Writers' Choice

Winners

M. Simone Boyd’s <i>Women of North Nashville</i> at Elizabeth Park

Best Community Art

M. Simone Boyd’s Women of North Nashville at Elizabeth Park

Kevin Guthrie’s <i>A History of Tofu</i> at Julia Martin Gallery

Best Narrative Exhibition

Kevin Guthrie’s A History of Tofu at Julia Martin Gallery

Zilia Sánchez at the Frist Art Museum

Best Minimalist Erotic Canvases

Zilia Sánchez at the Frist Art Museum

Nashville Children’s Theatre’s <i>Peter Pan: Wendy’s Adventure to Neverland</i>

Best Adaptation for Young Audiences

Nashville Children’s Theatre’s Peter Pan: Wendy’s Adventure to Neverland

<i>Back to the Future</i> at Nashville Symphony

Best Trip Back in Time

Back to the Future at Nashville Symphony

Julian Rogers’ <i>Wave Upon Wave</i> at Red Arrow Gallery

Best Formalist Art Exhibition

Julian Rogers’ Wave Upon Wave at Red Arrow Gallery

<i>Knights in Armor</i> at the Frist Art Museum

Best Historical Exhibition

Knights in Armor at the Frist Art Museum

Becca Hoback

Best Movement Artist

Becca Hoback

<i>The Naughty Tree</i> at The Blue Room

Best Local Theater Performance

The Naughty Tree at The Blue Room

Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva

Best Performing Artist

Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva

Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s <i>Cymbeline</i> and Kennie Playhouse Theatre’s <i>Gem of the Ocean</i>

Best Badass Women Onstage

Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s Cymbeline and Kennie Playhouse Theatre’s Gem of the Ocean

Nashville Ballet’s Young Men’s Scholarship Program

Best Leg Up for Young Dancers

Nashville Ballet’s Young Men’s Scholarship Program

XPayne

Best Artist of the Year

XPayne

<i>Portals: A Performance Party </i>

Best Art Night Out

Portals: A Performance Party

Broadway at Tennessee Performing Arts Center

Best Trip to Broadway Without Going to New York

Broadway at Tennessee Performing Arts Center

Nashville Repertory Theatre’s <i>School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play</i>

Best Ensemble

Nashville Repertory Theatre’s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

Cynthia C. Harris’ <i>The Calling Is in the Body</i> at Actors Bridge Ensemble

Best Celebration of Radical Visibility

Cynthia C. Harris’ The Calling Is in the Body at Actors Bridge Ensemble

<i>Grooves From the Deep and the Space Math of George Clinton</i> at Cëcret by Cë Gallery

Best Art Show From a Music Icon

Grooves From the Deep and the Space Math of George Clinton at Cëcret by Cë Gallery

OZ Arts

Best Overall Season

OZ Arts

Leah Lowe for <i>Tiny Beautiful Things</i> at Actors Bridge Ensemble

Best Stage Director

Leah Lowe for Tiny Beautiful Things at Actors Bridge Ensemble

Matt Logan for <i>The Hiding Place</i>

Best Set Design

Matt Logan for The Hiding Place

Unrequited Leisure

Best New Media Gallery (Flags Too!)

Unrequited Leisure

The Porch Writers’ Collective’s Annual Fundraiser

Best Literary Party

The Porch Writers’ Collective’s Annual Fundraiser

<i>What We Wish Were True</i> by Tallu Schuyler Quinn

Best Hard-Won Wisdom

What We Wish Were True by Tallu Schuyler Quinn

LeXander Bryant’s <i>Forget Me Nots</i> at the Frist Art Museum

Best Breakthrough

LeXander Bryant’s Forget Me Nots at the Frist Art Museum

<i>The Future Is Female</i> at 21c Museum Hotel

Best Feminist Art

The Future Is Female at 21c Museum Hotel

Coop

Best Gallery Upgrade

Coop

<i>Mundus Inversus</i> at The Red Arrow Gallery

Best Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition

Mundus Inversus at The Red Arrow Gallery

Queer Qlassics at the Belcourt

Best Repertory Film Series

Queer Qlassics at the Belcourt

Seck

Best New Artist

Seck

Amber Lelli and Michelle Armas’ <i>In the Making</i> at Modfellows

Best Throwback Art Exhibition

Amber Lelli and Michelle Armas’ In the Making at Modfellows

Summer at the Movies at the Belcourt

Best Summertime Blockbuster Series

Summer at the Movies at the Belcourt

Bird Murmur

Best Local Documentarians

Bird Murmur

<i>Exit/In: Fifty Years and Counting</i>

Best Local Rock History Book

Exit/In: Fifty Years and Counting

The Stardust Drive-In

Best Road Trip to the Drive-In

The Stardust Drive-In

<i>For Love & Country</i>

Best New Music Documentary

For Love & Country

Nashville Film Festival

Best Festival Evolution

Nashville Film Festival

<i>Nobody’s Magic</i> by Destiny O. Birdsong

Best New Fiction

Nobody’s Magic by Destiny O. Birdsong

<i>Walking Gentry Home: A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse</i> by Alora Young

Best Literary Debut

Walking Gentry Home: A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse by Alora Young

James Austin Johnson

Best Nashville Comedian

James Austin Johnson

Electric Shed

Best Backyard Gallery

Electric Shed

<i>Best of Tennessee Craft 2021 Biennial</i> at Tennessee State Museum

Best Exhibition of Crafts

Best of Tennessee Craft 2021 Biennial at Tennessee State Museum

Peggy Snow’s <i>What Happened Here</i> Feat. Emily Holt at Julia Martin Gallery

Best Locally Focused Art Exhibition

Peggy Snow’s What Happened Here Feat. Emily Holt at Julia Martin Gallery

Fort Houston/The Forge

Best New and Improved Art Center

Fort Houston/The Forge

Kelly S. Williams’ <i>Diversion</i> at David Lusk Gallery

Best Trompe L’oeil Paintings

Kelly S. Williams’ Diversion at David Lusk Gallery

<i>Light, Space, Surface: Works From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art</i> at the Frist Art Museum

Best Psychedelic Experience

Light, Space, Surface: Works From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art at the Frist Art Museum

'Bar Fight!' at Kindling Arts Festival

Best Wrestling-Karaoke Crossover

'Bar Fight!' at Kindling Arts Festival

'Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be' by Marissa Moss

Best Book About Country Music

'Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be' by Marissa Moss

Benji Anderson’s 'The Fitful Portal' at Elephant Gallery

Best Solo Gallery Exhibition

Benji Anderson’s 'The Fitful Portal' at Elephant Gallery