Song of the Year songwriting contest September'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.
Abriella  Alex Brown Angel Joy Modersohn Antwan Pittman Ben Siems Bob Levy Brett Gubenko Brian Lee Emmel Charles Leggio Charlie Ray Fetty III Clayton L Stephens Conrad Ary Coreen McKain Cristina Mariam Noor  Curvie McMurray	Daniël Sensit David F Russell Durinda Carraway Erin McCamley Espen Raekstad Francis Ifle Fred Ferraro Graham Howard Greg Miller Greg Chang Janet Swain Jason Rogers Jeff Kunst Jeff Perigo John E Graham	Jon Steinberg Julie N. Mayer Karen R Blair Kevin Becker Kurt Schneider Larry Loftin Luke Jimmink Mark Blum Melissa Hewitt Michael Cipriano Mike Dell Natasha Dixon Nicholas Marshall Paul Moore Penny Bokma	Red Runs Deep Rex Gaither Ryan Jansen Samantha Lien Sandra Kay Palmer Sergio Louis Suarez Simon Donovan Stan Wilkerson Stephanie Smagler Susan Siemiontkowski Tatiana Crawford Vicki Gayle Davis William Gibson Zak