn (1916-1982)
1983: Snorri Hjartarson (1906-1986)
1985: Guðmundur Daníelsson (1910-1990)
1985: Gunnar M. Magnúss (1898-1988)
1985: Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson (1918-1988)
1986: Jón úr Vör (1917-2000)
1988: Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925-2011)
1989: Stefán Hörður Grímsson (1919-2002)
1990: Jakobína Sigurðardóttir (1918-1994)
1993: Peter Hallberg (1916-1994)
1994: Sigurður A. Magnússon (1928-2017)
1996: Stefán Júlíusson (1915-2002)
1996: Svava Jakobsdóttir (1930-2004)
1998: Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir (1930-2021)
2001: Einar Bragi (1921-2005)
2005: Björn Th. Björnsson (1922-2007)
2005: Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (1940-2010)
2006: Þorsteinn frá Hamri (1938-2018)
2010: Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir (1942-2016)
2014: Jenna Jensdóttir (1918-2016)
2014: Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir (1938-2021)
2015: Sigurður Pálsson (1948-2017)
2019: Birgir Sigurðsson (1937-2019)
2002: Guðrún Helgadóttir (1935-2022)
2001: Matthías Johannessen (1930-2024)
Formenn frá upphafi
1974-1978: Sigurður A. Magnússon
1978-1984: Njörður P. Njarðvík
1984-1988: Sigurður Pálsson
1988-1992: Einar Kárason
1992-1994: Þráinn Bertelsson
1994-1998: Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir
1998-2006: Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson
2006-2010: Pétur Gunnarsson
2010-2014: Kristín Steinsdóttir
2014-2018: Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir
2018-2023: Karl Ágúst Úlfsson
2023 – núverandi: Margrét Tryggvadóttir