The ISC 2003 finalists are:

AAA/Roots/Americana
1:11 A.M. - Greg Trooper/Darin Pavone, USA
Begin At The End - Paul Brill, USA
A Mind Of Its Own - Devon Copley/Janice Fitzgerald, USA
Dark As The Night - Doug Burr, USA
I Saw Stars - Reed Waddle, USA
Mud - Patrick Freyne/Pol O'Conghaile, Ireland
Spinning - Gregg Swann, USA
Tennessee - Alison MacLean, Canada
The Kind To Break A Heart - Nancy Apple, USA
This Town - Mike Musick/Mitch Dane, USA

Blues
Absolution - Sue Foley, Canada
Escape - Knut Eide, Norway
I Don't Deserve This - Jose Payo, USA
Lots Of Flame (But No Heat) - Don Wise/Pamela Smith Wise, USA
Let The Healing Begin - EG Kight/Tom Horner, USA
Riley Wants His Life Back - R. Fines/A. Fraser, Canada
Strange Things Are Happening - Keith Dunn, Netherlands
Strong Medicine - Peter Gelling, Australia

Country
Crooked Smile - Josh Canning, Australia
Die For You - Dahlia Wakefield, Canada
I Got The Message - Donnie Dickerman, USA
Let Me Out Here - Cindy Kalmenson/Lisa Carver, USA
No Such Thing - Nina Mankin/Larry Winslow, USA
Rush Of the Crush - Jackie Bradshaw/Kirsti Manna, USA
The Catch and Release Man - Harry W. Moodie/Chris Young/Bobby King, USA
Tomorrow Tonight - David Rivers/Steve Christopher/Sue Fabisch, USA

Dance/Electronica
Darkness - John Michael Tsiros, Cyprus
Feeling Safe (Yotan Tribal Mix) - M. Rais/T. Foyer, USA
Fire! - Donny B. Lord/Paco, USA
Hero - Mike McFarland/Shannon Savoie, USA
Inner Journey - Thomas Viehboeck/Peter Koellerer, Austria
Lunar Connoisseur - Gabriel Palomo/Derek Ervin, USA
Popadum - N. Kerkhove/S. Jeffrey, England
War On Terror - Allen Williams, USA

Folk/Singer-Songwriter
Afterglow - Damhnait Doyle/Gordie Sampson, Canada
Blowing This Candle Out - Jane Taylor, England
Coin-Operated Boy - Amanda Palmer, USA
Dead Man's Hand - Greg McDonald, England
Everyone's Honesty - Unni Wilhelmsen, Norway
Hey Mister - Suzanna Choffel, USA
Master Fade - Andrew Bird, USA
Night Like This - Martin Hoybye, Denmark
Quacks Like Love - Chris Belden, USA
Whistling In The Wind - Wons Phreely, Australia

Gospel/Christian
All That I Am - Jason Ott/Joshua Ott/Josh Olsen, USA
All That I Know - Peter Lawlor, England
Free - Ruthann Springle, Canada
I Was Carried - Roma Waterman, Australia
Mama - Saschka Wittau, Switzerland
Nobody Knows You Like The Lord - Danny Brooks, Canada
Plead My Cause - Mary N. Carson, USA
Song For The World - Lindsey/Brayn/Robinson, England
Temple Of the Holy Ghost - Neal Jones, USA

Jazz
Ananthy - Anatholi Bulkin, Sweden
Beelzebub - Bill Bruford, England
I Just Like To Drink Alone - Carole Nelson, Ireland
Investion - Matthias Lupri, USA
Line Game - Steven Kirby, USA
Mingus Moon - Stephen Hudson, USA
Steller By Satellite - Greg Hopkins, USA
The Heckler - Ben Castle, England
Tug Of War - Kerry Politzer, USA

Lyrics Only
Castaway - Lis Soderberg, Canada
In These Waits - A. Dias/A. Philips/R. Casey-Nestor/J. Cowan, Canada
Longshot - Kate Dwyer/Scott Johnson, USA
Skylight - Paul Brill, USA
The Empty Room - Ian Foster, Canada

Pop/Top 40
A World Away - Alphatide, USA
Can You Handle Me - Evie Tobias, USA
Deepest Blue - Kevans/Riley, England
E Cosi Com'E - TJ Signorino, Switzerland
In A Long Time - Clare Veniot/David Cooper/Jack Freudenheim, USA
Latin Queen - Graciela Alvarado, USA
Love Replaces Love - Robert Baier, USA
Reason Why - Tinkara Kovac/Andrea F, Slovenia
Sex In The City - S. Steiger/S. Greenberg/M. Prosper/O. Heild, USA
Tonight - Elcodrive, USA

R&B/Hip-Hop
In These Waits - A. Dias/A. Philips/R. Casey-Nestor/J. Cowan, Canada
It's Jumpin - Jawan Jackson/Deshawn Johnson, USA
Lady, Stand Up! - Sebastian von Bischopink/Hilde Wahl, England
Love Serenade - M. Saunders/J. Acosta/M. Hind, USA
Remind My Soul - Jared Bridgeman "Akrobatik", USA
Rufus - Yewande Austin, USA
Smile - Aja Emmanuel, USA
When Them Playboys Ride - Avery Heyward "Hellabrown", USA

Rock
Breathe - J. Kwarta Jr./M. Brownell/T. Sawchuck/J. Mossop/B. Kwarta, USA
Everything Is OK - M. Walker/A. Walker/M. Kennedy/J. Dawson, Canada
Let Me Become Me - Erik Ashley, Canada
Pezzi Di Puzzle - Stefania Calandra, Italy
Rifles - Warde Elliott, Australia
She - Matthew Powell, Wales
Smile - Danny Elster/Paul Trinidad/Mick Shivers/Jim Messina, USA
We Were Stars - Tara Slone/Jordan Zadorozny, Canada
Without - Chris Sernel, USA

Teen
Celebrity - Matthew Bair, USA
Crooked Smile - Josh Canning, Australia
Don't Turn Around - Nik Hulewsky/Natalie Gordon, USA
January (Again) - Adam Saul Bloch, England
Say Something - Colin Jennison, Canada
Spacin' Out - Amber Brooke Wallace, USA
The Rush - Pascal Le Boeuf, USA
Thinking Of Myself - Brandon Lee Harris, USA
Wounded Spirit - Rachel MacGregor, Canada

Teen Lyrics
30 Minutes In Florida - Sarah Elizabeth Brown, USA
Analyze - John Roman, Canada
I Call Out to You - Danielle Doepke, USA
In Your Eyes - Matthew and Michael Polonchak, USA
Memories - Mihad Ali, Australia

World
Bifurçacões - Toti, Brazil
Bunja Muta - Dembo Jobarteh, The Gambia
Forbidden Love - Ishay Amir, Israel
Godly Love - Justo D. Otongo, USA
Ludiloro - Dejan Pejovic, Serbia & Monteneg
Moko - Moana Maniapoto, New Zealand
Under African Skies - George Umbulo/Tony Battle/Steffon, New Zealand
Victory Day - Auktyon, Russia

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