For the past six decades, young Kentucky artists have been invited to compete annually in professionally judged Career Award Competitions that rotate in the six featured disciplines of the fine arts: Art, Dance, Drama, Literature, Music and Musical Theatre.
Monetary grants are presented to first, second and third place winners. First place winners may advance to compete at the National Conference for major scholarship awards.
Career Award Winners / NSAL Kentucky / 1948-2008
|
Year
|
Category
|
Winner |
| 1950 | Music | Gail Hendrix |
| 1951 | Music/Voice | Alice Ward |
| 1952 | Art | Beverly Davis |
| 1953 | Literature | Kim Sanford |
| 1955 | Art | Robert Wright |
| 1956 | Drama | Eben Henson |
| 1957 | Music | Nancy Lowe |
| 1961 | Art/Sculpture | Frank Gunter |
| 1962 | Literature | William B. Floyd |
| 1964 | Drama | Matthew J. Muelhausen |
| 1965 | Dance/Ballet | Sue Leachman |
| 1965 | Art | Robert Cloyd |
| 1967 | Literature | Ellen Berenton |
| 1968 | Music | William E. Averett#ffffcc |
| 1969 | Drama | Bruce Peyton |
| 1970 | Dance/Ballet | Susan Holz |
| 1971 | Art/Printmaking | Terry H. Mangat |
| 1972 | Literature | Debbie E. Schneider |
| 1973 | Music | Mary E. Clem |
| 1974 | Drama | David Penn |
| 1975 | Dance/Ballet | Dido Nicholson |
| 1976 | Art | Susan Pronston |
| 1977 | Music/Voice | Diana McCloskey |
| 1978 | Literature | Melba P. Hay |
| 1980 | Dance/Ballet | Sandy Cook |
| 1981 | Art/Drawing | Ramsey Bell |
| 1982 | Music/Piano | John Bloomfield |
| 1983 | Literature | Dr. Marion Douglass Anderson |
| 1984 | Drama | Vickie Hayes |
| 1985 | Dance/Ballet | Clinton Luckett |
| 1986 | Art/Oil | Charles Lister |
| 1987 | Music/Voice | Lori White |
| 1988 | Literature | Rebecca Bailey |
| 1989 | Drama | Ken Howard |
| 1990 | Dance/Ballet | Emily Jewell |
| 1992 | Music/Cello | Michael Fitzpatrick |
| 1993 | Literature | Kevin Sedelmeier |
| 1994 | Drama | Kelly Huck |
| 1995 | Dance/Modern | Maria Berman |
| 1996 | Art/Ceramic | Eric Hadley |
| 1997 | Music/Voice | Daniel E. Koehn |
| 1998 | Literature | Silas D. House |
| 1999 | Drama | Michael Peters |
| 2000 | Dance/Ballet | Ellie Bogard |
| 2001 | Art/Sculpture | Meagen Kieffer |
| 2003 | Literature/Poetry | Erin Keane |
| 2004 | Musical Theatre | Philip Drennen |
| 2005 | Drama/Comedy | Ryan H. Case |
| 2006 | Dance/Variations | Kelly A. Yankle |
| 2007 | Water Media on Paper | Gerren Dugger |
| 2008 | Music/Voice | Megan McCauley |