Creative Awards

Artist of the Year

2022 - Terry Lundby

2020 - Nicholas Legeros

2019 - Larry Grace

2018 - Minnesota Department of Transportation Office of Aeronautics

2016 - Frank Cuden

2015 - Steve Hustad

2014 - John Valo

2013 - Bruce McClain

2012 - Stephen Nesser

2009 - Ray Pittman

2008 - Donald C. Carlson

2007 - Kenneth Fox

2006 - Peter Feigel

2005 - Randy Arneson

2004 - Jim Deneen

2022 - Tom Lymburn, columnist and feature writer for the Minnesota Flyer Magazine.

2021 - Tom Foster, columnist and feature writer for Minnesota Flyer Magazine

2020 - Marsha Bordner, Keep Your Airspeed Up

2019 - Jeff Jorgenson,

2018 - David Matheny,

2017 - Sam Weigel, Flying Magazine Columnist

2016 - David Weiman, Midwest Flyer Magazine

2015 - Jack El Hai, Non-Stop, the History of Northwest Airlines.

2014 - Noel Allard, books SPEED and Minnesota Aviation History 1857-1945

2013 - James Hanson, Magazine Articles

2012 - Paul M. Sailer, The Oranges Are Sweet

2010 - Al Zdon, One Step Forward

2009 - Ann Billingsley Kerr, Fujiyama Trays and Oshibori Towels

2008 - Kathleen C. Winters, Anne Morrow Lindbergh

2007 - Jurgen Fohlmeister, Polar Flight

2006 - Dan Johnson, LSA articles

2005 - Bob Cary and Jack Hautala, Bush Pilots

2004 - Louis J. Martin, Wings Over Persia

2003 - Dan McDowell, MN/DOT Newsletter

2002 - Don Patterson, Tales of the RAF

2001 - Bob Tatosian, Five Miles and a Thousand Feet

2000 - George Erickson, True North

1999 - Gene Miller, Pilots Along the Red River Valley