November Songwriting Contest Results

The November songwriting winners have been announced. The top songwriters from November's round are from The United States of America, Austria, Mexico, The United Kingdom, The Faroe Islands, Canada, Australia, and Denmark. The top songs were judged on "songwriting" alone. Vocal ability and production quality was not taken into consideration. A special congratulations to Oli Jogvansson who placed as the "winner" in the rock category and a "finalist" in the instrumental category in November's round. Song of the Year maintains different judges each month to ensure various opinions are determining the winners throughout the year.

* Songs in MP3 Format

Adult Contemporary

Winner

Matthew Mayfield - Element

Finalists Tony Young - One More Chance Joanne McDonnell - Deja Vu Ian Gall - When A Heart's Got The Blues Miladah Lova - Do You Know

Country

Winner

Rebb Firman - If It Could Rain

Finalists David Chong - Turn Back The Clock Jeane Veasey - New York Knows How To Do Christmas Right Joe Benintende - This Country That We Live In Terry Wheeler - All My Life I'd Be Loving You

Christian/Gospel

Winner

David Smith - Sing Hallelujah

Finalists Paul Cook - Unwanted Angels Kevin Hoppes - The Road To Emmaus Joanna Mills - That's How The Story Goes Joseph Blackburn - It's Christmas Time

Instrumental/Jazz/World

Winner Branislaus - Love Theme

Finalists Oli Jogvansson - 1st Tune Sinem Varoglu - Boom Sheke Nana Frank Pietrantoni - Hearing Voices K-onna Mason - It Just Might Be Love

Lyrics Only

Winner

Shannon Ives - Since Sunset

Finalists Heather Stewart - Nobody's Home Anymore Davida Grant - I'm In Love John Bielecki - Watching All The Tragedies Go By Sarah Jones - Hated

Rock

Winner

Hiten Bharadia/Bardur Haberg/Oli Jogvansson - Crash

Finalists Sue McMillan - Am I On Your Mind? Robert Befumo - For The Friend I Never Met Artie DeMonte - Break Down The Barriers Timothy Durkin - Ordinary Life

Pop

Winner

John Rode - Hope For You

Finalists Yvonne-Marie Evans - Kaleidoscope Jack Hudson - The Land Of Dreams Jorge Meraz - Plan Talita Summer - Cured By Love

Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

Joshua Mascarenas - We Flying High

Finalists Mcanthony Foster - We Got it Phillip Bradley - You Gotta Go Shane Greenhall - Your Not Here Violette de Bartillat - Set Me Free

Dance/Electronic

Winner

John Debortoli - I Am A Boy Watcher

Finalists Paul Golden - What Ever It Takes Alain Larouche - Latcer Dream Kathy Cisneros - Bury Me Justin Loeffler - Ven A Casa Conmigo

Folk

Winner

Ann Chaplin - Without You

Finalists Tina Landel - Grandma's Song Alice Mansfield - Soul Guide John Carr - Marital Bliss Daniel Conner - Scrabble