Finalists (in alphabetical order):

• Tracy Newman for Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements of Los Angeles, CA
• Larry Nixon for Nixon, Blevins & Gage of Raleigh, NC
• Nick Parent of Cary, NC
• Mary Rocap of Cedar Grove, NC
• Gail Sevin for Daniel Lee "DiEL" of Oakton, VA

• Annie Minogue of Weehawken, NJ
• Kathy Osborne for South85 of Clover, SC
• Dennis Rachlin of Chapel Hill, NC
• Karl Ruch of Asheville, NC
• Rupert Wates for Rainfall of New York, NY
• Michael Wittig for Stars Go Dim of Broken Arrow, OK
• Andrew Wolf of Washington, DC
• Ruth Wyand of Kill Devil Hills, NC