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Song of the Year

 * "Bring Them Home" – Burns Sisters
 * "People Look Around" – Catie Curtis and Mark Erelli
 * "Seems So Real" – Chris Smither***
 * "Pony (Diana Jones song)" – Diana Jones
 * "Folk Is the New Black" – Janis Ian

Traditional Release of the Year

 * Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions***
 * Crooked Still – Shaken By a Low Sound
 * Les Tireux d'Roches – Papier y Ciseaux
 * Madrigaia – Pleiades (album)
 * Pine Leaf Boys – Pine Leaf Boys Two Steps

Contemporary Release of the Year

 * Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer – Seven Is the Number
 * Greg Greenway – Weightless (album)
 * Jeffrey Foucault – Ghost Repeater
 * John Gorka – Writing in the Margins
 * Wailin' Jennys – Firecracker (Wailin' Jennys album) ***

Traditional Artist of the Year

 * Guy Davis
 * James Keelaghan
 * Natalie MacMaster
 * Odetta***
 * Old Crow Medicine Show

Contemporary Artist of the Year

 * Chris Smither***
 * Darrell Scott
 * Greg Brown
 * Janis Ian
 * Wailin' Jennys

Emerging Artist of the Year

 * Amy Speace
 * Anais Mitchell
 * Crooked Still***
 * Diana Jones
 * Pat Wictor

World Music Artist of the Year

 * Kiran Ahluwana
 * Lache Cercel and His Roma Swing Ensemble
 * Lila Downs
 * Mamadou Diabate***
 * Marisa Monte

Best Folk Booking Agency

 * Fleming Artists***
 * Folklore Productions
 * The Granata Agency
 * Mongrel Music
 * Roots Agency

Small Folk Venue (under 250 capacity)

 * Cactus Café (Austin, TX)
 * Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson, WI)
 * Caffe Lena (Sarasota Springs, NY)
 * Club Passim (Cambridge, MA)***
 * Hugh's Room (Toronto, ONT)

Large Folk Venue (over 250 capacity)

 * The Ark (Ann Arbor, MI)
 * The Birchmere (Arlington, VA)
 * Cedar Cultural Center (Minneapolis, MN)
 * Iron Horse Music Hall (Northampton, MA)
 * Old Town School of Folk Music (Chicago, IL)***

Best Folk Festival

 * Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
 * Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
 * Kerrville Folk Festival***
 * Philadelphia Folk Festival
 * Winnipeg Folk Music Festival

Best Folk DJ

 * Dick Pleasants, WUMB
 * Gene Shay, WXPN***
 * Rich Warren, WFMT
 * Susan Forbes Hansen, WHUS
 * Suzanne Milsaps, KRCL

2007 Elaine Weissman Lifetime Achievement Awards (LAAwards).

 * Living Artist Lifetime Achievement Award: Earl Scruggs
 * Deceased Artist Lifetime Achievement Award: Dave Van Ronk
 * Business/Industry Lifetime Achievement Award: Manny Greenhill