Song of the Year Songwriting Contest November'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.

Alan James Alan Lorden Alina Kapshyk Andrew Oakes Angelo Piciullo Annette Neumann Anthony Lanni Brian Hindman Bryant Sterling Charlie Fetty Colin Barkley David Murray Debra Oreilly

Dirk Acree Dominic Dema Franky Dee Gabe Nieto Galis Vladimir Geoffrey Diss Gregory Zymet James Goddard James Potter Jill  Gittleman John Roger Kristiansen Jon Steinberg Jorge Castillo

Karen Yost Ken Moulden Kevin Ashworth Kevin Clark Lynn Julian Mark Blum Mary Anne  Lonergan Matthias Sommer Melissa Roberts Michael Groth Mitch Gentleman Myron Frame Patrick Devlin

Paul Kloschinsky Philip Irving Rebecca Rudolph Ricky Hunter Sam Conjerti Sean Sinback Sean Patrick McGraw Shanti Bowes Skye LoGuidice Steve Axelrod Steve Smith Sun PK Tom Clawson