ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
1. Del Barber: Love Songs for the Last 20 (self) *JR
2. Matthew Ryan: Dear Lover (The Acoustic Version) (The Dear Future Collective)
3. Christina Martin: I Can Too (self)
4. The Tallest Man on Earth: The Wild Hunt (Dead Oceans)
5. Old Man Luedecke: My Hands Are on Fire and other Love Songs (Black Hen)
6. Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans: The Falcon Lake Incident (Maple Music)

DEBUT ALBUM (up to 3)
1. The Beauties: The Beauties (Six Shooter)
2. Ruth Moody: The Garden (Red House)
3. Paul Quarrington: The Songs (Cordova Bay)

VARIOUS ARTISTS/TRIBUTE ALBUM (up to 3)
1. Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (New West)
2. Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine (Oh Boy!)
3. More Townes Van Zandt by the Great Unknown (Forthesakeofthesong)

REISSUE/HISTORIC ALBUM (up to 3)
1. The Lowest of the Low: Shakespeare My Butt (Pheromone)
2. The Blue Shadows: On the Floor of Heaven (Bumstead)
3. Blaze Foley: The Dawg Years (Fat Possum)

FEMALE ARTIST (up to 3)
1. Christina Martin
2. Ruth Moody
3. Lynn Miles

MALE ARTIST (up to 3)
1. Del Barber
2. Matthew Ryan
3. Old Man Luedecke

INSTRUMENTALIST (up to 3)
1. Jim Bryson
2. Will Kimbrough
3. Buddy Miller

DUO/GROUP (Up to 3)
1. The Beauties
2. The Head and the Heart
3. Dala

SONGWRITER (up to 3)
1. Del Barber
2. Matthew Ryan
3. Lynn Miles

BEST IN THE INDUSTRY (up to 3)
1. Ken Beattie: Killbeat Music
2. Ellen Stanley: Red House
3. Richard Flohil: Richard Flohil and Associates