April Songwriting Contest Results

The April songwriting winners have been announced. The top songwriters from April's round are from The United States, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Iceland, Poland, Belarus, Czech Republic, and The Northern Mariana Islands. The top songs were judged on songwriting alone. Vocal ability was not taken into consideration. A full instrumental production was also not required. For example, the "Folk Category" winner placed with a simple acoustic guitar/vocal recording while the "Adult Contempoary" winner placed with a simple vocal/piano recording.

 

* Songs in MP3 Format

Adult Contemporary

Winner

Giamos Renee - I Saw Myself In You

Finalists Brant Miller - Every Life Is Sacred John Jenkins - Love Speaks Every Language Kim Berry - So Far To Go Buff Thomas - Nirvana (Can't Be Found)

Folk

Winner

Liz Williams - Nothing And Everything

Finalists Steve Dafoe - You Are The One Durinda Montoya - Tequila Perry Chapman - Just A Little Better Ben Siems - Early Morning Blue

Country

Winner

Lorna Flowers - I'm Not Ready Yet

Finalists Ray William Roldan - Cowboy Caddilac Frank Large - Down On Bended Knees Mike Mattera - Deal Or No Deal Doris Casavant-Morson - Ain't It Funny

Lyric Only

Winner

Ed Moore - I Can't Get Past Hello

Finalists Aisha Jackson - A Song Of Faith Heather Stewart - Forever's Begun Gina Miller - The Road Home Joseph Flach - Always The Friend

Christian/Gospel

Winner

Valerie Stephens - Made It To The Top

Finalists Michael Kropman - Praise Him Elizabeth Arnoult - Alleluia Dawnn Wiltshire - Father Forgive Me Joseph Gleason - One Good Reason

Instrumental/Jazz/World

Winner Mateusz Remer - Instrumental Requiem

Finalists Sandra Palmer - Be A Fool With Me Eddie Lance - Playing God Andrey Tolkachov - Thoughts Across Kevin Lynch - Make Up Sex

Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

Diligent - King Tut

Finalists Tamika C - Its Not Easy Konisa Rhone - I'm Still In Johann G Johannsson - Last Chance Sylvia Norman - The Phone Won't Ring

Pop

Winner

Krishna James - Maya

Finalists Pearl Whalen - And God Created Woman Christopher Walton - It's Gonna Be Alright Sal Belloise - I Don't Want To Change My Life Jeff Powers - Broken Years

Dance/Electronic

Winner

Bob Rericha & Arno Fournier - On The Edge Of Eternity

Finalists Gerald Kohlbeck & Gregory Lynch- What Color's The Sun? Robert Langnas - Devoid David McMaster - Touch My Body Vicky Jones - Miss Electronic

Rock

Winner

Kurt Schneider - Key To You

Finalists Lee Walters - Gypsy Bird Bruce Martin - T.K.R.S. Ed Piedra - Please Come Home Mitchell Gentleman - The Way I Feel