July 2004 Results

July's winners and finalists include songwriters from Japan, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Canada, Israel, Mexico, The United States, and Jamaica.

 

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Christian / Gospel

Winner

Ann Marie Cornwall (Good Friday) - America, We Must Pray (Ogden, Utah)

Finalists

Lisa DeRenard - Pedestrian Requiem (Benton, Kentucky) Sadehu - I'll Sing For You (Gush Etzion, Israel) Harold Andrews - Greet King Jesus (Mt. Vernon, New York) Eric Rapp - I Flee To You (Lansdowne, Pennsylvania)

Adult Contemporary

Winner

Derek Anderson - Red Light Apart (Tempe, Arizona)

Finalists

Scarlett Yates  - Lovely (Gadsden, Alabama) Darcie Allen & George Mancini- Who Will Catch Me (Port Charlotte, Florida) Adam Boelke - In My Heart (Marion, Iowa) Regina Blackburn - My Shoes (Silver Spring, Maryland)

Country

Winner

Dave Wilson - Where The Sun Don't Shine (Garland, Texas)

Finalists

Dolores O'Sullivan - It Takes More (Lancaster, California) Kenneth Holcomb - You Are The Light (Edgewater, Maryland) Terry Wheeler - Broken Hearted Cowboy (Rancho Cacamonga, California) Carmen Koch - Schmoozin' (Bethesda, Maryland) Arlin Zee - Step Into The Water (Dundee, Great Britian)

Lyrics Only

Winner

Jianjun Urwin  -Romancing the Soul (Melbourne, Australia)

Finalists

Connie Beamer - America's Freedoms (Cana, Virginia) Brian O'Neil - Will You Say Your Sorry (Grass Lake, Michigan) Gretchen Razner - With Or Without You (Royal Palm Beach, Florida) Larry Black - All Ye Gods (theologic) (Asheville, North Carolina)

Pop

Winner

Jenna Drey and Kevin Churko - Just Like That (Hollywood, Florida)

Finalists

Peter Cugno - Luv B4 U (Toronto, Canada) Henning Woitge - Art Stuff (Kleve, Germany) JW Reynolds - Angels (Lufkin, Texas) Shayan Italia - Soul (London, Great Britain)

Rock

Winner

Maria Lawson - Inferno (London, Great Britain)

Finalists

Laura Pavey - Porn Star Lover (New York City, New York) Justo Ruiz - Everywhere I Go (Kansas City, Missouri) Warrick Hayes - Wish You Well (London, Great Britain) Mark Yergeau- Crystal Ball (Winchendon, Massachusetts)

Electronic / Dance

Winner

Michael Rowley - Rare Bear (Vancouver, Canada)

Finalists

Alien Space Toys - Whale (Mexico City, Mexico) Danail Yordanov - The Two Pathways  (Silistra, Bulgaria)  Catherine OHarra - Everything (Houston, Texas) Tony Favor - Daweed (Queensbury, New York)

Instrumental / Jazz / World

Winner

Michael Love - Dancing In My Underwear (Santa Barbara, California) - Jazz

Finalists

Jimmy Marshall - A Slice To The Soul (Vista, California) - Instrumental Travis Hunt - Perfectly Natural (Cranbourne, Australia) - Instrumental Darlene Casas - We Come From The Bayou (Houston, Texas) - Jazz Susumu Shinohara - Summer Island (Fukuoka City, Japan) - Instrumental

Folk

Winner

Glen Shaffer- Mountain Man (Bridgeport, West Virginia)

Finalists

Shelley Miller - Morning Somewhere (Chicago, Illinois) Kathryn Priestley - Namaste (Providence, Rhode Island) Ben Phelps - Some Folks Say (Smithville, Virginia) Jody Friedman -  World Is Fallin' (New York City, New York)

Hip-Hop / R&B

Winner

Jennifer Adan - I Know He Knows (San Mateo, California)

Finalists

Twila Wolfe - Why'd You Leave Me? (Aliso Viejo, California) Susan Blackwell - Cold Sweat (Brooklyn, New York) Lawrence McGibbon - Believe In Love Again (Highgate, Jamaica) Minas - Money (Fort Collins, Colorado)