September 2005 Results

September's winners and finalists include songwriters from Australia, Luxembourg, Cypress, The Virgin Islands, Spain, The United States,  Canada, United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

 

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Pop

Winner

Michael Brandmeier  - Returning Home (Madison, Wisconsin)

Finalists

Mareina/Shepard - The One (Hoboken, New Jersey) Chris Graham - Why (Memphis, Tennessee) Derek Anderson - Selective Memory (Phoenix, Arizona) Kala Jean - Figured Out (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Country

Winner

Joe Merrick - Good For Me (Hanson, Massachusetts)

Finalists

Teddy Pyle - What they're fighting for  (Mt. Juliet, Tennessee) Janine Rivers - Don't cry without me (St. John, Virgin Islands) Helene Everbusch - Your beautiful eyes (Duluth, Georgia) Caroline Kovas - Suddenly (Nashville, Tennessee)

Lyrics

Winner

Terry Fraley & Bob Pope  - If I let myself go (Portsmouth, Virginia)

Finalists

Fred Harris - Forgettin' bout you by myself (Neosho, Missouri) Jenny Jones - Ending before the pain (Palo Alto, California) George Strauss - He is my brother (Everett, Washington) Chris Argento - Untouched (Northport, New York)

Folk

Winner

Joe Merrick - Just in case (Hanson, Massachusetts)

Finalists

Karen Cobb - Never give up on love (Orange, California) Leanne Bugat - Smile (Melbourne, Australia) Stephen & Lori Fields - Will you marry me (Vancouver, Canada) Frank Harford - Family and friends (Canoga Park, California)

Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

Jason Holley - Warzone (Bowie, Maryland)

Finalists

Theresa Swain- Talkin' about peace (Wahiawa, Hawaii) Ragni Funner - Now that you're gone (Vestfold, Norway) Jeanette Contant-Galitello - Here Forever (Sutton, United Kingdom) Iceberg - The Art of Hip Hop (Hartford, Connecticut)

Instrumental/Jazz/World

Winner

Frank Pietrantoni - Sunrise in the city (Omaha, Nebraska)

Finalists

David Chong - Early on Christmas day (Honolulu, Hawaii) James Kendellen & Byron Randy Sommerfield - In case of desire (Henderson, Nevada) Jeffrey Obser - The song is not long (San Francisco, California) Yvonne Rowser - Ask (Uniondale, New York)

Christian/Gospel

Winner

Gabrielle Walker - Heaven's Gate (Bulringame, California)

Finalists

Rosyln Giannoni - Watching over me (Allen, Texas) Tricia Greenwood - In Heaven 9.11 (Saratoga, California) Clark Buelow - Love (Galloway, Ohio) John Hartman - Happy Song (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

Rock

Winner

Velvet Cross - Broken (Sydney, Australia)

Finalists

Paul Manning - Wake up Maria  (Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina) Shawn Gay - I know (Manteno, Illinois) Jimi Anderson - Higher and Higher (York, England) Steven De Hay - I won't let you down (Riverside, California)

Electronic/Dance

Winner

Melissa Paser - Dying Leaves (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania)

Finalists

Erki  Põlme - Air is fat of secrets (Luxembourg) Andreas Kaltis - Surrender (Limassol, Cypress)  Stefan Eschmann - Hott (Luzern, Switzerland) Din-OZ - Silver Dreams (Limassol, Cypress)

Adult Contemporary

Winner

Anne Bridge - In your arms (Kapunda, Australia)

Finalists

Gary Farrell - This Time (San Pedro, Spain) Dic Ausman - Closed Eyes (Edina, Minnesota) Rana Mansour - Leaving Home (Falls Church, Virginia) Gerry Newman - I've been looking (Naperville, Illinois)