| Thursday showcase | Saturday showcase | |
| None of Above Below | winner: Kenny Cornell Simple Man | winner: Matt Knoble Antietam Creek |
| alternate: David Baer Caught in the Middle | alternate: Cindy Novelo Stones Throw | |
| Feelin’ Blue | winner: Brian Huling Dani Was an Angel | winner: Daniel Boling I Took the King’s Coin |
| alternate: Bryan Masters Nobody | alternate: Rosie Gorrell Ride Them Rails | |
| Children | winner: James Brentar Sing a Silly Song | winner: Harry Hewlett Black Cat |
| alternate: Scott Taylor Birds Weren’t Made for Walkin’ | alternate: Bryan Huling Lord of the Little Greenbriar | |
| Winfield | winner: Robert Runyon & Gerald Lucas Drop Me Off in Winfield | winner: Randy McDowell Woodstock & Bluegrass |
| alternate: Rick Malsick 2 Lonely Dollars | alternate: Shawn Cole Winfield Love Song | |
| Instrumental | winner: Helen Avakian Page’s Jig | winner: Steve Taylor Skipping Stones |
| alternate: Sarah Morgan Shepherd of the Hills | alternate: Jimmy Deheno Almost Baroque | |
| Religion/Spirit | winner: Lynde Gilliam Someone Said | winner: BJ Myers Abandoned |
| alternate: Bryan Masters Wanna Be Saint | alternate: Maryann & Brian Dacus I Talk to Jesus | |
| Humor | winner: Dave Dearnley Jesus Owes Me $20 | winner: Jordan Greer The Facebook Song |
| alternate: Sylvia Murray Dem Crocodiles Sho Do Bite | alternate: Doug Newman Bears | |
| Better World | winner: Andrew Jacob Holm Have to Grow Gardens | winner: Peter Danzig Down to the River |
| alternate: Jason Brown Deepwater Horizon | alternate: Larry Burl Dunn Sand Hills of Texas | |
| Feelin’ Good | winner: Kevin Lee Clark Happily Ever After | winner: Mike Benish Junk Man |
| alternate: Steve Eulberg Sunday Afternoon | alternate: Robert Tims Western Kansas Sky | |
| Love | winner: Daniel Boling Katie’s Garden | winner: Gina Holsopple Old Pine Tree |
| alternate: David Prillman Love in the Cornfield | alternate: Ron Land Farther to Fall |
