The following ten songwriters have won their respective category in the songwriting contest. The top songs were determined by "songwriting" alone. Vocal ability was not taken into consideration. A full instrumental production was also not considered. For example, the Folk Winner placed with a simple acoustic guitar and vocal recording. Taylor James came in 1st place, John Ridley came in 2nd place and Natalie Reynolds came in 3rd place. A special congratulations to Jeremy Scott who placed as both a "Winner" and "Finalist" with two different songs!