Contest Winners
Songwriting Contest Winners:
Feel free to join our Facebook Group where we will announce those who make the cut in each quarter of the 21st Annual Songwriting Contest.
22nd Annual Songwriter of the Year – TBA on or before March 15, 2025
22nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Ward Tolbert – The Wood From Jesus’ Cross
22nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Erisa Rei Kopp – Face Like Flint
22nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Eli Klimchuk – My Jesus
22nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Matthew Soileau – One Light
22nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Sutton Porth – Heaven Is Here
22nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Brian Tucker – Calling Me
22nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – TBA on or before November 30, 2024
22nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) –
22nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) –
22nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – TBA on or before February 28, 2025
22nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) –
22nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) –
All announcement dates are subject to change.
21st Annual Songwriter of the Year – Arielle Nichole – Rest
21st Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Amanda Nolan – Broken Pieces
21st Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Katie Flemming – Who I’m Meant To Be
21st Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Clayton Thomas – God of the Redeemed
21st Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Adura – Wait on You
21st Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Stacy Riddle – If You Only Knew
21st Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Beloved – Where Your Spirit Goes
21st Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Clayton Thomas – Wholly Loved
21st Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Curtis Ray Kokenos – He Already Knows
21st Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Kate Hurley – The Whole World is Waiting
21st Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Arielle Nichole – Rest
21st Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Darin Shipley – Irrevocable
21st Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Jamie Meyer – Rolling Waters
20th Annual Songwriter of the Year – Justin Lynn
20th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Colin Reger
20th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Courtney Young
20th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Mark Boucot
20th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Justin Lynn
20th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Cristian Lebron
20th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Ricardo Pigari
20th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Lance Schmidt
20th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Rob Nightingale
20th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Katlyn Crawford
20th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Arielle Nichole
20th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Amanda Joy Powell
20th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Curtis Ray Kokenos
19th Annual Songwriter of the Year – Michaela DeLong; Nathanael DeLong; Cordell May (We The Least)
19th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Dave Pettigrew
19th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Cameron Shaw
19th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Sarah Traynor
19th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Mark Boucot
19th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Jeramy Reeves
19th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Mitch Langley
19th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Michaela DeLong; Nathanael DeLong; Cordell May (We The Least)
19th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Chris Smith
19th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Jonathan Quigley
19th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Jonathan Quigley
19th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Kathryn King
19th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Janie M Cunningham
18th Annual Songwriter of the Year – Ryan T Miller
18th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – David Gainforth
18th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Billy Pind
18th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Brianna Turbeville
18th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Katlyn Crawford
18th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Billy Pind
18th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – David Pellegrini
18th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Josh Fox
18th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Eddie Willis
18th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Curtis Kokenos
18th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Ryan T Miller
18th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Josh Fox
18th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Courtney Young
17th Annual Songwriter of the Year – Sam & Christin Hart
17th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Lexi Peto
17th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Momentum Music
17th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Cynthia Lok
17th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Vanessa Marie
17th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Brant Pethick
17th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Carmen Mills
17th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Sam & Christin Hart
17th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Dario De Marco
17th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Tara Strickland
17th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Sam & Christin Hart
17th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Mats Dernand
17th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Russ Parrish
16th Annual Songwriter of the Year – Shane Schauer
16th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Ian Townend
16th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Bo Bryant
16th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Hannah Ford
16th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Kari King
16th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Suzanne Vaartstra
16th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Dino P. Ascari
16th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Shane Schauer
16th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Charles N. Cook
16th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Christopher Alan Reece
16th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Myvictory Music
16th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Brittany Craft
16th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Jordan Weymouth
15th Annual Songwriter of the Year – Glorious Encounter
15th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Sophie Lockhart
15th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Hilary Graves
15th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Matt Littlejohn
15th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Jeramy Reeves
15th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – David Pellegrini
15th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Daniel Reed
15th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – David Warren
15th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Mario Mouser
15th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Kristen Lewis + Laura Byrnes
15th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Glorious Encounter
15th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Isaiah Barker
15th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Bo Bryant
14th Annual Songwriter of the Year – Aaron David
14th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Jonathan Jackson
14th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Carmen Calhoun
14th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – John Stuthard
14th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Robert Vandervliet
14th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Collin Seitz
14th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Daryl Warner
14th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Chris Quinton and Erika Croxford
14th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – House of Cedar
14th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Luke Erickson
14th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Aaron David
14th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Paulo Rafael de Matos Chavante
14th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Shekhar Gate
13th Annual Songwriter of the Year – Drew Ley
13th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Emma Feldman
13th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Daniel May
13th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Joe Cirafici
13th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Jamie Nunnally
13th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Braden Scharfenberg
13th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Matthew Barnett
13th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Jayne Luy
13th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Larry Virnau
13th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Weston Skaggs
13th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Drew Ley
13th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Derek Charles Johnson
13th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Makiah Rea
12th Annual Songwriter of the Year – Mike & Deanna Geier
12th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Rusty Davis
12th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Gary Forsythe
12th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Laura Dickinson, David Dickinson
12th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Mike & Deanna Geier
12th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Jesse Patrick Reynolds
12th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – One Voice Anthem
12th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Damon Gerber
12th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Jamie Nunnally
12th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Jeremy Schuff
12th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Braden Scharfenburg, Kyle Church
12th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Matthew Barnett. Dwayne Patterson
12th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Keiko Ying
11th Annual Songwriter of the Year – Lenny Juliano
11th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Michael Geiler
11th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Tom Houck
11th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Matt & Sarah Robins
11th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Drew Ley
11th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Gene Ezell
11th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Jason Tannery
11th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Tom Houck
11th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Matt Tipton
11th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Michael Moore
11th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Lenny Juliano
11th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Paul Reeves and Josh Bayne
11th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Michael Geiler
10th Annual Songwriter of the Year – Aaron David
10th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Evelyn Haskell-Herndon
10th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Alexa Willis
10th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Jordan Biel
10th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Jason Yost
10th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Amanda Mueller
10th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Chris Clayton
10th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Jamie Nunnally
10th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Joel Procter
10th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Mark Tedder
10th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Aaron David
10th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Chris Deming
10th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Roma Waterman
9th Annual Songwriter of the Year – Keith Elgin!
9th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Tom Houck
9th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Matthew Browne
9th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Gene Ezell
9th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Lenny Juliano
9th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Phil Smith
9th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Shyra Murrey
9th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Paul Reeves
9th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Chris Tanner
9th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Anneline Breetzke
9th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Keith Elgin
9th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Bob Vandervliet
9th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Zach Taylor
8th Annual Songwriter of the Year – Robert Vandervliet
8th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Robert Vandervliet
8th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Rebecca Sehnert
8th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (1st Qtr) – Natalie Mary Buntting
8th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Annie Lash
8th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Rusty & Jessica Rodrigue
8th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (2nd Qtr) – Tyler Ellison
8th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Michael Whitworth
8th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Amanda Kind
8th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (3rd Qtr) – Mark Tedder
8th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Angela Donadio
8th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Christopher Hart
8th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner (4th Qtr) – Brian Overton, JR Rehm, and Corey Schob
7th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner – Tricia Zody
7th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner – Bianca West
7th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner – Shawn Williams
6th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner – Stephen Hinkle
6th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner – Rich Copeland
6th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner – Aaron Jones
5th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner – Rebecca McKinley & Jimmy Fisher
5th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner – Khek Chyan Gan
5th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner – Dustin Smith
4th Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner – Evie Haskell
4th Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner – Mike Renneker
4th Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner – Linda Smith
3rd Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner – Mike Renneker
3rd Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner – Joshua Davis
3rd Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner – Nikki Frizzell
2nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner – Beth Champion Mason
2nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner – Donna Stuart
2nd Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner – Kevin Rice
1st Annual Songwriting Contest – 1st Place Winner – Mark Alan Schoolmeesters
1st Annual Songwriting Contest – 2nd Place Winner – Beth Champion Mason
1st Annual Songwriting Contest – 3rd Place Winner – Bruce Johnson