Best First Release:
High Flight Society, High Flight Society (Melodic Rock/Rock)
Runners-Up:
Group 1 Crew, Group 1 Crew (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Urban/Rock)
Deas Vail, All The Houses Look The Same (Piano-Driven Rock/Rock)
Wavorly, Conquering The Fear Of Flight (Rock)
The Send, Cosmos (Rock)
Half Past Forever, Take A Chance On Something Beautiful (Slightly Light Rock)
The Almost, Southern Weather (Emocore Rock/Rock)
The Glorious Unseen, Tonight The Stars Speak (Atmospheric Rock/Rock Worship)
Lost Ocean, Lost Ocean (Experimental Piano-Driven Rock)
Best Second Release:
The Wedding, Polarity (Emocore Rock/Rock)
Manic Drive, Reset & Rewind (Rock)
Eleventyseven, Galactic Conquest (Best Third Release:
tobyMac, Portable Sounds (Rock with a little Hip-Hop (Rap) flavor)
Kevin Max, The Blood (Rock/Gospel)Best Fourth Release:
Thousand Foot Krutch, The Flame In All Of Us (Rock)
Runner-Up:
Best Fifth Release:
John Reuben, Word Of Mouth (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Experimental/Rock)
Best Sixth Release:
NONE CHOSEN THIS YEAR.
Honorable Mentions:
Project 86, Rival Factions (Experimental Hard-Edged Rock/Hardcore)
Spoken, Spoken (Rock/Hardcore)
Notable 7th-Or-Higher Release:
NONE CHOSEN THIS YEAR.
Best Live Show:
Best Festival:
NONE.