QN Prize Winners :: Quilt National
List of all Quilt National Prize Winners
Quilt National Prize Winners
Best of Show
- 1981--Pamela Jean Burg
- 1983--Pam Studstill
- 1985--Veronica Fitzgerald
- 1987--Susan Shie
- 1989--Elizabeth Busch
- 1991--Risë Nagin
- 1993--Jan Myers-Newbury
- 1995--Petra Soesemann
- 1997--Fran Skiles
- 1999--Miriam Nathan-Roberts
- 2001--Noël M. Ruessmann
- 2003--Nancy Erickson
- 2005--Jeanne Williamson
- 2007--Noriko Endo
- 2009--Anne Smith
- 2011--?
Award of Excellence
- 1981--David Hornung
- 1983--Pauline Burbidge
- 1985--Ardyth Davis
- 1987--Patrick Dorman
- 1989--Robin Schwalb
- 1991--Pam Studstill
- 1993--Merrill Mason
- 1995--Karen Perrine
- 1997--Kyoung Ae Cho
- 1999--Ruth Garrison
- 2001--Ruth Garrison
- 2003--Ludmilla Uspenskaya
- 2005--Jane Sassaman
- 2007--Regina Benson
- 2009--Jen Swearington
- 2011--?
Most Innovative Use of the Medium
- 1981--Jean Hewes
- 1983--Terrie Hancock Mangat
- 1985--Holley Junker and Therese May
- 1987--Virginia Jacobs
- 1989--Judith Dingle
- 1991--No award granted.
- 1993--Arturo Alonzo Sandoval
- 1995--Ann Curtis
- 1997--Elizabeth Brimelow
- 1999--Dirkje van der Horst-Beetsma
- 2001--Pat Kroth
- 2003--Michael James
- 2005--Patricia Mink
- 2007--Julie John Upshaw
- 2009--Sue Akerman
- 2011--?
Domini McCarthy Memorial Award
- 1983--Jean Hewes
- 1985--Nancy Halpern
- 1987--Laura Lee Fritz and Judy Mathieson
- 1989--Liesel Niesner
- 1991--Carol Gersen
- 1993--Ellen Oppenheimer
- 1995--Joan Schulze
- 1997--Connie Scheele
- 1999--Connie Scheele
- 2001--Robin Schwalb
- 2003--Nelda Warkentin
McCarthy Memorial Award
- 2005--Jeanne Williamson
- 2007--Denise Labadie
- 2009--Paula Kovarik
Rookie Award
- 1995--Elizabeth Barton
- 1997--Lorraine Roy
- 1999--Linda Gass
Cathy Rasmussen Emerging Artist Memorial Award
- 2001--Dale Fleming
- 2003--Bean Gilsdorf
- 2005--Jean Cacicedo
- 2007--Kathy Weaver
- 2009--Susan Krueger
- 2011--?
Quilt's Japan Prize
- 1995--Therese May
- 1997--Teresa Barkley
- 1999--Jane Sassaman
- 2001--Linda MacDonald
- 2003--Elizabeth Busch
- 2005--Robin Schwalb
- 2007--Tammie Bowser
- 2009--Kathleen Loomis
- 2011--?
Trailblazer Award
- 1997--Emily Parson
- 1999--Faye Anderson
Fairfield Tenth Commemorative Prize
- 1997--Jill Pace
Juror's Award of Merit
- 1999--Jan Myers-Newbury, Heidi Stoll-Weber, Emily Parson
- 2001--Carol Grotrain, Scott Allen Ellegood, BJ Adams
- 2003--Rachel Brumer, Sushma Patel-Bould, Dinah Sargeant
- 2005--Clare Plug, Dinah Sargeant, Sandy Shelenberger
- 2007--Barbara Schneider, Margaret Anderson, Mary Ann Jordan
- 2009--Judy Rush, Sandra L. H. Woock, Linda Levin
Lynn Goodwin Borgman Award for Surface Design
- 2001--Jan Myers-Newbury
- 2003--Clare Plug
- 2005--Sandra Woock
- 2007--Barb Wills
- 2009--Sue Cavanaugh
- 2011--?
Brakensiek "Caught our Eye" Award
- 2005--Lori Lupe Pelish
- 2007--Robin Schwalb
The "Heartland" Award
- 2007--Rita Steffenson
- 2009--Britt Friedman
- 2011--?
Hilary M. Fletcher "Persistence Pays" Award
- 2007--Judith Plotner
- 2009--Glenys Mann, Catherine Kleeman
- 2011--?
Young Emerging Artist Award
- 2011--?
People's Choice Award
- 1983--B. J. Elvgren
- 1985--Miriam Nathan-Roberts
- 1987--Judy Mathieson
- 1989--Ruth McDowell
- 1991--Katie Pasquini Masopust
- 1993--M. Joan Lintault
- 1995--Karen Stone
- 1997--Miwako Miyamoto
- 1999--Tim Harding
- 2001--Rebecca Rohrkaste
- 2003--Noriko Endo
- 2005--Lori Lupe Pelish
- 2007--Denise Labadie
- 2009--Erin Wilson
- 2011--?