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
