Song of the Year songwriting contest August's Top Songwriters Runner Ups   Runner Ups are based on the point system alone. The judges each month are given forms to rank the songs they receive on elements like structure, melodies, music, lyrics, etc......    This is what the Winners and Finalists are selected by. The Runner Ups are based on high scores from the judges. The Runner Ups are the highest ranked songs that did not make it into the top five picks.
Amanda Hendrickson Andrea Gergye Andrew Wiltshire Andrew Stevens Andy Sarnoff Augusto R Marin Benjamin T. Fisher II  Bill Manrot Bradley Walker Brett Day Brian Donnelly Carina Diane Hawkins Charise Cambell Charles Hill	Charles Johnson Chaz Nikias Craig L. Escude Dave Guillemot Dean Hansen DeAnna Lipps Edward L Wynne Elly Wininger Epraim Villaruel Heather Moss Javier Gomez Beltran  Jennifer Lefort Joanna Henley John Everett	John Garvey Kathy Brien Kelly Lynn Kenneth F. Flaherty Kenny Clark Lee Veinot Leon Newton Lisa Williams Mark Blum Matt Malley Michael Allen Nadia Cripps Neil Rider Nicholas Spina	Ollie Ezell II  Paul Reynolds Peter Frank Santovito Pierrette Gagnon Randall W Jones Ray Lani Robin D. Hoffman Rochelle Hanson Roger Nelson Ron Myers Stephen Desjardins Susumu Shinohara Volker Heigelmann Wes Woolman