International Songwriting Competition

AAA
Breathless Duncan/Isaac Carpenter/Mark Watrous – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Die For You Billy Redfield – Baltimore, MD, USA
Fall Joshua Meltzer – Northampton, MA, USA
Hip These Days Joy Askew – New York, NY, USA
Mercury Ben Glover (Ben Glover & The Earls) – Glenarm, Northern Ireland
Never Come Around Jonathan Cour – St Louis, MO, USA
Pack My Bags Danielle Talamini – New York, NY, USA
Playin' It Like It's Over Hans Eberbach/Nathan Dale (Fallen Aliens) – West Sacramento, CA, USA
Somewhere Else Mark Arnell/Danny Martin/Matt Cheadle/Angelo Barbera (I-94) – Studio City, CA, USA
Taking Bob Dylan Jen Foster, Kathy Scott – Nashville, TN, USA
Uptown Craig Sidler – Tshwane/Pretoria, South Africa
You Made It Easy Anthony Nigro (Osgoods) – Sherman Oaks, CA, USA

Americana
Anna Lee Tim Giovanniello – Waxhaw, NC, USA
Come To My Senses – Doug Burr – Denton, TX, USA
For Everything Else I Got You Mark Lucas – Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
Heartbreakers Hall Of Fame Sunny Sweeney – Nashville, TN, USA
Knockin' Jess Reimer (The Doug & Jess Band) – Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Long Gone Dream Martin Hoybye, Kevin Welch – Horsens, Denmark and Nashville, TN USA
Love Someone Lou Bradley – Brunswick Heads, NSW, Australia
Me & Bonnie Parker Markus Rill – Wuerzburg, Germany
Red Moon Bonnie Bishop – Austin, TX, USA
Rooster Gonna Crow Richard Evans – London, England
Traded My Diamond Korby Lenker – Seattle, WA, USA

Blues
Can't Wait Around Anymore Brian Mitchell – New York, NY, USA
Don't Let It Get You Down Boney Fields – Vitry/Seine, France
How'd You Know I Missed You Rick Fines, Suzie Vinnick – Peterborough, ON, Canada
Love Blues Jimmie Wood/JJ Holiday (Imperial Crowns) – St Paul, MN, USA
Put A Sock In It Laurie "Waddy" Mitchell – Memphis, TN, USA
Silver Dollar Colin Germano (Bourbon Street) – Drummoyne, NSW, Australia
So Blue Without You Kevin Mark (Kevin Mark Blues Band) – Dorval, QC, Canada
This Is My Church Chris Fitz (Chris Fitz Band) – Lynn, MA, USA
Whole Lot To You Dragan Pecinar (Demode) – Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Children's Music
A Pirate's Life Marcy Marxer – Kensington, MD, USA
Bye, Bye Bully Dr. Mac – Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Caterpillar Caterpillar Kira Willey – Bethlehem, PA, USA
Don't Put Your Cat In The Washing Machine Bruce Fite – Nottingham, PA, USA
Ed The Emu Kirk Simpson – Jimboomba, QLD, Australia
I'm A Pirate Leslie Bixler – Malibu, CA, USA
It's a No-No To Kiss A Rhino Roger Day – Franklin, TN, USA
No! No! No! Robbie Schaefer – Vienna, VA, USA
Pets Have Feelings Too Scott Wheatley/Julene Jones – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Pig Latin Polka Cathy Fink – Kensington, MD, USA
Turn Around In Circles Heidi Hensley/Ken Hensley (Henslee & Kenslee) – Athens, GA, US

Country
100 Proof Liz Carlisle/Russell Wolff – Cambridge, MA, USA
12 Step Program Of Love Dennis Dupuis – N. Hampton, NH, USA
Angel Jaque Faye/James Newton Russell/T. Kristian Russell – Nashville, TN, USA
Fiona Sean Patrick McGraw – Nashville, TN, USA
For The Ones I Love Ryan 'ryno' Nicholson/Jarrod Doucet – Franklin, TN, USA
Good Boots Ed Williams – Dallas, TX, USA
I Do This For You Eric Reading (The Readings)/Wendy Jans – Nashville, TN, USA
Let Me Down Easy Maxwell Russell – Florence, AL, USA
Line Dance Ed Lesniak/Seth Lesniak (Seth Edward & Papa James) – Columbus, MS, USA
Runaround Wendy Newcomer – Nashville, TN, USA
The All Overs Samantha King/Ted Hewitt – Edmonton, AB, Canada

Dance/Electronica
Cannon Music Matt Kowalsky – Warszawa, Poland
Da Riddim Griffin Kirby Ian Andersen (Shinjuku Zulu) – Toronto, ON, Canada
Desert Angel Ma Faiza/Veet Sandeh – Pune, India
Don't Tell Me Meital Patash Cohen/Dvir Tzanua – Jafa, Israel
Emotions Dj Danny D/Nova – Toronto, ON, Canada
High On The Dance Floor Daniel Boza (6dB) – St. Louis, MO, USA
Ihre Personliche Glucksmelodie Gabriel Ananda – Cologne, Germany
Into The Light Laura Scarborough / Bill Sarver (Lila's Medicine) – Austin, TX, USA
My Name Is 'Jalousie' Manny Rivero – Montreux, Switzerland
NYC Jessy Moss/Wally Gagel – Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA
Soul Funky Jonas Lindahl (SinSonic) – Linkoping, Sweden

Folk/Singer-Songwriter
13 Down Dave Tutin – New York, NY, USA
City Hall Vienna Teng – San Francisco, CA, USA
Eight Feet Tall Adrianne Gonzalez/Gabriel Mann – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Falling In The Sea Michael Paynter/Sven Tydeman/Michael Szmouski – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Love Will Find You Chris Cunningham, John Hermanson (Storyhill) – Bozeman, MT, USA
Scars 'Here We Are' Ryan 'ryno' Nicholson – Franklin, TN, USA
Slow Atop The Mountain Jeff Grant (M Bison) – Seattle, WA, USA
That Hat Bill DeMain/Jill Sobule – Nashville, TN, USA
The National Side Ben Kyle (Romantica) – Minneapolis, MN, USA
The Party Of Our Lives Oliver Paine – Lisbon, Portugal
Times Like These No'am Peled – Tel Aviv, Israel
Wandering Round In Circles Lars Bremnes – Toensberg, Norway
Your Love Has Served Me Well Ilkka Ranta-aho (Redhill Rats) – Helsinki, Finland

Gospel/Christian
Center Of Your Soul David Harper – Spring Hill, TN, USA
God Let Me Change The World Barbara Angel – Gdansk, Poland
Instead Of Me Chris Verdell – Columbus, MS, USA
Kneeling Bob Halligan Jr./Linda Halligan (Ceili Rain) – Syracuse, NY, USA
Merciful God Emeka Onyema (Vizion) - London, England
Out Of Control Dennis Reed, Jr.(Dennis Reed & GAP) – Charlotte, NC, USA
Peace In This World Gary Norian (McKaylis Sisters) – Sugar Land, TX, USA
So Much Grace Allison Sattinger – Culver City, CA, USA
Step Out Rochelle Hanson/Aaron Szpakowski/Theophilous (Da Philosapha) Beckles – Berrien Springs, MI, USA
Tears Of The Oppressed Dave Hanbury/Tyler Hall/Rich Thompson/Mike Tenkate (Revive) – Sydney, NSW, Australia
The Lonely Separation Aaron Healy/Duncan Pankhurst/Roger Angove/Earl Edgar/Michael Page (Zebulun) – Auckland, New Zealand
Up Up Up Adé, Darren Sedor – Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Instrumental
3+CQ Jindrich Pavlis/Ludek Boura/Vojtech Nydl/Petr Valasek (Czech Clarinet Quartet) – Prague, Czech Republic
A Birch Broom In The Fits Duane Andrews – Carbonear, NL, Canada
Brute Jason Sadites – Schumacher, ON, Canada
Buleria Del Abuelo Eduardo Olivares/Jorge Miller (Lalo Olivares) – Mexico D.F., Mexico
Crowdambo Jeremy Cohen (Quartet San Francisco) – Oakland, CA, USA
Dustdevil Walter Strauss – Occidental, CA, USA
Frosty Steven Bernstein – Lago Vista, TX, USA
Sneaky Blues Yuri Naumov – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Spanish Samba Vincent Bernay – Angers, France
The Boisterous Border Collie Pete Hawkes – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The Toothless Soothsayer Sue Terry – Brooklyn, NY, USA

Jazz
Almost Crazy Virna Sanzone/Lindsay Page – Sydney, NSW, Australia
Almost There Matt Shulman – New York, NY, USA
Always Jeanette Lindstrom – Stockholm, Sweden
Before The Jump Marc Scholten (Utrecht Jazz Connection) – Utrecht, Netherlands
Clapham Junction Florian Ross (Florian Ross Quintet/Trio) – Cologne, Germany
Fats Write Al Ashley – Flushing, NY, USA
Jazz Like Harvie S – Hastings-On-Hudson, NY, USA
Joao Su Merced Ignacio Berroa – Tenafly, NJ, USA
Lasciarsi Andare Marco Detto – Lecco, Italy
Los Gatos De Alf Elmer Ferrer (Elmer Ferrer Band) – Havana, Cuba
Songbird Perry Smith/Kathleen Grace (Kathleen Grace Band) – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Stream Peter Sarik – Budapest, Hungary

Latin
Auxilio Melany Moloney – Los Altos, CA, USA
Como Pegada A Ti Paula Gonzalez/John Geithner Cuesta – Bogota, Colombia
El Ciego Carlos Naranjo (Carlito's Orchestra) – St. Peters, NSW, Australia
El Tiempo Ana Cristina Alvarez – Miami, FL, USA
Ella Me Dice Aniel Mejia – Republic of Panama, Panama
Hoy Juan Manzur – Los Angeles, CA, USA
La Rumbera Layla Angulo/Walter A. Torres – Seattle, WA, USA
La Vida Vale La Pena Monica Giraldo – Bogota, Colombia
Mentiras Eduardo Olivares (Lalo Olivares) – Mexico D.F., Mexico
P'a La Calle Gregory Colina (CoCo GreGre) – Willemstad, Antilles
Si Te Vas De Mi Priscila Moreno – Panama City, Panama

Lyrics Only
7th Avenue Carol Ames – San Diego, CA, USA
Cottonwood Tree Ant McNaught – Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Horace Gavin Carter Little – Nashville, TN, USA
Katie Mind The Light Bill Black – Falmouth, MA, USA
Riding Blind Chris Lewis – Mavnooth Co, Kildare, Ireland
Rocks Under Bare Feet And Dreams Tony Youngblood – Nashville, TN, USA
Sixteen Adrienne Leopold – Toronto, ON, Canada
The Sun Tim Giovanniello – Waxhaw, NC, USA
To My Lucinda (Lose These Blues) Jenrose Fitzgerald (Kentucky Bootleggers) – Lexington, KY, USA
Today Ain't Over Yet Matthew Salada – Nashville, TN, USA
Wonderland Liam Phillips – Beverly Hills, CA, USA

Performance
Bare Hands Adam Stokes – Deerfield, NH, USA
Bullets Lisa Carver – Hendersonville, TN, USA
Convenience Stores Buddy Wakefield – Seattle, WA, USA
How Many Days Catherine Feeney/Nikki Lamborn (Never The Bride) – Kingston Upon Thames, England
If You Were Crying Over Me Rita Chiarelli – Toronto, ON, Canada
Mad Mad Love Lisa Richards – Townsville, QLD, Australia
Perfect Don Miggs (Miggs) – Oakland, CA, USA
Something About That Girl Michael Welton (The Magnets) – Altrincham, England
We Got A Love Like That Rick Fines, Suzie Vinnick – Peterborough, ON, Canada
When Love Comes Calling Paul Millns – London, England
Wonderful Tragedy Phil Usher/Scott Mullane/Sean Bower (Grand Atlantic) – Wavell Heights, QLD, Australia

Pop/Top 40
Beep! Beep! Catrina DaCosta/James DuBois/Cheri Augustine Flake/Max Meadows/Van Kapeghian (13 Stories) – Atlanta, GA, USA
Desperate Songs Brendan Brown (Wheatus) – New York, NY, USA
Fearless Peter Roberts/Ron Boustead (Daechelle) – Los Angeles, CA, USA
I Still Burn Peter Wright/Jess Cates – London England
I Want You Mick Anderson/Patrick Ricapito/Huw Griffiths/Dave Simon/Laurent Salgine (Kid Courageous) – Bonnet Bay, NSW, Australia
If I Counted To Ten Catherine Feeney/Nikki Lamborn (Never The Bride) – Kingston Upon Thames, England
Let It Rain Aleksandr Chazov/Nadia Kay – Staten Island, NY, USA
Me and Ronnie (AyAyAy) Shanti Bowes/Darryl Swann – Los Angeles, CA, USA
More Than Enough Jamie Pearce/Niklas Andersson/Landgreen – Somerset, England
One Promise Dan Lichty/Dmitry Iyudin (3rd Culture) – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Stand Up James Reid (The Feelers) – Auckland, New Zealand
When You Are With Me Jonas Leo Blees (Audio Implants) – Gothenburg, Sweden

R&B/Hip-Hop
Bounce Lyrical Eye – Nicosia, Cyprus
Drum Call John Scott – Oakland, CA, USA
Gotta Go Michael Wayne Crigler (Bent) – Lawrenceville, GA, USA
Head Games Grover A. Zinn/Dena M. Chutuk (The Deadly Twins) – Marina Del Rey, CA, USA
Inhale, Exhale Matthew Tasa (Marvin Tyrell) – Bad Soden, Germany
Mr. DJ Andre Mieux – San Dimas, CA, USA
No Place Like Home Michael McDonald, Mark E. Robertson Jr., Leon Jones (Ahmir) – Boston, MA, USA
Right Here Geoff Earley (The Geoffro Cause) – Brighton, MA, USA
Up To Ya! Mihai Ogasanu (Central BPM) – Bucharest, Romania
We Can Do It Like... Donny B. Lord/Olivier Roulon – Hollywood, CA, USA
Welkom 2 Amsterdam Tyger Vinum – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Where'd It Go? Mark Morley (Relic) – Brampton, ON, Canada

Rock
Avalon Adrian Sieber (Lovebugs) – Zurich, Switzerland
Because I Want To Jorgen Elofsson/Axel Johansson/Tracy Lipp (Niki) – Helsinki, Finland
Fade Bryan Bozeman/John O'Leary/Brandon Parker/Kevin Compton/Danny Helms (Crazy Anglos) – Marietta, GA, USA
I Don't Care At All Benjamin Schultz/Jon Butcher (Barefoot Servants) – Valley Village, CA, USA
Lights Out Martin Karlegard/Andreas Karlegard/Artur Singireys (Dons) – Riga, Latvia
Our Childs Eyes Jeremy Cavan/Tobias Cavan (Sinister Trailerpark Magic) – King City, ON, Canada
Phantom Limb Gustavo Drummond (UDORA) – Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
Rosalie Mike Wolpe/Jon Arman (Cowboy Robot) – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Something Crazy Nathan Ironside (The Stirring) – Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
The Lonely Separation Aaron Healy/Duncan Pankhurst/Roger Angove/Earl Edgar/Michael Page (Zebulun) – Auckland, New Zealand
Who Do I Have To Kill Chris Sernel (Escape From Earth) – Park Ridge, IL, USA

Teen
Beautiful (Outside & In) Joy Lippard – Great Falls, VA, USA
Because You Broke My Heart Hannah Seiple/Elijah Seiple – Louisville, TN, USA
Bittersweet Nick Dillinger (Radio Racer) – Escondido, CA, USA
Day By Day The Penguins Steal My Sanity Jamison Baker – Altadena, CA, USA
Give Me Time James Murray – Hants, England
I Believe (Psalm 86) Becca Mabbett – Kelowna, BC, Canada
La Toune a Norbert Janelle Dupuis – Memramcook, NB, Canada
Mistaken Perception Eli Bennett – Vancouver, BC, Canada
Squeezebox Mark Williams – Stroudsburg, PA, USA
Try To Be Me Shalaine Mezzo – Mont Nebo, SK, Canada
What's The Deal Jillian Wheeler – Windham, NH, USA
When I Was Younger James Lockhart – Marion, IL, USA

World Music
Agba Yei Selasee Atiase – Accra, Ghana
Boom Sheke Nana Sinem Varoglu (Sinem) – New York, NY, USA
Malembo Donne Roberts – Toronto, ON, Canada
Mama Njacko Backo (Njacko Backo & Kalimba Kalimba) – Toronto, ON, Canada
Na Ndimaki te Alain Nkossi Konda – Immenstadt, Germany
Never Die Emmanuel Owusu-Bonsu (Wanlov) – Pakyi #2, Ghana
New Asia Andrew Lum (Andrew Lum & New Asia) – Singapore, Singapore
Such Is My Love Jahlee/Kochie Banton – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Tricky Edina Szirtes/Kornel Varga (Fabula Rasa) – Kecskemet, Hungary
Why Do We? Chris Berry (Chris Berry & Panjea) – New York, NY, USA
Ya Karimo Djamel Laroussi (Djamel Laroussi Band) – Paris, France