Entertainer of the Year:
Doyle Lawson& Quicksilver, Lonesome River Band, The Del McCoury Band, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, IIIrd Tyme Out.

Instrumental Group of the Year:
J.D. Crowe & The New South, Lonesome River Band, The Del McCoury Band, Nickel Creek, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder.

Vocal Group of the Year:
Blue Highway, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Lonesome River Band, The Del McCoury Band, IIIrd Tyme Out.

Female Vocalist of the Year:
Laurie Lewis, Claire Lynch, Lynn Morris, Dolly Parton, Rhonda Vincent.

Male Vocalist of the Year:
Ronnie Bowman, Dudley Connell, Del McCoury, Russell Moore, Dan Tyminski.

Song of the Year:

• Born With a Hammer In My Hand: Blue Highway;
• Murder On Music Row: Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time.
• Black Diamond Strings: Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time.
• Tall Pines: Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals
• John & Mary: IIIrd Tyme Out.

Album of the Year:

• Blue Highway, Blue Highway, (Ceili).
• The Grass Is Blue, Dolly Parton, (Sugar Hill).
• John & Mary, IIIrd Tyme Out, (Rounder).
• Back Home Again, Rhonda Vincent, (Rounder)

Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year:

• Memories That Bless & Burn, Dry Branch Fire Squad, (Rounder).
• Pieces Of Our Past, The Isaacs, (Horizon).
• Winding Through Life, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, (Sugar Hill).
• Soldier Of The Cross, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, (Skaggs Family).
• Old Ways & Old Paths, Paul Williams & The Victory Trio, (Rebel).

Instrumental Album of the Year:

• Bluegrass 2000; Jeff Autry, Wayne Benson, Randy Kohrs, Mark Schatz, Ron Stewart & Scott Vestal; (Pinecastle).
• Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza; David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Sam Bush, Frank Wakefield, Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, Ricky Skaggs & Buck White; (Acoustic Disc).
• A Man Must Carry On, Aubrey Haynie, (Sugar Hill)
• Ready To Go, Bryan Sutton, (Sugar Hill).
• Root 5, Marshall Wilborn, Marshall Wilborn (Pinecastle).

Instrumental Performers of the Year:

• Banjo: J.D. Crowe, Jim Mills, Rob McCoury, Earl Scruggs, Sammy Shelor.
• Bass: Barry Bales, Mike Bub, Tom Gray, Missy Raines, Marshall Wilborn.
• Guitar: Jim Hurst, Tony Rice, Kenny Smith, Bryan Sutton, Doc Watson.
• Dobro: Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas, Rob Ickes, Phil Leadbetter, Gene Wooten.
• Fiddle: Jason Carter, Stuart Duncan, Aubrey Haynie, Bobby Hicks, Ronnie Stewart.
• Mandolin: Wayne Benson, Sam Bush, Ronnie McCoury, Ricky Skaggs, Chris Thile.

Recorded Event of the Year:

• Meet Me By The Moonlight, Dudley Connell & Don Rigsby, (Sugar Hill).
• Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza; David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Sam Bush, Frank Wakefield, Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, Ricky Skaggs & Buck White; (Acoustic Disc).
• The Big Tiger Roars Again, Part I; Benny Martin, featuring Tom T. Hall, Earl Scruggs, Vince Gill, Del McCoury, Crystal Gayle, John Hartford, Bobby Osborne, Jim & Jesse McReynolds, Buck White, Ricky Skaggs, Johnny Russell, Terry Eldredge & Jerry Douglas; (OMS Records).
• Rice, Rice, Hillman &Pedersen; Tony Rice, Larry Rice, Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen; (Rounder).
• Third Generation Blues, Doc Watson & Richard Watson, (Sugar Hill).

Emerging Artist of the Year:

Dale Ann Bradley & Coon Creek;Jim Hurst & Missy Raines; Nickel Creek; Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show; Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike.

21st Sept 2000