As of 8pm 20 September the Special Contest Categories are fully sponsored
You can still purchase basic awards packages to help defray the costs of the awards.
- Best Junior — Central Pennsylvania IPMS
- Best Figure — Mark Sistrunk
- Best Aircraft — Carlos Danger
- Best Armor — AMPS Central Virginia
- Best Boat/Ship/Submarine — Lehigh Valley Scale Modelers
- Best Automotive — Joe Porche
- Best Diorama — Infinite Models
- Best Space/Sci-Fi — Plastic Posse Podcast
- Best Miscellaneous — Jeremy Moore
- Best Adversary Aircraft — Duncan Young
- Best USN/Marine Prop Aircraft — Lionheart Hobbies
- Best USN/Marine Rotary/Tilt Aircraft — Samo’s Model Hangar
- Best USN/Marine Jet Aircraft — Vivian Watts
- Best Former Nats Winners — Scott Samo
- Best NAS Pax River Subject — Compendium Federal Technology
- Best in Show — Plastic Posse Podcast in memory of Patrick Perales
- Peoples Choice — IPMS Baltimore