March Songwriting Contest Results

March's songwriting contest winners and finalists include songwriters from Switzerland, Poland, Russia, The United States, South Africa, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, The United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Germany, Cyprus and Australia. The songs were judged on songwriting alone. Vocal ability and production/mixing quality was not taken into consideration. Some of these top songs include simple acoustic recordings. Song of the Year maintains a different set of judges each month to ensure that different opinions are determining the winners throughout the year. 

 

Adult Contemporary

Winner

Mike Healy - Your love broke through (Olympia, Washington)

Finalists John Becker - Could you tell me (Imperial, Missouri) Sir Reginald - Grief (Geneva, Switzerland) Leticia Walker - Forever (Howell, New Jersey) Jakub Prachowski - Any Day (Podkarpackie, Poland)

Pop

Winner

April Start - Grow (Yonkers, New York)

Finalists Kathie Kingston - Fall to pieces (Morgan Hill, California) Ian S. Rand - Mystery Girl (Middlesex, United Kingdom) Adam Wexler - The life I didn't want (Brooklyn, New York) Graeme Sacks & Erika Strydom - How does it feel? (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Rock

Winner

Ray Slater - Just to be with you (Astoria, New York)

Finalists Boyan Radoslavov - Dreamless Eyes (Sonoma, California) Michael Blakley - Journey (Smyrna, Georgia) Stephen Sadiq - Earthday (Wichita, Kansas) Brett Day - What am I gonna do (Fairfield, Ohio)

Folk

Winner

Charlotte Kendrick - Little piece of me (Pawling, New York)

Finalists Charles E. Vermette - Till the time is right (Norwell, Massachusetts) Miles Costin - Best laid plans (Raleigh, North Carolina) Dave Downs - Somewhere (Middletown, Connecticut) Cat Shell - Night at Noon (Boca Raton, Florida)

Lyrics Only

Winner

Teresa M. Feliciano - For Liberty (Frederick, Maryland)

Finalists Howard Nicodemus - Pain (Corona, California) Lita Keating - Heavenly Connection (Kapiti Coast, New Zealand) Roxann Schumacher - A Southern Code (Oberwil, Switzerland) James Dooney - 40 Nights (Osaka, Japan)

Christian/Gospel

Winner

Johnny Collins - Wash my sins away (Sacramento, California)

Finalists Lonnie Fowler - Battle Cry (Eatonton, Georgia) Anthony Del Rey - The Great Mystery (San Jose, California) Greg M. Shepard - It Ends (Buffalo, New York) Paul Donaldson - Love goes marching on (Cheshire, The United Kingdom)

Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

Loot Muney - Whatcha gonna do (Carlsbad, California)

Finalists Robert Rivas - Gotta let go (Porterville, California) Brian Citizen - All 4 U (Woodbridge, Virginia) Morgan Little - Crossroads (Montreal, Canada) Time Bomb - Here we go (Apollo Beach, Florida)

Instrumental/Jazz/World

Winner

Stanislav Ossovsky - Hymn to solitude (Moscow, Russia)

Finalists Donal Killough - Catch the highway (Antrim, Ireland) John Martin - Bouncin' baby boy (Bellmore, New York) Alain Konda - Desperation and Confusion (Bavaria, Germany) Christos Kyriakides - Beloved (Limassol, Cyprus)

Country

Winner

Andy Sarnoff & Pat Maiorino - Some flowers only bloom in Heaven (New York, New York)

Finalists Floyd Henry Coghlan III & Chance Massey - Take you there (Holly Bluff, Mississippi) Joel Gothard - Lead me on (Gillette, Wyoming) Eric Olson - Sunshine Rain (Riverside, Illinois) David Alan Carter - We could be dancing (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Electronic/Dance

Winner

Thomas Allen Williams - Enter the Sun (Grandy, North Carolina)

Finalists Jin Suk Choi - Get your hands together (Seoul, South Korea) Michael Fowler - Bang Bang Bang (Melbourne, Australia) Reggie Jones - Move Tonight (Temple Hills, Maryland) Precision Inc. - Ah Yeah! (Cardiff, Australia)