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| Ansel Burch | Mary-Beth and Bruce Phillips | Cynthia Widlund-Smith |
| Sandra Howard | Sam Newman | Jon Peterson |
| John Wohlers | Stephen Skey | Alison Freeman |
| Kurt Niedrauer | Portsmouth Shantymen | Joseph Morneault |
| Vickie Niedrauer | Hope Stawski | Vilya Knight |
| Janie Meneely | Tom Kastle | Robert Wilkinson |
| Cindy Messner | Chris Maden | Barry Allen Skipsey |
| Paul Godfrey | Kathy Whisler | 40 Degrees South |
| Sean Leow | Charles J. Allard | Andrew Janke |
| Jerry Bryant | William Pint and Felicia Dale | Before the Mast |
| Kathie Obuchowski | Tony Goodenough | Fundy Sea Shanty Festival |
| Wolf Owczarek | Marcus Brandt | Steven Yeo |
| Rick Nestler | Pressgang Mutiny | Haef-way House |
| Chuck Pint | Craig Lutke | Baggyrinkle |
| Allison Schweitzer | Adam Norten | Skip Jones |
| Kate Locksley | Sally Bahowick | Lucie C. Coppée |
| Christine Setari | Jonathan Krivitzky | Kurt Hanover |
| Alan Hall | Tom Lewis | The HardTackers |
| Gwenn Amice | Kirk Pierce | David HB Drake |
| Gina & Christie Dalby | Kathleen Snow | C. Ellen Reeve |
| John Townley | Blair Riddle | Lindsay Mader |
| Conan Searles | Erich Reimer | Sarah Warran |
| Stephen Allen | Sol Foster | Jeff Falk |
| Richard Banner | Kristina Eaton | Philip C. Warren |
| Mary Margaret Wacker | Wild Hog in the Woods Coffeehouse | Heather Anderson |
| Peter Crysdale | Lynn M. Wiatrowski | Tom Mason |
| Gunnar Wiegand | The Rose & Dragon | Tom Wedell |
| Michelle Lynn Brien |