Song of the Year songwriting contest October'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.
7 Shades of Green Alison Gimpel Anni Lichty Anver S Suleiman Ashanti Davis Carmenchu Kroepil Christine Dumaual Claudio Devito Craig Woodward Danita Owens Darryl Kora David Chong David E Morgan  Doug Sparks Durinda Carraway Dwight Wayne Irving II Eddie Sutphin Edgar Rubio	F.J. Nascimento G C Tomlin  Heather Moss Howard Nicodemus Jason Travis Jay Kennedy Jean Veasey Jerry W. Rollins John Smith John Bullard John Harvill Josh Voreau Kaliopi Stavropoulos Kent Griffin Kris Miller Kristofer David Gray KZ Bayer  Leslie Richards	Linda Allen Marcelino Crespo Mark Wilson Martial Celestin Mary Anne Lonergan  Matt Langstaff Melissa Ternier Michael Bertrand Michael Tierney Monte Noffsinger  Noreen Inglesi Norma Jean Schewaga Ollie Ezell II Omar Pasha Pamela Lynn Peter Kozlowski Pierrette Gagnon	Randal Scales Raymond P O'Hanlon Ricardo Manuel de Bessa Xavier  Richard Charboneau Rick Hoverter Rick Kimball Roberta Boyle Rodney P Christian  Roger Nelson Shorty B.  Tim Cole Tom Hoffman Tom Webster Tonya Leigh Showalter Trevor Todd Vicki Gayle Davis William Ned Miller