Previous Competition Winners
| Stage Competition | Close Up Competition | Micro Magic Competition | |||
| 1938 | John Ramsay | ||||
| 1939 | Sydney Smith | ||||
| 1946 | Stanley Thomas | ||||
| 1947 | George Smallwood | ||||
| 1948 | Geoffrey Robinson | ||||
| 1949 | Billy McComb | ||||
| 1950 | Louis Martelle | ||||
| 1951 | Frank Boynett | ||||
| 1952 | Peter Warlock | ||||
| 1953 | Elizabeth Warlock | ||||
| 1954 | Derrick Speight | ||||
| 1955 | Devolyn & Irene | ||||
| 1956 | Geoff Gregson | ||||
| 1957 | Ron MacMillan | ||||
| 1958 | Marjorie Waddell | Fred Lowe | |||
| 1959 | Ralph Hall & Mollie | Howard Peters | |||
| 1960 | Larry Spencer | Arthur Setterington | |||
| 1961 | Robert Sinclair | Bob Ostin | |||
| 1962 | Robert Swadling | Ali Bongo | |||
| 1963 | Gordon Watts & Shirley | Claude Manley | |||
| 1964 | Ali Bongo | Ted Daniels | |||
| 1965 | Phil Haigh | Jack Lowen | |||
| 1966 | Morine | Norman Pearce | |||
| 1967 | Drew Masters & Tess | Larry Spencer | |||
| 1968 | Christian | Arthur Setterington | |||
| 1969 | Tony Shelley & Elizabeth | Competition not held | |||
| 1970 | Geoff Ray & Pat | Geoff Ray | |||
| 1971 | Malcolm Nunn | Trevor Lewis | |||
| 1972 | Otto Wessely | Kevin Fox | |||
| 1973 | The Waldos | Bob Read | |||
| 1974 | Hardy Werner | Christopher Payne | |||
| 1975 | Brian Miller & Audrey | Competition not held | |||
| 1976 | Sam & Joy Mallinson | Bob Gill | |||
| 1977 | Martin Scott-Price | Wayne Dobson/Peter Duffie | |||
| 1978 | Brian Sefton | Rex Cooper | |||
| 1979 | Not awarded | Ken Hawes | |||
| 1980 | Josephine | Harry Nicholls | |||
| 1981 | Crisco | Mark Leveridge | |||
| 1982 | Not awarded | Janet Clare | |||
| 1983 | Marc & Jayne | Rex Cooper | |||
| 1984 | Richard Kyall & Joanna | Eddy Smit | |||
| 1985 | Shahid Malik | Kevin Reay | |||
| 1986 | Al Glennan | John Hotowka | |||
| 1987 | Mystina | Tony Brooks | |||
| 1988 | Not awarded | Mike Austin | |||
| 1989 | Alex Taylor | Stephen Ford | |||
| 1990 | Richard Griffin | David Jones | |||
| 1991 | Jimmy Carlo & Crystal | Patrick Maddison | |||
| 1992 | Philippe | Steve Bedwell | |||
| 1993 | Not awarded | Dusty | |||
| 1994 | Tricky Business | Alistair Cook | |||
| 1995 | Marie Claude Chantelle & Co | David Penn | |||
| 1996 | Guy Barrett | Jayson George | |||
| 1997 | Not awarded | Herman Koster | |||
| 1998 | Alfonso Rios | Jon Allen | |||
| 1999 | Mark Taylor | Trevor Stone | |||
| 2000 | Leo Ward | Lee Davis | |||
| 2001 | Mark Shortland | Sean Carpenter | |||
| 2002 | The Great Nardini | Mark Shortland | |||
| 2003 | Richard Pinner | Richard Pinner | |||
| 2004 | Safire Illusionists | Mel Harvey | |||
| 2005 | Roy Davenport | Tim Shoesmith | |||
| 2006 | Paul Dabeck | Marc Oberon | |||
| 2007 | High Jinx | Steve Dela | |||
| 2008 | Jonathan Shotton | John Van de Put | Toon Van Der Vest | ||
| 2009 | Tai-Hsiang Chou | Steve Dela | Fay Presto | ||
| 2010 | Romany | Alex Hansford | Bharat Patel | ||
| 2011 | Ta Na Manga | Matthew Wright | Bharat Patel | ||
| 2012 | Not awarded | Vadim | Fay Presto | ||
| 2013 | Oliver Tabor | Steve Faulkner | Bharat Patel | ||
| 2014 | Ed Hilsum | Competition not held | Bernard Jones | ||
| 2015 | Competition not held | Rob James | Bernard Jones | ||
| 2016 | Competition not held | Competition not held | Bharat Patel | ||
| 2017 | Jack Dent | Competition not held | Bharat Patel | ||
| 2018 | Megan Knowles-Bacon | Elliot Bibby | Bernard Jones | ||
| 2019 | Fraser Stokes | Nikola Arkane | Nikola Arkane | ||