The Academy of Magical Arts gives out awards annually at its Academy of the Magical Arts Awards event. Nominess for the performance awards are chosen from those that have performed at The Magic Castle in the previous year. Other awards are given to individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of magic.
Magician of the Year Year Winner(s)1968 Dai Vernon1970 Albert Goshman1971 Ron Wilson1972 Mark Wilson1973 Shimada1974 Mark Wilson1975 Siegfried & Roy1976 Doug Henning1977 Norm Nielsen1978 Harry Blackstone Jr.1979 David Copperfield1980 Cesareo Pelaez (Marco the Magi)1981 Richiardi Jr.1982 Paul Daniels1983 Siegfried & Roy1984 Harry Blackstone Jr.1985 Lance Burton1986 David Copperfield1987 The Pendragons1988 Walaa (Wello)1989 Princess Tenko1990 Silvan1991 Lance Burton1992 Juan Tamariz1993 Jeff McBride1994 The Pendragons 1995 Penn & Teller 1996 Ricky Jay 1997 Mark Kalin & Jinger 1998 Luis de Matos 1999 Silvan 2000 Joaquin Ayala 2001 Rick Thomas 2002 David Blaine 2003 Mac King 2004 Darren Romeo 2005 Criss Angel 2006 Cyril Takayama 2007 Derren Brown 2008 Guy Hollingworth 2009 Ed Alonzo 2010 Topas 2011 Lu Chen 2012 Penn & Teller 2013 Yo Ho-Jin 2014 Michael Carbonaro 2015 Dynamo 2016 Derek DelGaudio 2017 David Williamson 2018 David Blaine (Declined) 2019 Derren Brown
Close-up Magician of the Year
Year Winner(s)1968 Albert Goshman1969 Johnny Platt1970 Mike Skinner1971 Ron Wilson1972 Bruce Cervon1973 Mike Skinner1974 Albert Goshman1975 Bruce Cervon1976 Jules Lenier1977 David Roth1978 Earl Nelson1979 Daryl1980 Daryl1981 Michael Ammar1982 Bob Jardine1983 Michael Ammar1984 John Carney1985 Earl Nelson1986 Johnny Ace Palmer1987 Johnny Ace Palmer1988 John Carney1989 David Williamson1990 David Williamson1991 Martin Nash1992 Tony Giorgio1993 René Lavand1994 Paul Gertner1995 Paul Gertner1996 Martin Nash1997 Eugene Burger1998 Eugene Burger1999 Steve Valentine2000 Lennart Green2001 Steve Valentine2002 Shoot Ogawa2003 Whit Haydn2004 Whit Haydn2005 Shoot Ogawa2006 Jon Armstrong2007 Paul Green2008 Doc Eason2009 Doc Eason2010 Suzanne2011 Derek DelGaudio2012 Derek DelGaudio2013 Bill Goodwin2014 Richard Turner2015 Mike Pisciotta2016 Mike Pisciotta2017 Richard Turner2018 Brian Gilils 2019 Asi Wind
Stage Magician of the Year
Year Winner(s)1968 John Daniel1969 Jim CaraziniEric LewisNorm Nielsen1970 Don Lawton1971 Glenn Falkenstein1972 Shimada1973 Shimada1974 Eric Lewis1975 Shimada1976 Johnny Thompson1977 Peter Pit1978 Goldfinger & Dove1979 Whit Haydn1980 Harry and Leslie Anderson1981 Tomsoni and Company1982 Goldfinger & Dove1983 Lance Burton1984 Jonathan Neal Brown1985 The Pendragons1986 The Pendragons1987 Jonathan Neal Brown & Liane1988 James Dimmare & Lisa1989 Amos Levkovitch1990 Amos Levkovitch1991 Christopher Hart1992 Falkenstein & Willard1993 Christopher Hart1994 Tina Lenert1995 Falkenstein & Willard1996 Jason Byrne1997 Jason Byrne1998 John Carney1999 Ed Alonzo2000 Ed Alonzo2001 John Carney2002 James Dimmare2003 Kevin James2004 Danny Cole2005 Danny Cole2006 Mike Caveney2007 Dana Daniels2008 Kevin James2009 Jeff Hobson2010 Dana Daniels2011 Rob Zabrecky2012 Rob Zabrecky2013 Mike Caveney2014 Pop Haydn2015 Shoot Ogawa2016 Tommy Ten and Amilie van Tass2017 Shoot Ogawa2018 Steve Valentine 2019 Lucy Darling
Visiting Magician of the Year Year Winner(s)1969 The Niberco Brothers1970 Geoffrey Buckingham1971 Shimada & Deanna1972 Topper Martyn1973 Francis Carlyle1974 David Roth1975 Martin Lewis1976 Billy McComb1977 Ger Copper1978 Frances Willard1979 Petrick & Mia1980 Terry Seabrooke1981 Lance Burton 1982Ger Copper
Lecturer of the Year Year Winner(s)1968 Dick Zimmerman1969 Clarke Crandall1970 Bruce Cervon1971 Bob Eads1972 Lou Derman1973 Clarke Crandall1974 Ali Bongo1975 Milbourne Christopher1976 Sid Lorraine1977 Pat Culliton1978 Jerry Andrus1979 Max Maven1980 Karrell Fox1981 Albert Goshman1982 Michael Ammar1983 Michael Ammar1984 Eugen Burger1985 Eugene Burger1986 Gaëtan Bloom1987 Chuck Fayne1988 Daryl1989 Dale Salwak1990 David Williamson1991 John Carney1992 Daryl1993 David Williamson1994 Paul Gertner1995 Johnny Ace Palmer1996 David Roth1997 Tom Mullica1998 Peter Pit1999 Johnny Ace Palmer2000 Aldo Colombini2001 David Regal2002 Paul Green2003 Aldo Colombini2004 Bob Sheets2005 Martin Lewis2006 The Flicking Fingers2007 Martin Lewis2008 Jeff McBride2009 Doc Eason2010 David Regal2011 Howard Hamburg2012 Harry Anderson2013 Steve Valentine2014 Steve Valentine2015 Doc Eason2016 Rob Zabrecky 2017 John Carney 2018 Rob Zabrecky 2019 Dani DaOrtiz
Parlour Magician of the Year Year Winner(s)1983 Tom Ogden1984 Tom Ogden1985 Michael Ammar1986 Daryl1987 Daryl1988 Kevin James1989 John Carney1990 Michael Ammar1991 John Carney1992 Chuck Fayne1993 Chuck Fayne1994 David Williamson1995 Whit Haydn1996 TC Tahoe1997 TC Tahoe1998 Aldo Colombini1999 Aldo Colombini2000 Martin Lewis2001 Martin Lewis2002 Whit Haydn2003 Dana Daniels2004 Dana Daniels2005 Michael Finney2006 Jason Alexander2007 Shoot Ogawa2008 Shoot Ogawa2009 Andrew Goldenhersh2010 Andrew Goldenhersh2011 Hélder Guimarães2012 Hélder Guimarães2013 Johnny Ace Palmer2014 Rob Zabrecky2015 Rob Zabrecky2016 Handsome Jack 2017 Johnny Ace Palmer 2018 Mike Pisciotta 2019 Chris Capehart
Comedy Magician of the Year Year Winner(s) 2003 Dana Daniels 2004 Michael Finney 2005 Ed Alonzo 2006 Ed Alonzo
Bar Magician of the Year Year Winner(s) 2004 Doc Eason 2005 Whit Haydn
Masters Fellowship Year Winner(s)1968 Dai Vernon1969 Richard Cardini1970 Virgil & Julie1971 Jose Frakson1972 Charlie Miller1973 Slydini1974 Dunninger1975 Robert Harbin1976 Les Levante1977 Werner Dornfield1978 Walter B. Gibson1979 MacDonald & Mabel Birch Fred Kaps1980 Gene Gordon1981 Jay Marshall1982 Joe Berg1983 Maurice Rooklyn1984 Eric Lewis1985 Murray1986 Tihany1987 Mark Wilson1988 Johnny Calvert1989 Peter Warlock1990 Channing Pollock1991 Siegfried & Roy1992 Ali Bongo1993 Harry Blackstone Jr.1994 Lee Grabel1995 Borra1996 Karrell Fox1997 The Morettis1998 Marvyn Roy1999 Johnny Thompson2000 John Booth2001 Billy McComb2002 Cesareo Pelaez2003 Terry Seabrooke2004 David Berglas2005 Paul Daniels2006 Paul Potassy2007 Patrick Page2008 Dominique2009 Norm Nielsen2010 Lance Burton2011 René Lavand2012 Juan Tamariz2013 Fantasio2014 Silvan2015 John Gaughan2016 Ger Copper 2017 David Copperfield2022 Max Maven
Performing Fellowship Year Winner(s) 1968 Richard Cardini, Harry Willard 1969 Jose Frakson, Slydini 1970 Kuda Bux 1971 Richiardi Jr. 1972 Les Levante 1973Maurice Rooklyn 1974Marvyn & Carol Roy 1975Channing Pollock 1976Roy Benson, Neil Foster 1977Leon Mandrake, Tihany 1978Johnny Platt, Russell Swann 1979Jimmy Grippo 1980Suzy Wandas Bennett 1981Andre Kole 1982John Calvert 1983Billy McComb, The Morettis 1984Carl Ballantine, Bert Easley 1985Mardoni & Louise, Johnny Thompson 1986Will Rock, Tom & Liz Tucker, Eddie Tullock 1987Milo & Roger 1988Shimada 1989Topper Martyn 1990Del Ray 1991Don Alan 1992Harry Blackstone Jr., Terry Seabrooke 1993Norm Neilson 1994Chuck & Jan Jones 1995Doug Henning, Jack Kodell 1996Michael Skinner, Tommy Wonder 1997René Lavand, Peter Reveen 1998Goldfinger & Dove, Martin Nash 1999Bruce Cervon, Ed & Nancy Keener 2000Richard Ross, Juan Tamariz 2001Earl Nelson, The Pendragons 2002Harry Lorayne, Alan Shaxon 2003Walter "Zaney" Blaney 2004Magic Christian 2005Bobby Baxter, Flip Hallema 2006Eugene Burger, Chen Kai 2007Penn & Teller, Dr. Sawa 2008Celeste Evans, Howie Schwarzman 2009Pat Thompson, J.C. Wagner 2010Franz Harary, Bob White 2011Finn Jon 2012David Williamson 2013David Kaye 2014John Carney 2015Greg Frewin 2016Luis Piedrahita, Fielding West 2017Ray Anderson 2018 Bill Malone 2019 Raymond Crowe 2022 Charlie & Sherry Frye
Creative Fellowship Year Winner(s)1975 Alan Wakeling U.F. Grant1976 Paul Curry1977 Charles Reynolds1978Edmund Spreer Robert Stull1979Ali Bongo1980 Ken Brooke Brother John Hamman1981 Stewart James1982 Ross Bertram Jack Chanin1983 John Gaughan1984 Karrell Fox1985 Sam Berland1986 Gil Leaney1987 Jerry Andrus1988 Tenyo1989 Dick Zimmerman1990 Jim Steinmeyer1991 Don Wayne1992 Herb Zarrow1993 Patrick Page1994 Larry Jennings1995 Finn Jon1996 John Kennedy1997 Max Maven1998 David Roth1999 Gaëtan Bloom2000 Ted Lasley2001 Pavel2002 Nick Trost2003 Georges Proust2004 Kevin James2005 Eberhard Riese2006 Paul Harris2007 Steve Dushek2008 Pierre Mayer2009 Michael Weber2010 Dean Dill2011 Lubor Fiedler2012 Paul Kieve2013 David Regal2014 Mark Setteducati2015 Tom Stone2016 Sebastien Clergue 2017 Chris Kenner 2018 Lennart Green 2019 Angelo Carbone 2022 Martin Lewis
Literary & Media Fellowship Year Winner(s)1968Lewis Ganson Jack Potter1969Peter Warlock1970Walter B. Gibson1971Milbourne Christopher1972Frances Marshall1973Eric Lewis1974Martin Gardner1975Ed Marlo1976John Booth1977J. B. Bobo1978John Braun1979Glenn Gravatt1980Harry Lorayne1981Gerald Kosky1982Sam H. Sharpe1983Sid Lorraine1984Edwin A. Dawes1985Karl Fulves1986Bill Larsen Irene Larsen1987Robert Lund1988Robert Albo Ken de Courcy1989David Price1990Micky Hades1991Bascom Jones Jr.1992Karrell Fox1993Jon Racherbaumer1994Donald Bevan1995Robert Orben1996Stephen Minch1997Richard Kaufman1998Mike Caveney1999Val Andrews2000Richard Buffum2001Jim Steinmeyer2002Sid Fleischman2003Jim Reilly2004Bart Whaley2005David Britland2006David Goodsell Phil Willmarth2007William Kalush2008Louis Falanga2009Todd Karr2010Stan Allen2011Roberto Giobbi2012David Charvet2013Steve Beam (magician)2014Dan & Dave Buck2015Will Houstoun2016Dr Lori Pieper 2017David Ginn 2018Magicana 2019 Laura Avilés Ruda
Special Fellowship Year Winner(s)1968Carl Owen1969Goodliffe Charlie Miller
Ed Sullivan1970Tenkai1971Faucett Ross1972Carl Ballantine Marion Chavez
Dunninger1973Johnny Giordmaine1977Loring Campbell1978Lloyd E. Jones1979Burling Hull Len Vintus1980Geraldine Larsen Jaffe Jane Thurston Shepard1981Moi-Yo Miller1982Leon & Teddy Leon1983Robert Albo Irving Desfor1984Marie Marshall Shigeo Takagi
Orson Welles1986Stan Kramien James Randi
Harry Stanley1987Bob Barker Jim Ravel1988Tom Bradley Homer Hudson1989John Fisher1990Charles Schulz1991Marshall Brodien1992Irene Larsen1994Ton Onosaka1995Lynette Chappell Litzka Raymond Gibson
John Salisse1996Joe Stevens1997Roy Walton Señor Wences1998Jules Lenier1999Martin Breese2000David Berglas Diana Zimmerman2001John Kasnetsis2002Rick Heath Louis St. Pierre Jr.2003Manfred Thumm2004Mark Nelson2005Rich Bloch Dale Hindman
Lew Horwitz2006Leo Behnke2007The Amazing Johnathan2008Eric Eswin2009Steve Forte2010Jules Fisher2012EMC Producers (Luis de Matos, David Britland, Marco Tempest) Carl Williams2013Robert Neale Joanie Spina2014Avner Eisenberg2016Edwin A. Dawes Franz Harary 2017Ken Klosterman Tony DeLap Peter Lane 2019 Lisa Menna Alan Zagorsky 2021 Connie Boyd2022Tannen's Magic Camp
Gary Beutler
Gloria Dea
David Sandy & Lance Rich
Lifetime Achievement Fellowship Year Winner(s)1985William W. Larsen Jr.1986Don Lawton1987Milt Larsen1988Frances Ireland Marshall1989John Booth1990Jack McMillan1991Edwin Hooper1992Ron Wilson1993Charles Reynolds1994John Fisher1995Alan Wakeling1996Billy McComb1997Alex Elmsley1998Bev Bereron1999John Gaughan2000Stan Kramien2001Tihany2002Les Smith2003Al Cohen Christian Fechner2004Irene Larsen2005Martin Gardner2006Carl Ballantine2007Al Cohen2008Bob Fitch2009Chuck Jones2010John Daniel2011James Randi2012Alan Shaxon2013Ray Goulet2014Walter Blaney2015Ton Onosaka2016George Schindler 2017Shimada 2018Harry Lorayne 2019
Award of Merit Year Winner(s)1970Lou Derman John Gaughan
Bill Groom
Mattel Corporation
Peter Pitt
John Shrum
Eleanor St. Germain1971George Boston Siegfried & Roy1972Bob McAllister1973Bob Barker Bill Bixby1974Ken Brooke The Magic Circle
Henk Vermeyden
James G. Williams1975Shirley Carroll Johnny Carson
Danny Dew
Doug Henning1976Jerry Blount Century III Programs, Inc. (Jack Rhodes, Wendell Wilks, Stanley Dorfman)
David Copperfield
Lewis P. Horwitz1977Ralph Edwards Pat Hennessy Jr.
Peter Kersten1978Dick Cavett Dick Clark
Armand Grant
Ted Salter1979Robert Albo Ernie Evans