Best New Artist
The Polyphonic Spree
Runner-up: Soviet Space

Artist of the Year
Tim DeLaughter (The Polyphonic Spree)
Runner-up: John Dufilho (The Deathray Davies)

Best Rock
Chomsky
Runner-up: The Deathray Davies

Best Hard Rock
Toadies
Runner-up: Baboon

Best Live Band
Toadies
Runner-up: Chomsky

Best Male Vocalist
Todd Lewis (Toadies)
Runner-up: Will Johnson (Centro-Matic)

Best Experimental/Avant Garde
The Paper Chase
Runner-up: Spoonfed Tribe

Country & Western
Slobberbone
Runner-up: Woodeye

Best Album
Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today -- Slobberbone
Runner-up: Return of the Drunk Ventriloquist -- The Deathray Davies

R&B / Hip-Hop
Erykah Badu
Runner-up: Pimpadelic

Best Latino
Havana Boys
Runner-up: Latin Express

Best Cover Band
Weener
Runner-up: A Superhero Named Tony

Best Blues
Robert Ealey
Runner-up: Pops Carter

Best Jazz
Earl Harvin Trio
Runner-up: One O'Clock Lab Band

Best Folk/Acoustic
Tiffany Shea
Runner-up: Brad Thompson

Best Religious/Contemporary Christian
Brenton Scott
Runner-up: Forty Days

Best Classical
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Runner-up: Van Cliburn

Best Classical
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Runner-up: Van Cliburn

Best Female Vocalist
Sara Radle (Lucy Loves Schroeder)
Runner-up: Beth Clardy-Lewis (Pinkston)

Best Songwriter
Will Johnson (Centro-matic)
Runner-up: Brent Best (Slobberbone)

Best Producer
Matt Pence
Runner-up: Casey Diiorio

Best Song
"Jack Never Crashes," The Deathray Davies
Runner-up: "Lumberlung," Slobberbone