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2019 Index of Winners


Best Drag Queen BOA Award Winner

Taylor Alxndr

Best Drummer BOA Award Winner

Will Derr

Best Advocate for the Environment BOA Award Winner

Tie: Laura Turner Seydel & Sally Bethea

Best Local Electronic Act BOA Award Winner

DeLorean Gray

Best Local Experimental Music Act BOA Award Winner

W8ING4UFOS

Best Filmmaker BOA Award Winner

Tie: Jonothon Mitchell & T Cooper

Best Local Folk Act BOA Award Winner

Michelle Malone

Best Local Food Advocate BOA Award Winner

Hungry Girls Do it Better

Best Guitarist BOA Award Winner

Tinsley Ellis

Best Hair Stylist BOA Award Winner

Walker Dalton at Van Michael Salon

Best Hardcore Band BOA Award Winner

Misanthropic Aggression

Best Hip Hop DJ BOA Award Winner

DJ Lord

Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner

Outkast

Best House DJ BOA Award Winner

Ralph & Louie

Best Illustrator BOA Award Winner

Hein van der Heijden

Best Improv Group BOA Award Winner

Dad’s Garage

Best Local Instrumentalist BOA Award Winner

Alex Gordon

Best Local Jazz Act BOA Award Winner

Tie: Joe Gransden Band & Luis Alas

Best Local Jewelry Maker BOA Award Winner

Emma Knapp/ The Iron Angel

Best Drag Queen BOA Award Winner

Taylor Alxndr

Best Live Band/Act BOA Award Winner

Andrea Colburn and Mud Moseley

Best Local Hero BOA Award Winner

John Lewis

Best Makeup Artist BOA Award Winner

Claudia Garay at Van Michael Salon

Best Local MC BOA Award Winner

Mo Arora

Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

Paladin

Best Muralist BOA Award Winner

Greg Mike

Best Performance Artist BOA Award Winner

Josh Warren

Best Local Rabble-Rouser/Activist BOA Award Winner

3-Way Tie: Bonnie Bambinelli, Heather McMahan, & Robyn Surloff

Best Personal Trainer BOA Award Winner

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Best Photographer BOA Award Winner

Stephanie Heath - Smiling Eyes Media

Best Piano/Keyboard Player BOA Award Winner

Joe Alterman

Best Local Playwright BOA Award Winner

Jon Carr

Best Poet BOA Award Winner

Jessica Katoff

Best Local Punk Act BOA Award Winner

The Vaginas

Best Local R&B/Soul Act BOA Award Winner

Gritz & Jelly Butter

Best Local Rabble-Rouser/Activist BOA Award Winner

3-Way Tie: Christopher Hollis, Dawn O’Neal & Vanessa Toro

Best Radio DJ/Personality BOA Award Winner

Evan Brandonisio

Best Local Rock Act BOA Award Winner

Tie: Atlanta Brass Cats & The Ideas of June

Best Local Rockabilly/Surf Band/Artist BOA Award Winner

Kitty Rose & the Artist/Band Rattlers

Best Role Model BOA Award Winner

Stacey Abrams

Best Local Roots/Folk Band/Artist BOA Award Winner

Danny “Mudcat” Dudek

Best Local Songwriter BOA Award Winner

Tie: Andrea Colburn & Matt Hobbs

Best Spoken Word Artist BOA Award Winner

Theresa Davis

Best Street Character BOA Award Winner

Baton Bob

Best Stripper Other Than Blondie BOA Award Winner

Blondie

Best Local Rockabilly/Surf Band/Artist BOA Award Winner

The Woggles

Best Tattoo Artist BOA Award Winner

Danielle Distefano

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