Past Award Winners

Award Winner Quotes

National Award Winners 1951 — 2012


2012Allan Kameron WashingtonVirginia/North CarolinaMusical Theater
2011Tyner Alexaindre DumortierNew JerseyDance
2010Mehdi OkasiBloomingtonLiterature
2009John "Jack" Joseph HollowayClearwater/Tampa BayDrama
2008Sarah MeskoLittle RockVoice
2007Jennifer DavisWashington, D.CArt: Water Media
2006Krista EttlingerBocaRaton/S.FloridaDance
2005Robbie Collier SublettNew JerseyActing For Comedy
2004Megan HiltyPittsburghMusical Theatre
2003Susanna ChildressSan AntonioLiterature
2002Andrea BaiocchiBloomingntonPiano
2001Gary MarkEl PasoSmall Sculpture
2000April TaylorBirminghamBallet
1999Michael Aaron LindnerSt. LouisDrama
1998Laura KopchickMid-MichiganLiterature
1997Jeffrey BuchmanBoca RatonVoice
1996Leo Saul BerkCentral IllinoisArt: Ceramics
1995Gelan L. LambertBoca RatonModern Dance
1994Rob JohansenBloomingtonActing
1993Ben MaddenTucsonTeleplay Writing
1992Robert LaRueBloomingtonCello
Felix WangMid-MichiganCello
1991Julie Bradley NowakowskiSt. LouisPhotography
1990Stephanie Anne WalzWashingtonBallet
1989Benjamin LivingstonBloomingtonActing
1988Laura HancockBirminghamShort Story
1987Kimberly JustusEmpire StateVoice
1986Marc A. SanchezSan AntonioOil Painting
1985Peter B. MorrisonEmpire StateBallet
Andrea S. FrierEmpire StateModern Dance
1984Oliver O. (Csizmas) DarrowSan AntonioActing
1983Kim Suzanne BridgfordNorth FloridaPoetry
1982Jonathan ShamesChampaign-UrbanaPiano
1981Laura E. RyanChicago Drawing
1980Bonnie MooreArizonaBallet
1979Gilbert McCauleySt. LouisActing
1978Ruth Harrison ThomasWashingtonBiography
1977Gwendolyn BradleyPittsburghVoice
1976Anne E. Parker DiggoryBloomingtonWater Color
1975Peter FonsecaEmpire StateBallet
1974Patricia C. ConwellSan AntonioDrama
1973Gil MorgensternEmpire StateViolin
1972Timothy MasonNorthern MinnesotaPlaywriting
1971James Douglas ButlerSt. LouisPrint Making
1970Holly Adele HansonSanta BarbaraBallet
1969Diana YoungWashingtonDrama
1968Bruce Stuart TaylorPittsburghMusic Composition
1967Arlene HeymanNew JerseyLiterature
1966Steven Burt NussdorfEmpire StatePainting
1965Suzanne RowlandSt. LouisBallet
1964Marianne McAndrewChicagoDrama
1963Daniel WalshIndianaVoice
1962Leonard Fred ScratchPasadenaLiterature
1961Kay Hofmann SchwartzChicagoSculpture
1960Mimi PaulWashingtonBallet
1959Dale BensonChicagoDrama
1958Malcolm FragerSt. LouisPiano
1954John IgoSan AntonioLetters
1952Sidney ShapiroIndianapolisPainting
1951Hazel Del NordsieckIndianapolisVoice