best local author
winner: Margaret Atwood
runner-up: Michael Ondaatje

best emerging author
winner: Sheila Heti
runner-up: Elizabeth Ruth

best local band
winner: Barenaked Ladies
runner-up: Blue Rodeo

best local songwriter
winner: Ron Sexsmith
runner-up: Sarah Slean

best local female vocalist
winner: Molly Johnson
runner-up: Ivana Santilli

best local male vocalist
winner: Hawksley Workman
runner-up: Ron Sexsmith

best local classical musician
winner: Anton Kuerti
runner-up: Eve Egoyan

best local dj
winner: Denise Benson
runner-up: DJ Serious

best local busker
winner: Ben Kerr
runner-up: Graeme Kirkland

best local filmmaker
winner: Atom Egoyan
runner-up: Don McKellar

best local female actor
winner: Sarah Polley
runner-up: Molly Parker

best local male actor
winner: Don McKellar
runner-up: Callum Keith Rennie

best local playwright
winner: Daniel MacIvor
runner-up: Adam Pettle

best local small theatre company
winner: Tarragon Theatre
30 Bridgman, 416-536-5018
Factory Theatre
125 Bathurst, 416-504-4473

best local large theatre company
winner: Soulpepper Theatre Company
260 Adelaide E, 416-203-6264
runner-up: Canadian Stage Company
26 Berkeley, 416-367-8243

best small theatre space
winner: Tarragon Theatre
30 Bridgman, 416-536-5018
runner-up: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
12 Alexander, 416-975-9130

best local stand-up comedian
winner: Jason Rouse
runner-up: Sean Cullen

best local choreographer
winner: Debbie Wilson
runner-up: Danny Grossman

best local visual artist
winner:Tomolennon
runner-up: Fiona Smyth

best local sculptor
winner: Evan Penny
runner-up: Gillian Farnsworth & Rowena O'Connor
runner-up: Tempermettle

best local graffiti artist
winner: RUNT
runner-up: EGR

best local tattoo artist
winner: Matt Ellis
Way Cool Tattoos, 5203 Yonge, 416-226-4142
runner-up: Daemon Rowanchilde
Urban Primitive, 391 Ontario, 416-966-9155

best local fashion designer
winner: Comrags
Judy Cornish & Joyce Gunhouse, 654 Queen W, 416-360-7249; 3362 Yonge, 416-485-6260; www.comrags.com
runner-up: Hoax Couture
Chris Tyrell & Jim Searle, 114 Cumberland, 416-929-4629; www.hoaxcouture.com