December 2004 Results

December's winners and finalists include songwriters from Germany, Canada, The United States, Denmark, Ireland, South Africa, Sweden, Australia, Poland, and Japan.

 

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Adult Contemporary

Winner

Eugene Huang - The Last Time (Placentia, California)

Finalists

Randal Scales - I Still Miss Her (Old Forge, New York) Teri Catlin - Baby (Pompano, Florida) Kashii - Where Do I Begin (Oldenburg, Germany) Kristine Handsart - Give Me Time (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Country

Winner

Christina Ray - Do You Ever Love Me? - (Huntington Beach, California)

Finalists

Michele Irelan - Endlessly (Guffey, Colorado) David Ragg - Goodbyes (Ann Arbor, Michigan) Trish Bevans - Back From Mars (Lethbridge, Canada) Adrienne Leopold - I Was Me (Toronto, Canada) Robert Greeley - Nashville (Canoga Park, California)

Dance/Electronic

Winner

Barbados Swing - Better Watch Out (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Finalists

Kevin Luiz - Immortal (Concord, New Hampshire) Ken Wank - I'm Fallin' For You (Floral Park, New York) Rod Shepard - The One (Fair Lawn, New Jersey) DJ Micter - Sun Rise (Grandville, Michigan)

Folk

Winner

Gina Borys - River (Glendale, California)

Finalists

Mick Flannery - Birds And The Bees (Cork, Ireland) Kenneth Hennigan - Inside Her Stay (Mayo, Ireland)  Elliot Carlson  - Forget Me Nots (New York, New York) Graham Abrahams - My Kind Of Life (Centurion, South Africa)

Pop

Winner

Jaime Meyer - Free As A Bird (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Finalists

David Stephens - Believe It (Camarillo, California) Joshua Meltzer - Fall (Westfield, Massachusetts) Lauren Gordon - Famous (Whiteplains, New York) Tonya Showalter - Someday (Glendale, California)

Lyrics Only

Winner

Stan Rogalski - As Evenin' Falls (Huntingdale, West Australia)

Finalists

Calix Days - Twisting In Time (Lancaster, California) Carlos Greene - Santa, My Fault (Ocala, Florida) Laura Garwood - A Perfect World (Houston, Texas) Ollie Ezell - Where Are The Men (Hiram, Georgia)

Christian/Gospel

Winner

Steven Liotta - A Little Piece Of Jesus (Brooklyn, New York)

Finalists

Louis Saunders - He'll Make A Change (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) Joanna Fruhauf - Come Away (Port Jefferson Station, New York) Jonathan McDuffie - Life Of Worship (Albany, Georgia) Christian Thomas - Rise Up Earthly Soldier

Rock

Winner

Paul Briggette - Rescue Me (Pembroke, Massachusetts)

Finalists

Scott Price - Told Ya So (Baltimore, Maryland) Jeff Caylor - Almost Flew (Colorado Springs, Colorado) Eric Pearson - Angels Tear (Anniston, Alabama) John Sherry - The Zip Code Song (Monterey, California) *April 2004 Finalist

Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

Brian McRae - Carry On (Lubbuck, Texas) (R&B)

Finalists

Nathan Klein - 20/20 (Boulder, Colorado) (Hip-Hop) Marcin Urban - Miraculous Days (Warsaw. Poland) (R&B) Richard Ladson - Why Do I Cry (Newark, New Jersey) (R&B) Jennifer Adan - Show Me How To Love You (San Mateo, California) (R&B)*July 2004 Winner

Instrumental/Jazz/World

Winner

Alvin Choate - Your Love Is A Splendored Thing (Columbus, Ohio)

Finalists

Jun Ishikawa - And Nobody Else (Tokyo, Japan) Chris Wiley - War (Baltimore, Maryland) Hicham El Hammouch - Lounging Around (Norfolk, Virginia) Shannon Ambrutis - This Night (Presque Isle, Maine)