USA Songwriting Competition

USA Songwriting Competition would like to thank all entrants, judges and sponsors. Here is the Winners' list of the 2007 Competition:
OVERALL GRAND PRIZE:
Where The Music Takes You - Ari Gold, Joe Hogue 'JOJOHO' & Sean Petersen; New York, NY.

OVERALL 2nd PRIZE: The War Was In Color - Barry Privett (Carbon Leaf);

OVERALL 3rd PRIZE: Cliché - Jules Anna Jones; De Witt, MI


FIRST PRIZES IN 15 INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES

1st Prize – Rock/Alternative
Cliché - Jules Anna Jones; De Witt, MI

1st Prize – Country
I Can Live Without You - Mary Danna & Troy Verges; Minnetonka, MN

1st Prize – Folk
Ballad of Bowser Macrae - David Francey; CANADA

1st Prize – Pop
Where The Music Takes You - Ari Gold, Joe Hogue & Sean Petersen; New York, NY

1st Prize – Dance/Electronica
Waking Up - Miguel de Azcarate, Yani Helle & Sylvia Greif (Milow), FRANCE

1st Prize – R&B
No Place Like Home - Mark E. Robertson Jr, Michael McDonald & Leon Jones (Ahmir); Boston, MA

1st Prize – Hip-Hop/Rap
Set It Free - Christopher Reynolds & Jonathan Reynolds (The Genetics); Allston, MA

1st Prize - Lyrics
The War Was In Color - Barry Privett (Carbon Leaf); Richmond, VA

1st Prize – Gospel/Inspirational
Brighter Days - Ryan Shea Smith, Tyler Allen & Tony Williams; Seattle, WA

1st Prize – Latin
Rompecabezas - Melany Moloney; Bogota, COLOMBIA

1st Prize - World
Fado Torto - Louis Simao; CANADA

1st Prize - Jazz
Isaac's Blues - Duane Andrews; St John’s, CANADA

1st Prize – Instrumental
Cella's Song - Eric Roberts; Highlands Ranch, CO

1st Prize – Novelty/Comedy
Doer's Lament - Eric Colville; Ipswich, MA

1st Prize - Children
Up! - Steve Weeks; Colorado Springs, CO

20 HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS
Open Your Eyes - Tom Watson (Transparent); AUSTRALIA
Reckless - Marc Costanzo, Chin Injeti & Tebey; Toronto, CANADA
You Can't Hurt Me Now - Karen Taylor-Good, Jim Daddario & Tania Hancheroff; Nashville, TN
I Will Never Be The Same - Mary Sue Englund & Victoria Banks; Nashville, TN
We Stand on Common Ground - Shirley Eikhard; CANADA
Getting Over You Again - Tim Mathews & Josh Bernard; Nashville, TN
Like Salt - Helle Hansen; Copenhagen, DENMARK
Inside My Heart - Agatha Comia Obar, PHILIPPINES
Something Better - Craig Sheets (A True Story); Riverview, MI
Rosetta Stone - Noam Weinstein; New York, NY
Dying Daily - Simon Spire; Santa Monica, CA
Black & Blue - Jesse Terry & Scott Carter; Nashville, TN
You Say - Afiya "Fi-Fi" Bala; Oak, CA
Actin' Up - Erin Reed (PurpleRed); Grenada Hills, CA
Blackberrying - Ishita Rungta; Plantation, FL
Caminito - Raúl Sandoval (Canvas); Lauderhill, FL
i husinu okkar er thoka - Ingvi Thor Kormaksson & Kristin Omarsdottir (JJ Soul Band); ICELAND
I Should Have a Broken Heart - Jill Barnett; Sedona, AZ
You can do it! - Keren Alexander (Go Seek); AUSTRALIA
July Rendez-Vous - Shao Suan Low; SINGAPORE

Finalists of the 2007 competition:

Category/Song Title Songwriter(s) name(s)

ROCK/ALT
Soul Deposit - Nick Mazzei, Kevin Bailey, Peter Maniatis (All The Brightness)
Something Better - Craig Sheets (A True Story)
Bang - Hill Kourkoutis (Drowning Girl)
Eric Colville - 1000 Miles
Frera – Matt Hutchison, Tim Hutchison, Kent Warren (Fools & Horses)
Cliché - Jules Anna Jones
All The Same Mistakes - Mieka Pauley
Rosetta Stone - Noam Weinstein
Hiding So Long - Simon Spire
I Try - Jenna Sanz-Agero & Jan Kuehnemund (Vixen)

FOLK
Morning Train - David Francey
Mr. President - Justin Levinson
Let It Show - Jen Chapin
Ballad of Bowser Macrae - David Francey
This Land - Noam Weinstein
Dying Daily - Simon Spire
Scrapbook - Jeff Talmadge
December Snow - Kevin McGee
Same Big Sky - Melissa Greener
Black & Blue - Jesse Terry & Scott Carter

COUNTRY
I Can Live Without You - Mary Danna & Troy Verges
I Would've Loved you Anyway - Mary Danna & Troy Verges
That's How Close I Am - Mary Danna, Tanya Leah & Brian Nash
Getting Over You Again - Tim Mathews & Josh Bernard
On Angel's Wings - Karen Taylor-Good & Jason Blume
The Last Time - Steve King
Waitin' On Us - Jesse Terry, Charlie Hutto & Dan Murph
In Love - Jackie DiPillo, Meghan Kabir & Tonya Stout
Trail of Tears - Jackie DiPillo, Lisa Chamberlin & Tonya Lynette Stout
Sorry - Jackie DiPillo, Georgia Thomas Edgeworth & Tonya Lynette Stout
I Will Never Be The Same - Mary Sue Englund & Victoria Banks

POP
Reckless - Marc Costanzo, Chin Injeti & Tebey
Bring it On - Archimedes Dairocas
You Can't Hurt Me Now - Karen Taylor-Good, Jim Daddario & Tania Hancheroff
If I Hesitate - Rich McCulley & Todd Herfindal
Trouble From The Start - Sherry St Germain, Greg Johnston & Liz Rodrigues
Find Me - Alejandro Manzano (Boyce Avenue)
Soho & Tokyo - Jimmy Santis & Frankie Vinci
Anchor - Ruut DeMeo
Picture This - Jesse Terry
Build Me A Woman - Colin Scallan
Where The Music Takes You - Ari Gold, Joe Hogue & Sean Petersen

DANCE/ELECTRONICA
Waking Up - Miguel de Azcarate, Yani Helle & Sylvia Greif (Milow)
Open Your Eyes - Tom Watson (Transparent)
Tell Me - N'Kenge, Chris Willis & Lenny White
All I Know - Agatha Comia Obar
Sentimientos - Jaime Wilensky, Andres Linetzky & Ernesto Romeo
Fearless - Laura McDavid
Effervescence - (Joseph Litherland) Jrel
Genesis For Nina - (Ma Faiza & Veet Sandeh) ma faiza
4am - Saiman Reddy, feat. Karen Gomes
There's A Rhythm - Dig Bear (Urs Lotze)

R&B
You Say - Afiya "Fi-Fi" Bala
Even If - Josie Aiello & Jesse Tichenor
I Do - Kevin Kumar & Sean Kumar
Deadweight - Stephanie Sinclair & Johnny Rivers
Sooner or Later - John Fluker & Chasey Curry
Love Wasn't Meant For Us - Candice Adams
Serious - Bobby Cipolla, John Buchanan & Brett Figliozzi
No Place Like Home - Mark E. Robertson Jr, Michael McDonald & Leon Jones (Ahmir)
MoverShaker - Dobi Kwe & Yugy O.
All I Need - Jamie Sparks

HIP-HOP/RAP
Set It Free - Christopher Reynolds & Jonathan Reynolds (The Genetics)
Try - Kyle Kraft (Sweatshop Union)
Reality N.E.W.S. - Bishop T Hall
Superficial Lady - Hue Blanes (Melodies)
I Wonder - Robert Woods Jr (R.E.D. 44)
Alchemy - Monticue Connally
Actin' Up - Erin Reed (PurpleRed)
Check The Melody - CHATHAM YELLE (Chatham)
Don't look away - Bricks and Burnz
True Stories - Akin (ft Locust1)

LYRICS ONLY
The War Was In Color - Barry Privett (Carbon Leaf)
Have You Ever - Michael Boucher
Red Chalk - James Oury
Unlimited You - Sabine Schlachter
Just In Time - Daniel Mueller
Try Walking In My Shoes - Renate Schlenger
Kerry's lament - Carmel McCallum & Steve Montgomery (McCallum/Montgomery)
Blackberrying - Ishita Rungta
Black and White - Mike Hyden
The Movie Maker - Steve Martin

GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL
Inside My Heart - Agatha Comia Obar
Hineini (Here I Am) - Lisa Silver & Karen Taylor-Good
If You Don't Fly - Gail Vareilles & Eddy Martinez
Chiseled In Stone, Written In Red - Mark Hawkins & Jason Ellsworth
My First Love, Crucified - Teri Undreiner
We Stand on Common Ground - Shirley Eikhard
Love Bouquet - Katie Miner
Brighter Days - Ryan Shea Smith, Tyler Allen & Tony Williams
Leap of Faith - Rachanee Kitchel and Gabe Scott (Rachanee)
Change In My Life - Kevin Robinson (Market Research Music)

LATIN
Caminito - Raúl Sandoval
No tires la toalla - Roger Gonzalez Diaz & Christian Solis Nunez
La Vida Es Eso - Martha de Quesada
Deuses Do Ceu - Flavio Chamis
El Sueno Americano - Eduardo Noriega
Mi delirio - Andres Colin
Torera - Patricia Vonne
Me deje querer - Zenaida Beveraggi
Rompecabezas - Melany Moloney
Si Preguntan por Mi - Pedro José
Gracias te doy - Silvina Munson (Silvina)

WORLD
Fado Torto - Louis Simao
Paradise of Aligators - Valentin Geogiev Papadopulos
I Am - Thilo Martinho
Sentimientos - Jaime Wilensky, Andres Linetzky & Ernesto Romeo
Land of the Setting Sun - Talitha MacKenzie
Uyaye - Giuseppe Patane & Shawn Rivera
Road to Lemmare - Wendy Spiro
Take my soul to keep - Alain Nkossi Konda
i husinu okkar er thoka - Ingvi Thor Kormaksson & Kristin Omarsdottir (JJ Soul Band)
Eastern Drums - Costa Ioannides (Costa)

JAZZ
Evade - Giulio Carmassi
Honey Don't - Helle Hansen
Like Salt - Helle Hansen
Let me Reflect On This - Helle Hansen
Deja Blues - Lisa Bauer
First Love - Helle Hansen
Isaac's Blues - Duane Andrews
Two Halves of a Broken Heart - Kate Schutt & Tomasin
Where Is the Light at the End of the Tunnel - Monika Herzig
Makes Winter Good Too! - Pamela G & Joyce J. Jones (Pamela G)

Instrumental
Gimme "5" The Sequel - Eddy Quintela de Memdoreca
Country Lullaby - Bryun Kayler
All Together - Jan Pospisil
Aina Hanau - John Keawe
This Life - Colin McGinness
An-Li Kang - Fly
Summer Rain - Michael Alexander Gibbons
Cella's Song - Eric Roberts
July Rendez-Vous - Shao Suan Low
Xian - Brian Harris (Psychedelic Records)

COMEDY/NOVELTY
You're A Snack (Not A Meal) - Helle Hansen
I Should Have a Broken Heart - Jill Barnett
Goin' Shoppin' - Scott Wright
A Better Version of You - Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo & Paul Sabourin
12-Step Program - Eric Colville
Doer's Lament - Eric Colville
I confess, he did it - Paul E Hunnecutt
Bed At The End Of The Road - Clare Cooper
Your Mama Scares Me - Jamie Anderson
Join The Stasi: Be A Star - Nicol Walsh

CHILDREN
Up! - Steve Weeks
Make A Sound - Joe Rothstein
Waiting For The Lights - Stewart Hinshelwood
Song of Kohola - Linda Yapp
ABC Express - Allison Gilliam
Joey - Donna Lisa
You can do it! - Keren Alexander (Go Seek)
It's My Birthday - Keren Alexander (Go Seek)
Imagination (Dance Mix) - Keren Alexander (Go Seek)
Oh Fiddlesticks - Thaddeus Rex

ENTRANTS WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF SONGS IN THE FINALS
Helle Hansen (DENMARK) 5 songs
Mary Danna (Minnetonka, MN) 3 songs
Jackie DiPillo & Tonya Lynette Stout (Nashville, TN) 3 songs
Keren Alexander (AUSTRALIA) 3 songs
Eric Colville (Boston, MA) 3 songs
Karen Taylor-Good (Nashville, TN) 3 songs