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Finalists: aGLIFF, Austin Asian American Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

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Actor

Carlo Lorenzo Garcia

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Actress

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Art Gallery

Women & Their Work

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Arts and Entertainment Wild Card

You’re My Butt Hole (short-lived vandalism of You’re My Butter Half mural)

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Burlesque Performer

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Classical Musician

Graham Reynolds

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Comedy Club/Venue

Cap City Comedy Club

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Comedy Troupe

Esther's Follies

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Comedy/Storytelling Showcase

Moontower Comedy Festival

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Comic Creator/Graphic Novelist

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Dancer/Choreographer

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Drag Performer

Louisianna Purchase

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Drag Showcase

Coco Cxnts Drag Brunch at Coconut Club

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Fiction Writer

Amanda Eyre Ward

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Filmmaker

Richard Linklater

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Graphic Artist

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Local Video Game Developer

WolfEye Studios

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Movie Theatre

Alamo Drafthouse

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Muralist

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Museum

The Blanton Museum of Art

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New Book by an Austin Writer

Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford

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Nonfiction Writer

Skip Hollandsworth

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Outdoor Festival

Austin City Limits Music Festival

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Performance Space/Theatre

Paramount Theatre

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Stand-Up Comic

Vanessa Gonzalez

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Theatre Director

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Visual Artist

Danielle DaVerona