The Winners of the 2011 USA Songwriting Competition are:
OVERALL GRAND PRIZE:
“Go Around” - Nenna Yvonne; Los Angeles, CA, USA
OVERALL 2nd PRIZE:
“Traffic Lights” - Alexander Cardinale & Morgan Taylor Reid; Los Angeles, CA, USA
OVERALL 3rd PRIZE:
“Go There” - Molly Hunt, Troy Johnson & Jack Williams; Nashville, TN, USA
FIRST PRIZES IN EACH CATEGORY
1st Prize - LATIN
"Loco amor" - Julie Freundt; Lima, PERU
1st Prize – LYRICS
"Breakfast for One on the 5th of July" - Ed Romanoff, Crit Harmon, Mary Gauthier; New York, NY, USA
1st Prize – R&B
“Here I Am” - Paige Bryan; Los Angeles, CA, USA
1st Prize – DANCE/ELECTRONICA
“Go Around” - Nenna Yvonne; Los Angeles, CA, USA
1st Prize – FOLK
“Boy on a hill” - Orly Forman, Yagel Sulchiner; Boston, MA, USA
1st Prize – COUNTRY
“Go There” - Molly Hunt, Troy Johnson & Jack Williams; Nashville, TN, USA
1st Prize – ROCK/ALTERNATIVE
“A Four-Letter Word” - Simon Spire; New Zealand
1st Prize – POP
“Traffic Lights” - Alexander Cardinale & Morgan Taylor Reid; Los Angeles, CA, USA
1st Prize – HIP-HOP/RAP
“Get Down” - Ashleigh Eymann; Victoria, BC, CANADA
1st Prize – WORLD
“Ena Na Lena” - Richard Gannaway; Asheville, NC, USA
1st Prize – INSTRUMENTAL
“Good-bye my Island” - Yasutaka Yoshioka; Tokyo, JAPAN
1st Prize – JAZZ
“By The Water” - Jack Perla; San Francisco, CA, USA
1st Prize – GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL
“Finally” - Sonia A. Nel/Nianell; Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
1st Prize – CHILDREN
“It's Line Up Time” - Marcy Marxer; Kensington, MD, USA
1st Prize - NOVELTY/COMEDY
“Infomaniac” - David Leask & Robert Davis; Mississauga, ON, CANADA
HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS
"Freak" - Holly Elle; Calgary, AB, CANADA
"We Rise Like Smoke" - Kyler England; Los Angeles, CA
"Where You Go"- Eric Colville & The Selkies; Ipswich, MA, USA
"Cuando te vea" - Farah Siraj; Philadelphia, PA, USA
"Al Zarqa" - Ali Khattab; Madrid, SPAIN
"Aim For The Sky"- (Amir Elshafiy & Gliffics) Gliffics featuring Lenny Harold; New York, NY, USA
"Ink" - Bobbie Pinne, NSW, Australia
"Miss GPS" - Phillip Trees; Arden, NC, USA
"The Center Cannot Hold" - Helle Hansen; Copenhagen, DENMARK
"Time Moving Slowly" - Kathryn Kaye; Jamestown, CO, USA
"Rise Again, Haiti" - Marko Simmonds; Halifax, NS, CANADA
"I'll Still Be Loving You" - Ken Hirsch & Brooke Ramel; Los Angeles, CA, USA
"Broken Glass" - David Francey; Toronto, ON, Canada
"I'll Take It From Here" - Dale Allen, Bob McCormick, Janice Gilbert; Nashville, TN, USA
"Different" - Will Hopkins & Ellen Britton; Nashville, TN, USA
"Still Want To Be With You" - Tom Schreck, TJ Hitt; Nashville, TN, USA
"Burning Bridges" - Zac Mason & Run From Cover; Pasco, WA, USA
"I Am" -SJ; Miami Beach, FL, USA
"I'll Be Waiting" - Terra Naomi; Los Angeles, CA, USA
"Chicki Chicki Boom" - Natascha Hagen; Goefis, AUSTRIA
LIST OF FINALISTS of 16th ANNUAL USA SONGWRITING COMPETITION (2011):
| Name of Song |
Songwriters Name (s) |
| DANCE/ELECTRONICA |
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| Who Do U Love |
Khalid Rivera |
| New Day |
April Henry |
| Amazing |
Maor Shefer |
| Victory - No More Rain |
Maor Shefer |
| Are You Dancing |
Jacinta Brondgeest |
| Spread My Wings and Fly |
Branden Abeyta |
| Run |
Marina Verenikina |
| We Rise Like Smoke |
Kyler England |
| Freak |
Holly Elle |
| Rely On Love |
Hypnotic Rage |
| Go Around |
Nenna Yvonne |
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| LATIN |
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| He Vivido Por Ti (I Have Lived For You) |
Carlos Omar Pastorino & Martin Manuel Alonso |
| Amando A La Nada (Loving To Nothing) |
Marcelo E Fernandez De Aguiar |
| No se porque |
(Silvina Disla) Silvina |
| Loco amor |
Julie Freundt |
| Correndo Atrás |
Diogo Barcellos |
| Adonde Estan |
Jose Agote |
| Cuando te vea |
Farah Siraj |
| Pedazos de mi vida |
Farah Siraj |
| COMO UN LADRON |
Patricio Manns |
| VIVO |
Fernando Torres |
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| WORLD |
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| Cinco Cuartos |
MarceloFernando Guevara Alulema |
| Tristezas de Monoblock |
(Martin Ignacio Delgado, Adrian Abonizio) San Telmo Lounge |
| Al Zarqa |
Ali Khattab |
| WOTLESS |
(Kees Dieffenthaller, Kerwin Du Bois) Kes the Band |
| Trostnik |
Bulat Gafarov (Toke-Cha) |
| Santo milagreiro |
Djalma Chaves |
| Life a journey |
Sanjay Wandrekar |
| Ena Na Lena |
Richard Gannaway |
| SATURNICA (LOVE THEME) |
John Edward Flynt |
| Life Goes On |
(Joshua Hales) Joshua |
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| HIP-HOP/RAP |
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| Long Distance |
(Mister feat Kitty Lundan) Mister |
| Get Down |
Ashleigh Eymann |
| Footwork |
Ashleigh Eymann |
| i i i |
Nate Evans |
| Top Of The Game |
Alexi von Guggenberg |
| Sometimes I Cry |
Justin Elder |
| What We've Become |
Michael Klippel |
| Feel Like |
Lansford Dyer |
| Aim For The Sky |
(Amir Elshafiy) Gliffics |
| Who I Am |
(Ryan Spencer) RKS |
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R&B
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| In The Darkest Of Nights |
Ken Hirsch, Rosie Casey |
| Not Right |
(Paul Anthony Gonzalez) Dangerflow |
| Just In Time |
Dan Yessian |
| She knows |
(DANI CLAY) Danielle Roach |
| Midnight Serenade feat Tony Terry |
Elan Trotman |
| Black girl, white boy |
Stefan Ludik |
| Ink |
Bobbie Pinne |
| The Other Woman |
Jariba Lynette Dawkins |
| Movies |
Janelle Braun |
| Here I Am |
Paige Bryan |
| COMEDY/NOVELTY |
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| Psycho Bitch |
Mary Ray Elias |
| Life Is Wasted |
Ivan Rubenstein-Gillis |
| Infomaniac |
David Leask & Robert Davis |
| Miss GPS |
Phillip Trees |
| There's A Problem In Your Pants |
Drew Jacobs |
| My Inlaws Might Be Outlaws |
Bill Storms, Beverly Nelson & Marc Alan Barnett |
| Piss Willy For President |
Tim Maggart & Ben Braswell |
| DoubleSided Love |
Joe Kowan |
| Need A Lazy Woman |
J.W. McClure |
| Douche Bag |
Jacopo De Nicola |
| LYRICS ONLY |
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| Bonfire In Sight |
Robespierre c/o Franz Mang |
| Just Lookin' |
Holly Gaskin |
| Well |
Helle Hansen |
| Goodbye Maestro |
Helle Hansen |
| Lucky 13 |
Tina Lundelius |
| Where You Go |
(Eric Colville) The Selkies |
| Breakfast for One on the 5th of July |
(Ed Romanoff, Crit Harmon, Mary Gauthier) Ed Romanoff |
| The Orphan King |
(Ed Romanoff, Mary Gauthier) Ed Romanoff |
| Love And Bullets |
Sherri Gough, Bill DiLuigi |
| What Nobody Sees |
Sherri Gough |
| EARLY MORNING SUN |
Geoff Hammond |
| CHILDREN |
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| A Better World |
John Weber & Sandy Ramos |
| The Texas Campfire Song |
Billy Byron |
| It's Line Up Time |
Marcy Marxer |
| Kid on the First Day of School |
(Chuck Folds, Steve Williard, Eddie Walker) Big Bang Boom |
| Come What May (Allie's Lullaby) |
John D Visconti |
| My Butterfly |
(Joanie Leeds) Joanie Leeds and The Nightlights |
| Chicki Chicki Boom |
Natascha Hagen |
| Wonderland |
Jacinta Brondgeest |
| My Dog Ate My House |
Steve Weeks |
| Se habla Espanol |
Marla Lewis |
| Up To Me |
Katie Belle Akin |
| JAZZ |
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| The World Of Me And You |
Ken Hirsch, Rosie Casey, Stephan Oberhoff |
| The Streets Of Amsterdam |
Helle Hansen |
| If I Don't Have You |
Eric Ossebaar |
| By The Water |
Jack Perla |
| The Center Cannot Hold |
Helle Hansen |
| Crossover |
(Levy DeAndrade) Level 10 Band |
| Nothing There |
Yuichiro Tokuda |
| More Than A Little |
Don Breithaupt |
| Beautiful You |
Andy Sarnoff |
| Just Be Yourself |
Robert M Wagner |
| UMBRELLA IN THE RAIN |
Richard Derwingson & Allen King |
| INSTRUMENTAL |
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| Dream Passages |
Bob Barry |
| Aenir |
Randy Emmons |
| Half Past Dawn |
Andre Kerek |
| Intermezzo |
Shao Ying LOW |
| Birka |
Timothy T Wenzel |
| Viaje Secreto |
(Martin Ignacio Delgado) San Telmo Lounge |
| Time Moving Slowly |
Kathryn Kaye |
| Long Harbour |
April Verch |
| Good-bye my Island |
Yasutaka Yoshioka |
| Kings Concerto |
Paul Donnelly |
| Story of Corinth |
Weijie Fang |
| GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL |
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| Siya |
Jaime P. Caunca Jr |
| King Of The Ages |
Joey Stontz |
| RISE AGAIN, Haiti |
Marko Simmonds |
| Halls of Heaven |
(Mandee Radford) Alathea |
| Finally |
Sonia A. Nel & Nianell |
| Life's Gift |
Sonia A. Nel & Nianell |
| We're All Broken |
Warren Sellers, Scott Krippayne, Patty Castillo & Ryan Shea Smith |
| On This Day |
Katie Miner |
| In Gods Hands |
Andy Sarnoff, Pat Maiorino & Stephen White |
| Storm Comin' |
Ruth Moody |
| One Mans War |
Aaron Hendra |
| FOLK |
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| I'll Still Be Loving You |
Ken Hirsch & Brooke Ramel |
| Great Work of Fiction |
Tucker Finn |
| I've Tried |
Amy Fairchild |
| Boy On A Hill |
(Orly Forman, Yagel Sulchiner) Orly |
| Vimy Ridge |
Lizzy Hoyt |
| Windchime |
(Catherine Feeny) Come Gather Round Us |
| Broken Glass |
David Francey |
| Yesterdays |
Noam Weinstein |
| Fragile Thing |
Dave Nachmanoff |
| Hope |
Abbie Gardner |
| COUNTRY |
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| There Is A Road |
Ken Hirsch, Rosie Casey, Heather Sullivan |
| I'll Take It From Here |
Dale Allen, Bob McCormick, Janice Gilbert |
| You're The Reason God Gave Me This Life |
Kevin Reardon & Kevin Savigar |
| Stone cold Crazy |
Michael McGee & Scot Miller |
| Scrabble With Myself |
Dave Merenda and Adam Z |
| Different |
Will Hopkins & Ellen Britton |
| Better from Above |
Dustin James & Will Hopkins |
| Heartbreak, Tennessee |
Andy Sarnoff, Pat Maiorino & Stephen White |
| Never Goes Away |
Bobby Peace & David Loew |
| GO THERE |
Molly Hunt, Troy Johnson & Jack Williams |
| ROCK |
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| Still Want To Be With You |
Tom Schreck, TJ Hitt |
| Where We Are |
(Evan Spade, Bart VanBemmel) Evan Spade |
| Sweat you out |
(Fraser Holmes, Jordan Rutledge) The Aesthetics |
| A Four-Letter Word |
Simon Spire |
| Stronger |
(Jeffrey Scott Hamm) My Heart's Cry |
| Burning Bridges |
(Zac Mason) Run From Cover |
| Everything Changes |
Aaron Barber & Anna Fermin |
| Planet |
Noam Weinstein |
| The Fever |
Jake Dixon |
| Save Myself |
Verusive |
| POP |
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| You're History |
Ken Hirsch, Rosie Casey & Hillary Novak |
| Wake Up Call |
Noel Cohen |
| I Am (feat. Joshua Stedman, Randy Singer) |
SJ |
| Vagabond |
(Chase Thompson) Goodnight Argent |
| Made For You |
(Cameron Stymeist) The Reel |
| The Movie (Look at me mix) |
Katherine Pawlak |
| In The Past |
Nenna Yvonne |
| Leave It Alone |
Alannah Myles, Anton Bernard, Armand Sabal Lecco & Michael Borkosky |
| Why |
Sebastian Ivanov & Max Jahufer |
| I'll Be Waiting |
Terra Naomi |
| Traffic Lights |
| Alexander Cardinale & Morgan Taylor Reid |
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| Without you |
Natascha Hagen & Stefan Czarnecki |
ENTRANTS WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF SONGS PLACED IN THE FINALS
| Kenneth Hirsch |
USA |
5 songs |
| Helle Hansen |
Denmark |
4 Songs |
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