January 2004

www.songoftheyear.com

Winners- The Winners are the songwriters with the #1 rated song in their category in a given month. These songs will compete at the end of the year in their respective category to establish the yearly winner. The yearly winner from each category will then compete for the Grand Prize and status of “song of the year”.

 Finalists- The Finalists are the top four rated songwriters, after the winning song, in their respective category (If the votes are within a minimal range an extra song may be included as a finalist song). These submissions along with the winning submissions are sent out to the Song of the Year resources for further consideration.

Honorable Mentions- Honorable Mention means that the preliminary judges and/or the professionals offering the critiques have found your submissions exceptional for one reason or another. It could be the lyrics, melodies, music, etc...  If Song of the Year receives a lot of positive responses from our judges about a song, you will be place in the Honorable Mention category. This status indicates that a submission was found impressive by a number of the judges.

Suggested Artists- Suggested Artists are musicians or songwriters that the Song of the Year staff found impressive and would suggest for listening. Unlike the Honorable Mention, the Suggested Artist is based on the Song of the Year staff, not the judges. Song of the Year keeps the listings updated on the website so that you can use it as a reference if you need to. Song of the Year wants anyone you refer to this listing to know that the staff thought that your song was found to be quite impressive. 

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 some of the highest ranked songs that did not make it into the top five picks.

 Guillermo Albelo
Max Knotz
Peter Koellerer
Philip Bennett
Krissy Burns
Michael Enyart
Joseph Anz
Linda Finkle
Stuart Rosh
Alexander Farrugia
Thomas Lichtenstein
Debbie Spitz
James Ross
Arwen Hunt
Keith Hines
Tripp Williams
Joseph Visaggi
Sam Fasano III
Donald Chittick
Tim Branom
Pamela Figueroa
Erin Hill
Shanita Carter
Dan Danyshyn
Theophill Nortey
Kevin Ott
Nicholous Varel
Sherry Anderson
Jim Henman
Jesse Harper
Marshall Titus
Bray Gurnari
Reed Dickinson
Josh Tummel
Billy Wilcosky
Joe DeChenne
Lawrence Corpe
Benjamin Mason
Edwin Lugo
Caroline Rau
David VonBeck
Mary Lemanski
Angelo Siganakis
Jeff Bohannon
Bob Rericha
Michael Spurr
Mike Suggs
Charles Tromm
Gus Forsman
Byron Walls

 Janice Leverett
Carol Hoffman
Paul Willms
Mitchell Darren
Matthew DiMarino
Neil Daly
Alysha Talbot
Scott Rogers
Clifford Bryant
Jerry Willard
Lou Grein
Mark Stempler
Brian Smith
Greg Symanski
Meadow Nichols
Mitchell Darren
Cole Potter
Matthew DiMarino
Russ Allen
Trevor Burroughs
Irving Josephson
John Daniels
Josh Hill
Debbie Lind
Bruce Pollock
Donald Bathrick
Eric George
Erik Jackson
William Stanley
Pablo Solutin
Joseph Miralles
Rick Daley
Wendy Savage
Kurtis Parks
James Pendleton
Mike Hyden
Sally Edmondson
Richey Lam
Dave Hughes
John Sherry
Carl Larson
John Viniello
Shawn Stilson
Robbie Ansley
Stephanie Bilonick
Scott Freiberger
K-Gi Scarlett
Preet Jowhal
Gail Siefring
Elly Khripounova
Cody Beebe
Troy Nelson
Cori Mullins
James Papastamos
Randall Jones
David Harper
Tamar Broadbent
Justin Hodges
Suzanne Buchley
Anna Horoschak
Michael Terry
Angela Carnegie
Jay Friesen
Will Landstrom
Ciji Prout
Jessica Brody
Bob Owen
Timothy Krug
Ron Potter
Louis Yoelin
Erick Jackson
Rick Hoverter
Paul Gillespie
Pete Campbell
Jefferson Montoya
Joni Fowler
Josh Rifkin
Jim Hartsell
Ingvi Thor
Spyder McCombs