Best First Release:
Wolves At The Gate, We Are The Ones EP (Screamo/Rock)
Runners-Up:
Kye Kye, Young Love (indie Electronic Pop/Rock)
Peter Furler, On Fire (Pop/Rock/Rock)
A Past Unknown, To Those Perishing (Metal)
Tricia Brock, The Road (Light Rock Worship)
Fallstar, Reconciler. Refiner. Igniter. (Metal/Screamo)
Anthem Lights, Anthem Lights (Pop/Rock)
Aaron Gillespie, Anthem Song (Slightly Light Rock Worship)
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The City Harmonic, I Have A Dream (It Feels Like Home) (Pop/Rock Worship)
Over The Ocean, Paper House (indie Rock)
Honorable Mentions:
Icon For Hire, Scripted (Hard-Edged Rock)
Ashes Remain, What I’ve Become (Hard-Edged Rock)
Cory Lamb, Break The Cycle (Pop/Rock)
Best Second Release:
Hope For The Dying, Dissimulation (Metal)
Runners-Up:
Onward To Olympas, The War Within Us (Metal)
After Edmund, Times Have Changed EP.1 (Electronic Rock)
The Ember Days, Emergency (Slightly Light Rock Worship)
Abandon, Control (Pop/Rock/Rock)
Abandon Kansas, Ad Astra Per Aspera (Rock)
Honorable Mentions:
Close Your Eyes, Empty Hands And Heavy Hearts (Rock/Punk/Hardcore)
Holding Onto Hope, Holding Onto Hope (Screamo/Hardcore)
Great Awakening, Songs In Secret (indie Rock Worship)
Best Third Release:
Owl City, All Things Bright And Beautiful
(Electronic Folk Pop/Rock)
Runners-Up:
Hands, Give Me Rest (Hardcore)
Manic Drive, Epic (Electronic Pop/Rock/Rock)
Deas Vail, Deas Vail (Slightly Light Rock)
Red, Until We Have Faces (Hard Rock)
Honorable Mention:
Brandon Heath, Leaving Eden (Slightly Light Rock)
Best Fourth Release:
Life In Your Way, Kingdoms (Screamo/Metal)
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Beckah Shae, Destiny (Slightly 
Best Fifth Release:
Becoming The Archetype, Celestial Completion (Metal)
Runner-Up:
Falling Up, Your Sparkling Death Cometh (Experimental Rock)
Honorable Mentions:
Hawk Nelson, Crazy Love (Pop/Punk)
Seventh Day Slumber, The Anthem Of Angels (Rock)
Flame, Captured (Hip-Hop (Rap))
Best Sixth Release:
NONE CHOSEN THIS YEAR.
Derek Webb, Feedback (Instrumental)
Notable 7th-Or-Higher Release:
Blindside, With Shivering Hearts We Wait (Rock/Hardcore)
Switchfoot, Vice Verses (Rock)
Runner-Up:
The Echoing Green, In Scarlet And Vile (Electronic Rock)
Honorable Mention:
The Newsboys, God’s Not Dead (Slightly Light Rock)
Best Live Show:
[Note: Due to circumstances outside of our control, we are not giving a Live Show award this year. However, many outstanding shows would have been nominated, so we have listed those below.]
Best Festival:
(CATEGORY RETIRED)