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OVERALL GRAND PRIZE: "Can You See All The Colors" - Mike Schmid; Los Angeles, CA

 

 

OVERALL 2nd PRIZE: "20 Years" - Jonathan Ferreri, Ashley Upton & Chris Upton; Nashville, TN

OVERALL 3rd PRIZE: "Paint The Sky" - Charlotte Sometimes & Jay Levine; New York, NY

 

FIRST PRIZE WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY

WORLD

"Ombomo" - Sally Nyolo; Paris, FRANCE

 

POP

"Dream Big, Pray Hard" - Mark Spiro; Los Angeles, CA

 

LYRICS ONLY

"Cardboard Testimony" - Sherri Gough, Bill DiLuigi & Nathan Brumley; Nashville, TN

 

DANCE/ELECTRONICA

"Love Sex Goddess ( Monious Remix )" - DaniElle DeLaite; Kiama Downs, AUSTRALIA

 

ROCK/ALTERNATIVE

" El Camino" - Murray Atkinson; Vancouver, CANADA

 

LATIN

"Mientras Te Vas" - Sonsoles; Los Angeles, CA

 

HIP-HOP/RAP

"Hard Times" - Dawyen Sekajipo; Miami, FL

 

R&B

"Anxiety" - Chris Lee AKA Tooney; Tempe, AZ

 

NOVELTY/COMEDY

"Tom Hanks" - Marc Kelley; Grand Rapids, MI

 

CHILDREN

"Can You See All The Colors" - Mike Schmid; Los Angeles, CA

 

JAZZ

"Old Porch Swing" - Colin McCaffrey; Montpelier, VT

 

INSTRUMENTAL

"Tuol Sleng" - Mark Van Overmeire; Vlaanderen, BELGIUM

 

GOSPEL

"Mercy Everlasting" - Corby LaCroix; Dallas, TX

 

FOLK

"Paint The Sky" - (Jessica Charlotte Poland & Jay Levine) Charlotte Sometimes; New York, NY

 

COUNTRY

"20 Years" - Jonathan Ferreri, Chris Upton & Ashley Upton; Nashville, TN

 

 

 

 

 

20 HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS

"Above the Clouds" - Ashley Robles; San Diego, CA

"Letting Go of Perfect" - Marissa Pontecorvo; Staten Island, NY

"Back to the Water" - Kim Stockwood & Damhnait Doyle; Halifax, CANADA

"Miss Sarcastic" - Helle Hansen; Copenhagen. DENAMRK

"Heaven Gave Me You" - Dan Yessian; Farmington Hills, MI

"War 150" - Tom Schreck; Nashville, TN

"Smile This Song Is" - At Long Last; Oklahoma City, OK

"Rambling Bones" - Ben Sures; Edmonton, CANADA

"Electrolove" - Kuba Oms & Jason Cook; Vancouver, CANADA

"Dirty Mind" - Michele Vice-Maslin; Los Angeles, CA

"Falling Up" - Maddy Rodriguez, Greig Nori, Josh Ramsay & Andrea Wasse; Toronto, ON, CANADA

"Kiss Me There" - David Sanchez & Rick Leather; Los Angeles, CA

"Sorcerer" - Leni Stern; NEW YORK, NY

"Money Chase Me" - Tia P.; Inglewood, CA

"Te Amare" - Gonzalo Fraga; La Coruna, Galicia, SPAIN

"What Would It Take" - Dale Allen Pommer; Nashville, TN

"The World is Not Your Garbage Can" - David Heitler-Klevans; Cheltenham, PA

"Couldn't Be More Beautiful" - (Nate Kelly) The Brighter; Loxley, AL

"Southern Cross" - Andy Bianco; New York, NY

"Fourth November" - Ting Si Hao; SINGAPORE

 

 

 

LIST OF FINALISTS of 17th ANNUAL USA SONGWRITING COMPETITION (2012):

Name of Song	Songwriters Name (s)
DANCE/ELECTRONICA
Dirty Mind	Michele Vice-Maslin
Bittersweet Anthem	Wiley Webb
Get Up Tony Soulbeats Smith Remix	lyricsmike
Trippin' On U	Debra Gussin & Jonathan Bluth
Kuru Kuru 360	Nenna Yvonne
Deeper In The Dark	Nitanee Paris & Jonathan Bluth
Queen	Brian Harris
Electrolove	(Kuba Oms & Jason Cook) Kuba Oms
Love Sex Goddess ( Monious Remix )	DaniElle DeLaite
Sunshine & Rhythm (Manuel Torres Remix)	Saga Bloom
HIP-HOP/RAP
Money Chase Me	Tia P.
Put Your Hands Up	(Paul Anthony Gonzalez, Victor Soto Sabando) Dangerflow
Big Boy Moves	P Pressure
Limelight	NjS
Flying You Home	FAIYA
Hard Times	Dawyen Sekajipo
Lamentations	Weijie Fang
Aries Breeze	Ashleigh Eymann
The Island	(Ivytech) Taras Ivasyuk
Gametime	Jordan Williams
FOLK
Paint The Sky	(Jessica Charlotte & Poland Jay Levine) Charlotte Sometimes
Back to the Water	(Kim Stockwood, Damhnait Doyle) Kim Stockwood
Brother Stranger	Daniel Levi Goans
How I Wanna Be	Berteal
Miles Upon Miles	Christopher Battles
Colorblind	Karen Taylor Good
Hymn	Tom Schreck
Rambling Bones	Ben Sures
Never Said Goodbye	Ruth Moody
Still Loving You	Anne Heaton
COUNTRY
Falling Up	Maddy Rodriguez, Greig Nori, Josh Ramsay, Andrea Wasse
Don't Let Go	Derek Cate
Skirts	Maddie Wilson
Your Someone else	Greg Barnhill & Barry Jay
Don't Have You	Dan Yessian & Audrey Martells
Typical Man	Lizzie Miller & Randy Boudreaux
20 Years	Jonathan Ferreri, Chris Upton & Ashley Upton
Heartbreak, Tennessee	Andy Sarnoff & Pat Maiorino
A Man Changing a Baby	Will Hopkins & Ellen Britton
Kiss Me There	David Sanchez & Rick Leather
Honky Tonk Christmas	Catie Offerman
WORLD
This I Know	(Sonia A Nel T/A Nianell) Nianell
Promesas Nocturnas	(Martin Delgado) San Telmo Lounge
Sorcerer	Leni Stern
Ombomo	Sally Nyolo
Esperanza	Jaime Wilensky
Gaiya Lo Mane	Richard Gannaway
ODO YE DE ( SWEET LOVE)	SAMUEL ROBERTSON-OKINE
LIBERTAD	Nassu Bowe
Angkor	Mark Van Overmeire
ABRAZA LA VIDA	Julie Freundt
LYRICS ONLY
St Vincents	Ed Romanoff, Crit Harmon, Josh Ritter
A Little Too Close To Home	Mark Stepakoff
Cardboard Testimony	Sherri Gough, Bill DiLuigi & Nathan Brumley
Miss Sarcastic	Helle Hansen
The Extra Mile	Christina Walen
Wee Hours	Connie Brannock
Come Make A Stand	Ted Beckley
LOVE YOU TO DEATH	Jean Leote
Anywhere You Are	Sara Colman
Old Paper Bag	Geoff Hammond
LATIN
Sin Te-Ti-Cas	Gabriel Saientz
Pas de panique	Shaka y Dres
Soy	Jocelyn
Mientras Te Vas	Sonsoles
Quien será	Ariel Queupumil
Without Words (Sin Palabras)	David Sanchez
Te Amare	Gonzalo Fraga
El Tiempo Lo Dira	Peter Rivera
Aquel brillo en tus ojos	Marcelo E Fernandez De Aguiar
CABEÇA	Lynne Earls
NOVELTY/COMEDY
Google Me	Robert Davis
If 50's The New 30	Drew Jacobs
Be a Mensch	Hertzel C. Gerstein
John Busby's Penis	Tom Perri
I'm F**king Myself	MC Sampler 'N The Half
Robot Sex Machine	BARS
The Holiday Song	Ben Sures
What Would It Take	Dale Allen Pommer
Nightingales & Nuns	(Robespierre) Franz Mang
Tom Hanks	Marc Kelley
CHILDREN
DONT MESS WITH MY HAPPINESS	Michele Vice-Maslin
Girl I Used to Be	Hannah Claire and Stefani Little
Purrfect	Peta Stevens, Tamara Sharp & Phil Tweed
Caught In Between	Sidney Bowen
My Magical Christmas Tree Ball	Serge SAINTE ROSE FANCHINE & Vanessa Hren
Jingaling Beat	Wendy Jill Cohen Tobias
The World is Not Your Garbage Can	David Heitler-Klevans
I Can Do It	Susan Simon Dikranian
Can You See All The Colors	Mike Schmid
Be Yourself	Mike Schmid
R&B
Fly Away	Sheldon Addison
Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough	Andrea Jones & Michael Loyd
Anxiety	Chris Lee AKA Tooney
Valentine	TERRACOTTA Band
Beautiful Way	Swaré
Hands Up	Branden Abeyta
Heaven Gave Me You	Dan Yessian
Just In Time	Dan Yessian
Our Dream	Justin Drayton, Preben Hoegh Jr & Shawn Isaac Houslin
Late Night Weekend	Justin Drayton, Adam Tillotson & Shawn Isaac Houslin
INSTRUMENTAL
Brazilian Morning	Eric Roberts
Surreal McCoy(The Hospice Nurse)	Charlie Hill
Departure (piano instrumental)	Yoshiko
Raven's Flight	Amelia Coffey
Buttonwillow	Luke Halpin
Escape from the Unknown	Eduardo de la Iglesia
Fourth November	Ting Si Hao
Tuol Sleng	Mark Van Overmeire
Love It!	Duane Andrews
Osvald Variations	Alberto Bellavia
JAZZ
Someone	Louise Van Aarsen
Good Old Dependable Me	Andy Pobjoy
You Should Have	Tom Luer
Southern Cross	Andy Bianco Music
Ut pa bryggan	Lundin Danemo Kvintett
Pendulum	Mark Costa
Too Late	Dan Yessian
Love It!	Duane Andrews
Old Porch Swing	Colin McCaffrey
Full Circle	Gernot Wolfgang
GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL
Fight For Love	Ryan Shea Smith & Scott Krippayne
Saving Me Now	(Mandee Radford, Cristi Johnson Reilly) Alathea
Couldn't Be More Beautiful	(Nate Kelly) The Brighter
Everybody Sing	David Leask & Debra Alexander
I walk with you	Sonia A. Nel T/A Nianell
Sovereign	Jaye Holly Liubinskas
Victorious	Totally Dedicated
Mercy Everlasting	Corby LaCroix
In God's Hands	Andy Sarnoff & Pat Maiorino
Yes Lord	Dr. Verolga Nix
ROCK/ALTERNATIVE
Burned	(Ron Longo) Midori & Ezra Boy
Verð fyri øll	(Bárður Johannesen) BÁRÐUR JOHANNESEN
El Camino	Murray Atkinson
Deathwish	Against All Evil
Smile This Song Is	At Long Last
After The Fall	Redemption The Music
Glass Hearts	Parias Day
Grace	Jesse Dold
Freak Out	(Burton Gans & Jonny Murder) Joan Sortino
War 150	Tom Schreck
POP
Go	Kari Kimmel
Letting Go of Perfect	Marissa Pontecorvo
All Over Again	Sean Ensign
One Shot	Alexander Cardinale
Mr White	Mark Spiro
Dream Big, Pray	Mark Spiro
Unsaid	Justine Dorsey
Unconditional Love	(Rebecca Rudolf & Dre Vice - rap) rebecca rudolf
I Gotta Say	Cara Samantha
Above the Clouds	Ashley Robles
Brave	Ben Wilson

 

 

ENTRANTS WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF SONGS PLACED IN THE FINALS

Dan Yessian		4 Songs
Michelle Vice-Maslin		2 Songs
Mike Schmid		2 Songs
Mark Spiro		2 Songs
Jonathan Bluth		2 Songs
Tom Schreck		2 Songs
Justin Drayton		2 Songs
Shawn Isaac Houslin		2 Songs
Ben Sures  David Sanchez Andy Sarnoff & Pat Maiorino		2 Songs 2 Songs 2 Songs