Thumbpicker of the Year
2002 - Paul Moseley
2003 - Pat Kirtley
2004 - Eddie Pennington
2005 - Tommy Emmanuel
2006 - Eddie Pennington
2007 - Eddie Pennington
2008 - Richard Smith, Eddie Pennington
2009 - Tommy Emmanuel
2010 - Tommy Emmanuel
2011 - Eddie Pennington
2012 - Ben Hall
2013 - Tommy Emmanuel
2014 - Tommy Emmanuel
2015 - Parker Hastings, Joe Hudson
2016 - Joe Hudson
2017 - Scott Taylor
2018 - Parker Hastings
2019 - Doyle Dykes
2020 - COVID
2021 - Richard Smith
2022 - Tommy Emmanuel
2023 - John Knowles
Deceased Thumbpicker
1998 - Ike Everly, Kennedy Jones, Mose Rager, Arnold Shultz, Merle Travis
1999 - Odell Martin
2000 - Bob Barber, Amos Johnson, Jackie Phelps
2001 - Marcel Dadi
2002 - Alice DeArmond Jones, Charles (Chicken Hawk) Murphy, John Melvin Travis, Lenny Breau
2003 - Tuck Raisor
2004 - Spider Rich, Hal Riley
2005 - Johnny Hammers
2006 - Gene Frances
2007 - Jerald Chappel
2008 - Mississippi John Hurt, Lee Jenkins
2009 - Orval Raymer
2010 - Buster B. Jones, Pip Stevens, Edd Wisdom
2011 - Harold Mayes, Raymond Rich
2012 - Norman "Chigger" Dukes
2013 - JD Norman
2014 - Billy Sigers
2015 - Tommy Jones
2016 - Wendy Holcombe
2017 - Sam McGee
2018 - Freddie Russell
2019 - Nokie Edwards
2020- COVID
2021 - Evan Twitty
2022 - Dave Stewart
2023 - Waymon Vickery
Supporting Fan
1998 - Mrs. Mose (Laverda) Rager
1999 - Ted Jones, Mrs Ellis Martin
2000 - Erika Brady, Tim Farmer, Bill Lightfoot
2001 - Pat Travis Eatherly, Mary Rainwaters
2002 - John & Marilyn Kirtley, Dave Stewart
2003 - Rodney Kirtley, Claude Travis Jr., Bob Gates
2004 - Howard Stone, Ted Stevens, Bobby & Logie Anderson
2005 - Hal Wolford, Neil Litton
2006 - Mel McCullough
2007 - Whipple & Clara Durall
2008 - Clarence & Brenda Brewer
2009 - Dorothy Paxton, Nancy Tishner
2010 - Al Hudson
2011 - Jim & Faye Robinson
2012 - Shelby Jones, Graydon Lamb, Emmerson Scott,
Irvin Watts
2013 - Jim & Diane Miller
2014 - Margaret Hibbs
2015 - Marilyn Bedell
2016 - Regina Adler
2017 - Preston & Shari Forsythe
2018 - Ron & Kathy Wade
2019 - Barry & Beverly Oliver, Jimmy & Cheryl Robinson
2020 - COVID
2021 - Lee & Tammi Carter, Kent & Annie Palmore
2022 - Ron & Rose Haft, Doyle & Barbara Turner
2023 - Denise Harris
Thumbpicking Recording of the Year
2002 - Tommy Flint “Great Finger Picking”
2003 - Steve Rector “Wanted”
2004 - Paul Yandell “One More Again”
2005 - Paul Yandell “Dream Train”
2006 - Paul Yandell “Drive On”
2007 - Paul Moseley “Guitar Instrumentals II”
2008 - Ben Hall “Timeless”
2009 - Steve Rector “The Other Side of Steve Rector”, Steve Wariner “Steve Wariner C.G.P. My Tribute to Chet Atkins”
2010 - Chip Young "It's All About You"
2011 - Alonzo Pennington
2012 - The Family of Paul Yandell - "MyTime"
2013 - John Knowles - "Waltz Forever"
2014 - Brooks Robertson & John Standefer "We Came to Play"
2015 - Ben Hall "Psalmos"
2016 - Parker Hastings "Whimsical Smiles"
2017 - Parker Hastings "Breezin' Through Life"
2018 - Thom Bresh "Time"
2019 - Tommy Emmanuel/John Knowles "Heart Songs"
2020 - COVID
2021 - Meagan Taylor & The Kiddos "Best of the Back Porch Vol.1"
2022 - Bunny Barnes " It Goes Like It Goes"
2023 - Parker Hastings “Kentucky Sunshine”
Living Thumbpicker
1998 - Chet Atkins
1999 - Jerry Reed & Paul Yandell
2000 - Doc Watson
2001 - Thom Bresh
2002 - Tommy Flint
2003 - Joe Edwards, Maurice Jones, Tommy Owens,
Eddie Pennington
2004 - Royce Morgan, John Knowles
2005 - Bob Saxton, Tommy Emmanuel, Dwight Linkhart
2006 - Pat Kirtley, Paul Moseley, Hank Thompson
2007 - Steve Rector
2008 - Sonny Thomas
2009 - Richard Smith, Steve Wariner, Chip Young
2010 - Frank Hudson, Larry Kilgore, Bud Linville,
Scotty Moore
2011 - Donnie Grace, Brent Mason, Gayle Moseley,
Larry Stone
2012 - Ray Cummins
2013 - Comer "Moon" Mullins
2014 - Doyle Dykes
2015 - Guy Van Duser
2016 - Craig Dobbins, Bruce Osbon
2017 - Richard Kiser
2018 - Duane Eddy, Dwayne Friend, Bobby Gibson
2019 - Rick Allred. John Standefer
2020- COVID
2021 - Scott Taylor, Wayne Moss
2022 - Shane Adkins, Mark Thornton
2023 - Michael O'Dorn
Supporting Musician
1998 - Lightnin' Chance, Grandpa Jones
1999 - Billy Grammer
2000 - Bill Carlisle, John Hartford
2001 - Martha Carson, John Knowles
2002 - Joe Maphis
2003 - Mark Pritcher
2004 - Freddie Russell
2005 - Bill Marvel
2006 - Dave Duncan
2007 - Scott Taylor
2008 - Bill Harlan
2009 - Palmer Moore
2010 - Gary Cochran, Al Harris, Gerald Johnson,
Marge & Debby Rhoads
2011 - Lynn Clapp, Russell Egner, Steve King
2012 - The Moron Brothers, Endless Road Strings, Tim Wiles
2013 - Bernard "Bear" Travis, Michael Moseley
2014 - Greg Martin
2015 - Glen Browning, Jason Coleman
2016 - Bobby Harper
2017 - Thomas "Greg" Huckleberry
2018 - Richard "Dickie" Morris
2019 - Al & Kathy Bain
2020 - COVID
2021 - Charlie McCoy
2022 - Chris Waddell
2023 - Pat Bergeson
Horizon Award
2002 - Tim Bowers
2003 - Kyle Reeder
2004 - Brian Luck, Danny King
2005 - Ben Hall
2006 - Gary Dawson
2007 - Matt Thomas
2008 - Lance Allen
2009 - Joe Hudson
2010 - Ben Owens
2011 - Josh Woods
2012 - Brooks Robertson
2013 - Sojourner McClure, Shohei Toyoda
2014 - Parker Hastings
2015 - Evan Twitty
2016 - Bella Speelman
2017 - Katelyn Prieboy
2018 - Tanner Duckworth
2019 - Caleb Coots
2020 - COVID
2021 - Collin Hill
2022 - Frano Zivkovic
2023 - Caleb Hardin