June Songwriting Contest Results

June's songwriting contest winners and finalists include songwriters from Spain, Qatar, The United Kingdom, Canada, The Netherlands, The United States, and Australia. The songs were judged on songwriting alone. Vocal ability was not taken into consideration. Production/mixing quality was also not taken into consideration. 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

Keaton Simmons - Currently (Woodland Hills, California)

Finalists Casper Van Vulpen - Riding on the Wind (Overijssel, The Netherlands) Chantelle Barry - Letting Go (West Hollywood, California) Chris Boudreau - Give me your Heart (Newfoundland, Canada) Jeanie Silva - Beautiful Girl (Plano, Texas)

Folk

Winner

Belén - Whether (Madrid, Spain)

Finalists Gail Nicholson - Balulalow (Doha, Qatar) Leon Oxenham - Run Free (London, United Kingdom) Bobby Caputo - Everything She Wants You To Know  (Oswego, Oregon) William Ned Miller - She left crying (Eldersburg, Maryland)

Pop

Winner

Diana Anaid - Last Thing  (Nimbin, Australia)

Finalists Eric Quimby Million Miles (Davison, Michigan)  Joe Sibol - Hot Sexy Girls (York, Pennsylvania) John Smith - Nobody People (Glasgow, United Kingdom) Lucid Dreams - Why (Ontario, Canada)

Country

Winner

J. Morley - Stop Talkin (Niwot, Colorado)

Finalists Keith A Patterson - No one else but you (Burns, Tennessee) Michael Tierney - Bloody Lie (Berwick, Australia) Michael McGee - Kiss my double wide  (Lock Haven, Pennsylvania) Nathan Brent Bennett - Come On Daddy (Mountlake Terrace, Washington)

Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

La Fonte Joe - Club Banger (Yamika, Washington)

Finalists Thomas Chappell Williams - My Queen (Columbus, Georgia) Shenoa Smith - Paradise (St. Louis, Missouri) Minacshe - Lessons (London, United Kingdom) Dean Hansen - Blues for You (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Lyric Only

Winner

Steven Morgenthaler - The Light of my Soul (Cerritos, California)

Finalists Ishita Rungta - Breathless, Breathless (Plantation, Florida)  Doug Smith - Oh, Rummy (Salem, Massachusetts) Wayne Bud Formoe - Life on the Street (Alberta, Canada) Tanya Tarantino - The Magical Mist of Fairy Land (Fullerton, California)

Christian/Gospel

Winner

Letha Costin - My God (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Finalists Mary Desmond - Guardian Angel (Ballincollig, Ireland) A B Frost - Save us now (Kent, United Kingdom) Craig L Escude - God's great hands (Jackson, Mississippi) Brad Hawkes - Hallelujah once again (Dubbo, Australia)

Rock

Winner

Ben Powell - Tell Me (Falls Church, Virginia)

Finalists Alex Lato - Crib (Surrey, United Kingdom) Brett Rock - And then some (Ontario, Canada) Javier Gomez Beltran - Zona (Dublin, Ireland) James Hollenbach - Go On (Ada, Michigan)

Instrumental/Jazz/World

Winner

Jesse Philip Green - Extreme Sporting (Water Gap, Pennsylvania)

Finalists Rick McGuire - Caterpillar Crawl (Linwood, New Jersey) Mike Peacock - The Well (Franklin, Massachusetts) James Kendellen - In Case of Desire (Henderson, Nevada) Eddie Lance - Doesn't Have a Prayer (La Vista, Nebraska)

Electronic/Dance

Winner

Joel LaRiccia - Arabueno (Bay Village, Ohio)

Finalists Peter Tonna - I Desire (Sydney, Australia) Juliet Annerino - Carried Away (Los Angeles, California) Gregory Dunnigan - I've Got The Victory (Detroit, Michigan) Michael Alderuccio - Reminisce (Mooroopna, Australia)