song writing contest

September's Songwriting Contest Results

The September 2009 songwriting winners have been announced. The top songwriters were from The United States, Australia, Canada, The Faroe Islands, The United Kingdom, Portugal, and Germany. The judging was based on 'songwriting' alone. Vocal ability was not taken into consideration. A full instrumental production of the material was also not taken into consideration. For example, forty percent of the songs that placed as Winners or Finalists in September's round did so with simple 'vocal/piano' or 'vocal/acoustic guitar' recordings.

* Songs in MP3 Format

Adult Contemporary

Winner

Linda Roan - This Song's For You


Finalists


Mackenzie Dallas - I'll Wait Here
Debra Gussin - I've Already Won
James Hennessy - Morning Dove
Anita Lovett - When The Wait Is Over

 

Country

Winner

Matthew Stemme - Laughter In The Hallway


Finalists


Nick Sullivan - Rain On My Face
Blake Johnson - If You Were Mine
Justin Trulson - Love Can Be Forever
Michael Baldwin - Mary's Song


Folk

Winner

Josh Rawiri - She'll Love You


Finalists

Lindsay Jackson - Breezy Kind Of Mood
LaMont White - Ain’t Sweatin’ You Again
Andrew Ryan - Just Another Day
Eric Deeds - Take Me To Nashville

 

Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

Jamal Tillery - Hold Me Down


Finalists


Janine de Souza - Movin' On
Sean Styles - Girl's Got Moves
Ashley James - Lookin’ Out My Window
Nikita Ross - Just Leave It Alone


Pop

Winner

Katie Bragg - Unbreakable


Finalists

Jim Wolf - House of Cards
Jesse Taylor - Too Much Time
Gavin Owens - Center Of The World
Kirk Martsen - Mah Jongg


Christian/Gospel

Winner

Katie Miner - What God Does


Finalists


Travis Russell - I’m Not The One You Need
Julia Love - Livin’ In Grace
Mario Garza - Jesus My Light
Jillian Davis - Happens All The Time


Lyrics Only

Winner

Chris O'Hara - More


Finalists

Miranda Marks - Must Have Been A Good Day
Andre Luke - You Could Be My Future
Marcus Mendoza - I Wouldn’t Be Surprised
Dean Abbott - Cut My Life To Pieces


Rock

Winner

Oli Jogvansson, Bardur Haberg, & Hiten Bharadia - Crash


Finalists

Wayne Westervelt - It's All About You
Emily B. Lewis - Dreaming Of Your Smile
Neil Harris - Maybe You Should Stay
Luke de Eça
- Don't Like Me Much

 

Instrumental/Jazz/World

Winner

KristyL - I Devote My Life


Finalists

Yvette Green - Somewhere There Is Someone
Trenton Hunter - My Beautiful Girl
Aaron Johnson - Cloudy Day

Helen Rhoades - Dark Worlds


Electronic/Dance

Winner

Angelo Perez - Alive


Finalists

Yolanda Thomas - Do Not Say
Dave Pl - Years Ago
Sean M Edwards - Justify

Christian Achinivu - Space Boy