For the past seven 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 / 1948-2023
|
Year
|
Category
|
Winner |
| 2023 | Drama | Forrest Loeffler |
| 2022 | Piano | Nick Bai |
| 2021 | Ballet | Alisha Hill |
| 2020 | Musical Theater | Taylor Wells |
| 2019 | Drama | Tessa Miller |
| 2018 | Woodwinds | Jenna Fehmann |
| 2017 | Ballet | Breanna Justus |
| 2016 | Musical Theater | |
| 2015 | Drama | CourtneyWaltermire |
| 2014 | Woodwinds | Chase Miller |
| 2012 | Musical Theater | |
| 2011 | Dance | Abby Wagner |
| 2010 | Literature | Kara Renee Revel |
| 2009 | Drama | Kensington Blaylock |
| 2008 | Music/Voice | Megan McCauley |
| 2007 | Water Media on Paper | Gerren Dugger |
| 2006 | Dance/Variations | Kelly A. Yankle |
| 2005 | Drama/Comedy | Ryan H. Case |
| 2004 | Musical Theater | Philip Drennen |
| 2003 | Literature/Poetry | Erin Keane |
| 2001 | Art/Sculpture | Meagen Kieffer |
| 2000 | Dance/Ballet | Ellie Bogard |
| 1999 | Drama | Michael Peters |
| 1998 | Literature | Silas D. House |
| 1997 | Music/Voice | Daniel E. Koehn |
| 1996 | Art/Ceramic | Eric Headley |
| 1995 | Dance/Modern | Maria Berman |
| 1994 | Drama | Kelly Huck |
| 1993 | Literature | Kevin Sedelmeier |
| 1992 | Music/Cello | Michael Fitzpatrick |
| 1990 | Dance/Ballet | Emily Jewell |
| 1989 | Drama | Kevin Haggard |
| 1988 | Literature | Rebecca Bailey |
| 1987 | Music/Voice | Lori White |
| 1986 | Art/Oil | Charles Lister |
| 1985 | Dance/Ballet | Clinton Luckett |
| 1984 | Drama | Vickie Hayes |
| 1983 | Literature | Dr. Marion Douglass Anderson |
| 1982 | Music/Piano | John Bloomfield |
| 1981 | Art/Drawing | Ramsey Bell |
| 1980 | Dance/Ballet | Sandy Cook |
| 1978 | Literature | Melba B. Hay |
| 1977 | Music/Voice | Diana McCloskey |
| 1976 | Art | Susan Pronston |
| 1975 | Dance/Ballet | Dido Nicholson |
| 1974 | Drama | David Penn |
| 1973 | Music | Mary E. Clem |
| 1972 | Literature | Ddebbie S. Schneider |
| 1971 | Art/Printmaking | Terry L. Mangat |
| 1970 | Dance/Ballet | Susan Holz |
| 1969 | Drama | Bruce Peyton |
| 1968 | Music | William E. Averett |
| 1967 | Literature | Ellen Berenton |
| 1966 | Art | Robert Cloyd |
| 1965 | Dance/Ballet | Sue Leachman |
| 1964 | Drama | Matthew J. Muelhausen |
| 1962 | Literature | William B. Floyd |
| 1961 | Art/Sculpture | Frank Gunter |
| 1957 | Music | Nancy Lowe |
| 1956 | Drama | Eben Henson |
| 1955 | Art | Robert Wrigh |
| 1954 | Literature | Kim Sanford |
| 1952 | Art | Beverly Davis |
| 1951 | Music/Voice | Alice Ward |
| 1950 | Music | Gordon Hendrix |