First Place National Winners

1951 – 2018

2019

Gena Yvonne Sims

Pittsburgh | Drama

2018

Hae Jee (Ashley) Cho

New Jersey | Woodwinds

Georgio Consolati

Greater New York | Woodwinds

Ryan Roberts

Greater Arizona | Woodwinds

2017

Gillian Fitz

Greater New York | Classical Ballet

2016

John Clay III

Pittsburgh | Musical Theater

2015

Jonathan Michael Majors

Chautauqua | Drama

2014

Julia Marie DeRosa

Chautauqua | Woodwinds

2013

Douglas Bosley

Central Illinois | Printmaking

2012

Allan Kameron Washington

Virginia/North Carolina | Musical Theater

2011

Tyner Alexaindre Dumortier

New Jersey | Dance

2010

Mehdi Okasi

Bloomington | Short Story

2009

John “Jack” Joseph Holloway

Clearwater/Tampa Bay | Drama

2008

Sarah Mesko

Little Rock | Voice

2007

Jennifer Davis

Washington, DC | Water Based Media

2006

Krista Ettlinger

Boca Raton/S. Florida | Dance

2005

Robbie Collier Sublett

New Jersey | Drama, Comedy

2004

Megan Hilty

Pittsburgh | Musical Theater

2003

Susanna Childress

San Antonio | Poetry

2002

Andrea Baiocchi

Bloomingnton | Piano

2001

Gary Mark

El Paso | Small Sculpture

2000

April Taylor

Birmingham | Ballet

1999

Michael Aaron Lindner

St. Louis | Drama

1998

Laura Kopchick

Mid-Michigan | Fiction Character

1997

Jeffrey Buchman

Boca Raton | Voice

1996

Leo Saul Berk

Central Illinois | Ceramics

1995

Gelan L. Lambert

Boca Raton | Modern Dance

1994

Rob Johansen

Bloomington | Drama

1993

Ben Madden

Tucson | Teleplay Writing

1992

Robert LaRue

Bloomington | Cello

Felix Wang

Mid-Michigan | Cello

1991

Julie Bradley Nowakowski

St. Louis | Photography

1990

Stephanie Anne Walz

Washington | Ballet

1989

Benjamin Livingston

Bloomington | Drama

1988

Laura Hancock

Birmingham | Short Story

1987

Kimberly Justus

Empire State | Voice

1986

Marc A. Sanchez

San Antonio | Oil Painting

1985

Peter B. Morrison

Empire State | Ballet

Andrea S. Frier

Empire State | Modern Dance

1984

Oliver O. (Csizmas) Darrow

San Antonio | Drama

1983

Kim Suzanne Bridgford

North Florida | Poetry

1982

Jonathan Shames

Champaign-Urbana | Piano

1981

Laura E. Ryan

Chicago | Drawing

1980

Bonnie Moore

Arizona | Ballet

1979

Gilbert McCauley

St. Louis | Drama

1978

Ruth Harrison Thomas

Washington | Biography

1977

Gwendolyn Bradley

Pittsburgh | Voice

1976

Anne E. Parker Diggory

Bloomington | Watercolor

1975

Peter Fonseca

Empire State | Ballet

1974

Patricia C. Conwell

San Antonio | Drama

1973

Gil Morgenstern

Empire State | Violin

1972

Timothy Mason

Northern Minnesota | Playwriting

1971

James Douglas Butler

St. Louis | Printmaking

1970

Holly Adele Hanson

Santa Barbara | Ballet

1969

Diana Young

Washington | Drama

1968

Bruce Stuart Taylor

Pittsburgh | Music Composition

1967

Arlene Heyman

New Jersey | Literature

1966

Steven Burt Nussdorf

Empire State | Painting

1966

Steven Burt Nussdorf

Empire State | Painting

1965

Suzanne Rowland

St. Louis | Ballet

1964

Marianne McAndrew

Chicago | Drama

1963

Daniel Walsh

Indiana | Voice

1962

Leonard Fred Scratch

Pasadena | Literature

1961

Kay Hofmann Schwartz

Chicago | Sculpture

1960

Mimi Paul

Washington | Ballet

1959

Dale Benson

Chicago | Drama

1958

Malcolm Frager

St. Louis | Piano

1954

John Igo

San Antonio | Letters

1952

Sidney Shapiro

Indianapolis | Painting

1951

Hazel Del Nordsieck

Indianapolis | Voice