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
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
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
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
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, Time Wiles
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
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
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"
