Song of the Year Songwriting Contest December'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.

Ajay Mathur Alice Mansfield Andrea  Jeremiah Angus Guild Arthur Gonzalez Bo Christensen Cadet Mwankana Charlie Ray Fetty III Christine Buccheri Courtney Juricek Daniel Lynch Dave Colvin David Lindberg David Chong David Cohen David  James Dimitra Kamarinou Duard Cassady Edward Andrajack Elaine Brewer Emily Alexander Erica Cloutier Evereth Fernandes Howie Vaughn	Irene Leland James Bennett Janet Palmer Jennifer McEvoy Jens August Mellentin Jihyun Park Joanne Stacey Joe Ables John Elsfelder John Osborne Jonathan Jevons Joy Goines Juan Carlos Madariaga Justin Lerner Kayleigh Jack Kevin Edwards Kirk Abner Linda Welby Lionel White Lori Werch Lori Anne Stanger Lorna Flowers Luis  Blanco Lynne Moritz	Mairead O'Flynn Marc Beziat Mark Keen Martin King Matthew Epps Matthew Villani Megan Anderson Mendy Bisk Michael Rogers Michael Ruocco Michael Marton Mikael Erola Mike Cruz Mike Mariucci Nick Keeton Nikki English Nikos Karavas Paul Black Peggy Simpson Peter Farrell Randall Duck Ray Speight Ray Rivera	Rene Zografos Rick Roberts Rob Cottingham Robert Dean Robert Aiken Robin Field Roger Kaye Roy Cooper Ryoichi Kubo Sandra Palmer Sarah Brindell Shayne Holland Steve Price Stewart Francke Tamrah Alexander Thing One Thomas Fuessel Thomas Pickert Tina Phillips Vladislav Shkurenko Yehuda Solomon
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