January Songwriting Contest Results

January's winners and finalists include songwriters from Australia, The United Kingdom, Germany, Cypress, The Netherlands, The Untied States, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, and Mexico. The songs were judged on songwriting alone. Vocal ability and production/mixing quality was not taken into consideration. Five songs that placed in January's round were simple acoustic/vocal recordings as well as one live recording. Song of the Year maintains a different set of judges each month to ensure that different opinions are determining the winners throughout the year. 

 

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Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

Lot Bryan - Backup (Carlsbad, California)

Finalists Donato' - Pain Embraced (Bowie, Maryland) Wes Cleveland - Masterpiece (Escondido, California) Dalgoz - We got it all (Jacksonville, Florida) D. Rich - Let it rain (Orlando, Florida)

Instrumental/World/Jazz

Winner

Swanyce - On the road of life (Milan, Italy)

Finalists Boyan Radoslavov - Apollo Rising (Sonoma, California) Robert Henry - Mirage (Mansfield, United Kingdom) Thomas Williams - Don't cry for world peace (Tallahassee, Florida) Esther Diez - A la Saumell (Miami, Florida)

Electronic/Dance

Winner

Din-Oz - Stress (Limassol, Cypress)

Finalists Ed T. Williams - On the Edge (Dublin Ireland) DJ Razx - Beat Drone (Graz, Austria) Lost Luna - Every Little Sound (Antwerp, Belgium) Redentor - Culture (Mexico City, Mexcio)

Christian/Gospel

Winner

Alonzo Morris - Get Up (Sacramento, California)

Finalists Nelson Said - On and On (Lehi, Utah) Grace Rhee - All because of you (Irvine, California) Katie Robinson - Silent Prayer (Fort Worth, Texas) Garrett Locklear - You (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Adult Contemporary

Winner

Née Née - Birthday Suit (Plymouth, Minnesota)

Finalists Claudine Tillman - Rich Man Poor Man (Berkley, California) The Crossing - Can't Escape You (Mundelein, Illinois) Yaa - I let go (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania) Jeff Sammon - Move On (West Hollywood, California)

Country

Winner

Wendy Babcock - Here's looking at you (Necedah, Wisconsin)

Finalists Jeff Hurst - Move On (Sorrento, Florida) Steve Craig - Just a dream (Kingston Springs, Tennessee) Heather Wiley - Be Strong (Los Angeles, California) Tracy Delucia - I need you (Hopewell Junction, New York)

POP

Winner

The Lotus Effect - Gloomy Monday (Schwerte, Germany)

Finalists John Rode - All of this over you (Beverly Hills, California) Jason Labbe - Good Bye (Revere,  Massachusetts) Jerad Finck - Runaway (Spokane, Washington) Brian Heywood - The Reverend Sharpton (Dunstable, United Kingdom)

FOLK

Winner

Leah King - Dreamin' for so long (Beverly Hills, California)

Finalists Lonnie Fowler - The Rhymesman (Eaton, Georgia) Eva Lundmark - A bettter thing to do (Munich, Germany) Annette Neumann - I can feel (Leitchfield, Kentucky) Eduard de Ru - White stones on green grass (Amstelveen, The Netherlands)

Lyrics Only

Winner

Kenneth Wallace - Word of Peace (Fenton, Michigan)

Finalists Andrew Buttles - Walking (Glen Burnie, Maryland) Brent St. John - Nova Scotia (Pacific Palisades, California) Deborah Scherer - Connected (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Nneka Dixon - Runaway (Baltimore, Maryland)

Rock

Winner

Glass Intrepid - Good Enough (Dallas, Texas)

Finalists John Bieler - Free yourself (Franklin Square, New York) Ambience - Sea of Glass (Bordertown, Australia) John T Nutt - Radio Star (Barrington, New Jersey) Driving While 7 -  Be Leaving (Reisterstown, Maryland)