These are the winners of the 2025 National Flat Picking Championships held at Walnut Valley Festival each year.
Please look for the links to their performances and post contest interviews in our December Occasional.
left to right:
2nd Place – Loriann Clayton Bethard,
Kansas City, Missouri
1st Place – Kyle Burke,
Lincoln, Nebraska
3rd Place – Michael Poole,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
left to right:
2nd Place – Chang Chun-Lin
Taipei City, Taiwan
1st Place – -Kim Hwajong
Pohang si, Gyeongsangbuck do,
South Korea
3rd Place – Brandon Green
Beckly, West Virginia
left to right:
2nd Place – Elijah Wright
Kennard, Texas
1st Place – Aaron Thornton
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
3rd Place – Keith Reynolds
Labette, Kansas
left to right:
2nd Place – Gordon Parker
Mountain View, Arkansas
1st Place – Carl Miner
Nashville, Tennessee
3rd Place – Miles Thompson
Hendersonville, Tennessee
left to right:
2nd Place – Mary Parker
Mountain View, Arkansas
1st Place – Josh Wills
Checotah, Oklahoma
3rd Place – Amanda Grapes Dellinger
South Salt Lake, Utah
left to right:
2nd Place – Adam Shier
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1st Place – Carl Miner
Nashville, Tennessee
3rd Place – Jakob Thomas
South Charleston, West Virginia
left to right:
2nd Place – Robert Miller
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1st Place – Luke Vandeveer
North Richland Hills, Texas
3rd Place – Clifford White
Jefferson City, Missouri
left to right:
2nd Place – Brian Anderson
Rancho Cordova, California
1st Place – Steven Moore
Saint Clairsville, Ohio
3rd Place – William “Joey” Gipson
Manchester, Tennessee