September Songwriting Contest Results

September's songwriting contest winners and finalists include songwriters from Canada, India, Australia, The United States, The United Kingdom, Kazakhstan, Austria, and The Netherlands. Vocal ability was not taken into consideration. Production/mixing quality was also not taken into consideration. For example, Marce won the "Folk Category" with a simple acoustic guitar/vocal recording and Noah Churchill won the "Adult Contemporary Category" with a vocal/ piano recording. The winning songs were selected only by the songwriting aspects of the material.  Song of the Year maintains a different set of judges each month to ensure that different opinions are determining the winners throughout the year. 

 

Folk

Winner

Marce - Anyway (Gainesville, Florida)

Finalists Perry Kelly - Stop Look and Listen (Kennewick, Washington)  Lesley Young - Inside (Toronto, Canada) Pat Parra - Listen (San Jose, California) T.I.M. - In Seams (Jacksonville, Florida)

Instrumental/Jazz/World

Winner

Laura Sanz - Malecon 'Cuban Fantasy' (Miami, Florida)

Finalists Pamela G - Give love another chance (Garden Grove, California) Jere VanLoan - You'll always be the one (Novato, California) Michael Page - Mirage (Watchung, New Jersey) Rhubee Neale & Kenneth Smith - Travelled so Far (Sydney, Australia)

Christian/Gospel

Winner

Marc Moore - A Better Place

Finalists Aleisa Ozzie Davis - As for me and my house (Troy, Ohio) Marianne Osiel - High place in Heaven (Stony Point, New York) Jamelia Jaime Brown - So Grateful (Hercules, California) Dante H. Plata - Open up your heart (San Antonio, Texas)

Country

Winner

Eddie Sutphin - Angel Wings (Pulaski, Virginia)

Finalists Anthony Waugh - Me & Dylan (Indianapolis, Indiana) William Brennan - Seasons of your Love (Waterbury, Connecticut) Dana Blayone - Dreamin' Big (Nampa, Canada) John Preston - She walked out (Foster City, California)

Lyric Only

Winner

Anthony Fraley - Circle of Life (Portsmouth, Virginia)

Finalists Tanya Sinha - Synthetic Tears (New Delhi, India) Sarah Banner - Hey (Hartsdale, Pennsylvania) Andrey Russanov - Back Home (Almaty, Kazakstan) John Messier - Don't talk to me (Wallingford, Connecticut)

Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

Jens Elmera - Pressure (Jersey City, New Jersey)

Finalists Def - My Miss (Bossier City, Louisiana) Michael Cason - Africa is Bleeding (Amityville, New York) Brandon White - Godsent (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Carla M. Jones - When the hurt comes (Hermosa Beach, California)

Adult Contemporary

Winner

Noah Churchill - What could it be (Sonoma, California)

Finalists Sheryl Smith - I Would (Hauppauge, New York) James Eggleton - Summer's Over (London Colney, United Kingdom) Alice Zech - One More Departure (Vorarlberg, Austria) Robert S. Reed - In Troubled Times (Lakewood, Colorado)

Pop

Winner

Jeanie Sliva - Beautiful Girl  (Plano, Texas)

Finalists Kristen Przeslica - Rearranging Me (Mesa, Arizona) Jess King - Love me back (New York, New York) Billy DenMead - Father's Day (Winter Springs, Florida) Mike Duncan - Internet Junkie (Emmen, Netherlands)

Electronic/Dance

Winner

Christian Alexander - Heaven's Devil (Deerfieldbeach, Florida)

Finalists James Vuchetich-Byrd - Polish Girlz (Avon, Indiana) Leanne Bugat - Heal the child (Melbourne, Australia)  Steve Phillips - It's in my soul (Rotherham, United States Minor Outlying Islands) Lou March & Alex Mazakoff - Tell me why (Portland, Oregon)

Rock

Winner

Glass Intrepid - Whatever it takes (Dallas, Texas)

Finalists Anthony Tristano - Fallen Soldier (Dover, Ohio) Lenny Bloch - The Real Me (Boca Raton, Florida) Ken Bodell - Distance with Direction (St John, Indiana) Kaz Piech - Miles Away (Surrey, Canada)