The Mr GNI Leather Contest was founded in 1994 and has been a staple of evening entertainment at the GNI Gathering to the present day. Serving the leather / fetish / kink community, the Mr GNI Leather title holder not only wins a number of prizes, he then goes on to compete in the International Mr Leather Contest held in Chicago. Contestants participate in a number of interactive challenges throughout the week with other members to earn votes that comprise only a portion of the total vote count. He then competes on stage for final votes from the esteemed judges during an evening show of entertainment in the Auditorium. Leather - it's not only an attitude, it's a way of life. Surnames have been redacted for online privacy though they are retained by GNI in our permanent archives.
| 1994 | Candidate #16 | |
| 1995 | Unknown | |
| 1996 | Keyth F | |
| 1997 | Alan K | |
| 1998 | Ken M | |
| 1999 | Timothy H | |
| 2000 | Michael L | |
| 2001 | Dean P | |
| 2002 | Alan N | |
| 2003 | Ricky J Y | |
| 2004 | Mark B | |
| 2005 | Michael M | |
| 2006 | Scott M | |
| 2007 | Paul L | |
| 2008 | David Z | |
| 2009 | Ron T | |
| 2010 | Dan M | |
| 2011 | Greg T | |
| 2012 | Kim H | |
| 2013 | Gary O | |
| 2014 | John S | |
| 2015 | Dave B | |
| 2016 | Ralph B | |
| 2017 | Brian B | |
| 2018 | Jonathan K | |
| 2019 | Jordan T* / Mark B | |
| 2020 | No Contest Held | |
| 2021 | No Contest Held | |
| 2022 | Christopher G | |
| 2023 | David S | |
| 2024 | David R | |
| *Jordan stepped down | ||