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July 2005 Results

July's winners and finalists include songwriters from Japan, The Netherlands, Canada, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, South Africa, The United Kingdom, St. Lucia, New Zealand, and The United States. 

 

 

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Adult Contemporary

Winner

Jacob Grenz  - To Be Me (Fort Collins, Colorado)

Finalists

Yoshika Murakami - Illusion (Towaco, New Jersey)
Diamond York - The Choice is Yours (Orlando, Florida)
Haiti Harrison, Dave Harrison, Michael Thompson - Fall (Woodland, California)
Michael Junchaya - Spell (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

 

 

Folk

Winner

Lori Kester - Shadow (La Jara, Colorado)

Finalists

Jennifer Adan - Daddy Don't Go (San Mateo, California)
Mica Lee Williams (Really Don't Mind the Rain (San Francisco, California)
Kirk Boland - And Have You Ever Known (Smoaks, South Carolina)
Laurie Clark - ABC Poetry (Banff, Canada)

 

 

Lyrics

Winner

Andrey Russanov  - One Day in Heaven (Almaty, Kazakstan)

Finalists

Beth Walker - Sometimes Bad is Good (Flemington, New Jersey)
Tommy Keeler - Another Red Light Day (Woodstock, Virginia)
Mike Peacock - One Family (Franklin, Massachusetts)
William Stacey - False Attraction and Action (Hawkes Bay, New Zealand)

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Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

J Songs - Free (Los Angeles, California)

 

Finalists

Ayana Baker - Are you Curious (Houston, Texas)
Allison Wright - Y Do U Say It  (Denver, Colorado)
Shorty B - The Down Low (Oolitic, Indiana)
Raheem Bennett - I Like To (Aloha, Oregon)

 

 

Rock

Winner

Dhani Marshall - Dandelion (Ontario, Canada)

Finalists

Sam Jaffe - Change the Rules (Los Angeles, California)
Gary Olsen - Songs For Me (Rockwood, Michigan)
Eva Marshall & Tom McGrath -Summer Jam (New Cumberland, Pennsylvania)
Michael Drost - Goodbye (Arlington Heights, Illinois)

 

 

Country

Winner

Kevin Shaw - John (Port Richey, Florida)

 

Finalists

Janine Rivers - In Between (St. John, Virgin Islands)
Bill Schereck - A Dance or Two (Dallas, Texas)
Brett Rock - My Favorite Girl (Ontario, Canada)
Olivia Francis - Half of a Woman (Weatherford, Texas)

 

 

Instrumental/Jazz/World

Winner

Mariette Otten - Missing You (Loosdrecht, The Netherlands)

Finalists

Russell Allen - Wrong Side (Fresno, California)
Jun Ishikawa - Nothing Left to Say (Japan, Tokyo)
Chantilly Lace - Jazzin Down Franklin (Chagrin Falls, Ohio)
Michael Weiss - Ojai (Agoura Hills, California)

 

 

Pop

Winner

Indiana Gregg - Oh Me Oh My (London, United Kingdom)

 

Finalists

Rebekah Edmonds - Turnaround (Gauteng, South Africa)
Aleksandr Chazov - Don't Give Up Yet (Staten Island, New York)
Adam Wexler - All Night Long (Brooklyn, New York)
Corby Thomas - Pick Me Up (New York, New York)

 

 

Christian/Gospel

Winner

Jim Vilandre - When Love Rules Your Heart (Devils Lake, North Dakota)

 

Finalists

Elra Ermay - All They Need - (Castries, St. Lucia)
Barb Murrin - Wash Me Now (Alberta, Canada) 
David Chong - Don't Give Up (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Barbara Long - Real Love 

 

 

Electronic

Winner

Din-OZ - Plastic Heart (Limassol, Cyprus)

Finalists

Pamela Messick- Already Fired (Rensselaer, New York)
Mark Baysa - Return To Wonderland (Phoenix, Arizona)
Geralynn Giagnorio - So Fine (Chicago, Illinois)
Nathan Seth - Burning Up (Norwalk, Connecticut)