THE MID-ATLANTIC SONG CONTESTpresented by the Songwriters' Association of Washington |
MASC 37 Winning Songs First Place Overall, A tie! (don't hate us for being indecisive): Second Place Overall Third Place Overall Young Artist Awards Category Awards Below is a list of all our winners with a link to the song that got them their award. And pay attention to how you well might have ranked them differently. There were so many good songs this year that didn't make this list. And we are ever aware of the dark side of ranking one thing over another. Browse this group of songs and you will discover two things. First, there is a universe of songwriters out there worth discovering. Second, you could write a song like this with enough time and care. Find ways to support these musicians and all your local artists. And start writing for next year's contest! HM = Honorable Mention Adult Contemporary Gold — Ghosts — Conor Brendan Mueller Silver — Rise — Natalie Duque Silver — When I Was the Weather — Jessica Smucker Finalist — Day Old Ticker Tape Parade — Christopher Titchner Finalist — I Remember — Bryant Switzky Finalist — Maybe Then — Teghan Devon HM — Elijah — Kala Farnham HM — Leading Lady — Louisa Hall and Anne Nardolilli HM — Man I've Become — Wicked Sycamore (Juliette Bell, Lainie Gray and Madeline Waters) HM — One More Day — Paul Wolfe Americana Gold — Lil' Chrome Fish — Tony Denikos and David E. Moulton Gold — You're Not Alone — Conor Brendan Mueller Silver — How Could I Have Known — Sophia Babb and Jo Babb Finalist — All I'm Hearing Is Goodbye — Andrew Wolf and Elizabeth Wolf Finalist — Chain of Little Crimes — Janine Wilson and Kevin Dudley Finalist — Keep On Grinding On — Bryant Switzky Finalist — Strong Cup Of Coffee — Christopher Titchner HM — Anxious Zen — Eric Selby HM — Even Though Autumn’s in Your Eyes — Robert Davoli HM — Fall Is When This Fool Fell In Love — Ken Avis HM — I Didn’t Know — Tim White HM — I Like This House — Lisa Ann Wright HM — Not Broken — Michael Gehl and Natasha Ramirez Farr HM — Time to Forget — Amanda Cox and Austin Bello Children’s Gold — Tavi's Song — Carrie Ferguson Silver — Make It Beautiful — Brian Jordan, Dwight Dunston and Imani Sanders-Rasul Finalist — Gorilla in the Middle of My Bedroom Floor — Robert Compton Finalist — Is That You Randy — Walt Wilczewski and Annie Lynn Finalist — Start A Zoo — David Morris and Dawn Kenney Finalist — Zombies Don't Eat Veggies — Annie Lynn, Megan Lacera, Jorge Lacera and Walt Wilczewski HM — A Lot of Somethin' Special — Bryant Switzky HM — Addition — Brian Jordan, Dwight Dunston and Imani Sanders-Rasul HM — Happy Christmas — Yosuke Kaneta HM — If I could fly — Joseph Thompson HM — Liam's Lullaby — Lynn Hollyfield HM — Smelliest Smell — Milo Kinderbender HM — The Farmer Just Went Burp — Chris Hardy Country/Bluegrass Gold — Gravity Wins — Tony Denikos Silver — What We Do — PHILLIP BEATTY Finalist — All I'm Hearing Is Goodbye — Andrew Wolf and Elizabeth Wolf Finalist — Heartbroken Girls — Karen McCormick and Dana Marie Rogers Finalist — Hidin' in the Hills of Tennessee — T. Edwin Doss Finalist — Let Me Lay Down — Evie Ladin, Keith Terry and Erik Pearson Finalist — Smokehouse — PHILLIP BEATTY and Allen Kave HM — Best Man — T. Edwin Doss HM — Blockhouse Hill — Terry Miller and Allen Kave HM — Break The Barrel — Wicked Sycamore (Juliette Bell, Lainie Gray and Madeline Waters) HM — Drive By — PHILLIP BEATTY and Allen Kave HM — I HOPE YOU'LL TRY L.A — Doug Stanglin and Janet Devers HM — If Wishes Were Trains —David Morris and Dawn Kenney HM — Leavin' Side Of Goodbye — PHILLIP BEATTY and Allen Kave HM — Living In Heartbreak And Pain — Kevin T Hale HM — Nothing Left Behind — Kevin Dudley, Kathleen M. Huber and Valeria Stewart HM — When That Whistle Blows — Kevin T Hale HM — You Have My Word — tedd swormstedt Covid-19 Songs Gold — My Kinda Quarantiner — Heather Aubrey Lloyd Silver — All of Us Alone — Gene Mills Finalist — All I Can Give — Jillian J.P. Matundan Finalist — Back of the Line — Justin Trawick Finalist — Desperate To Feel Free — Teghan Devon Finalist — Keeping My Distance — Kevin Dudley, Kathleen M. Huber and Valeria Stewart HM — Eschaton — Davis Gestiehr HM — Hold Each Other Up — Cathy Fink HM — Shelter In Place — Christie Chirinos HM — Waiting For The Good Old Days Again — Grant Maloy Smith HM — We Are One Together —tedd swormstedt HM — We Just Never Noticed — Andrew Wolf and Elizabeth Wolf Folk Acoustic Gold — If I Were a Ghost — Sophia Babb and Jo Babb Silver — A Dandelion Seed — Lindsey Hirshfeld Silver — Little Lion — Teghan Devon Finalist — Art of the Deal — Barbara Keeler Finalist — Dusty Old Clock — Burke Ingraffia Finalist — Keep On Grinding On — Bryant Switzky Finalist — Say I Won't — The Silent Critics HM — Clocks On The Wall — Mike Frankē HM — How to Start a War — Travis Puntarelli HM — I Like This House — Lisa Ann Wright HM — Indian Joe — Stephen R Coffee HM — Lady in Waiting — Carolann Solebello HM — No Greater Love — David "Kawika" Fiely HM — Sell What's On The Truck — Mike Frankē HM — The Death of Me — Cletus Kennelly HM — The Painter — BRANDON WALKER Freedom Songs Gold — UnEven — rob hinkal Silver — Wage War — Jen Hawley Silver — We Rise — Gabrielle Zwi, Arielle Martinez-Cohen, Andrea Manning, Lais Santoro and Kendall Kieras Finalist — Didn't Care — Sefanit Mesfin-Champagne and Cristian Perez Finalist — Hard to Live — James McDowell Finalist — Heartbeat — Anita Aysola and Dhanu Meleth Finalist — The Dreamers — Susan Rowe HM — Change — tedd swormstedt and Jeffrey East HM — Good Trouble — Sam Nitzberg HM — I Am An Immigrant — Jesse Palidofsky HM — My Daily Bread — Lisa Ann Wright HM — Stand Up — Karyn Oliver HM — The Gates — Robert Keelin HM — Too Proud for an Angel — Lisa Ann Wright HM — We Shall Be Free — Mike Glick Gospel/Inspirational/Christian Gold — Words & Songs — Jen Hawley Silver — I Believe (Thomas' Song) — Emily Mitchell Silver — Pray — Sandra DeVault and Morgann David Finalist — Can't Go It Alone — Jen Hawley Finalist — Saved By The Blood — Terry Miller and Allen Kave HM — Always Answer with Love — Susan Rowe HM — By Your Side — Cynthia Gross HM — I Want To Sing — Judy Daigle HM — Living Water — Kevin T Hale HM — Savior God — Rick Stephenson HM — Voices Joan of Arc — Jim Greene and Jerry Getz HM — While You Walk Through This World — Mercedes Mill R&B/HipHop/Urban Gold — Upright — Seth Oliver (Khemist) Silver — Doubt — Joshua Maxwell Finalist — Fight or Flight — Aleksi Glick Finalist — It's You, Not Me — Lidia Woldu and NK Music Finalist — Sidelines — Floyd Jones and Thomas Scholl Finalist — To The Moon And Back — Bonez (aka DVS) HM — Better Together — D. Keith Rollins HM — Not A Hero — Bonez (aka DVS) HM — Temporary — Lidia Woldu, Shivesh Puri and Chaz X HM — You Don't Know — John Peiffer Instrumental Gold — Lemoyne — Jimmy Stewart Silver — Triad — michael potts Finalist — 43,000 years — Cristian Perez Finalist — Ethereal — Jill Koshiol Finalist — For Joni — michael potts Finalist — Kaweloaloha (Breath of Life) — David Fiely Finalist — Mist In Blue — Kota Fukuda HM — Brillante Sol — Dave Hawley HM — Caribbean Moon For Pat — Tim Foley HM — Darkened Sanctuary — John Abrahams HM — Drive the Potts Boys — michael potts HM — Han River — Cristian Perez HM — Seaside Route — Kota Fukuda HM — Whatever Happened to the Blues — Lisa Ann Wright Lyrics Only Gold — FOREVER: WINTER SONG — Roderick Deacey Silver — Lavender and Rosemary — Allen Partlow Finalist — The Ruins of Our Age — Michael R. J. Roth Finalist — The Tenth Day of September — David Morris and John Miller Finalist — The Vanishing Place — Charles McCullough Finalist — What You Planned — Don Brown HM — A Bat Flying in the Night — Michael R. J. Roth HM — Blue Tattoo — Michael Fitzgerald HM — Flowers in the Bend — Kerri Shore HM — Living Life Backwards — Roy Gamse HM — Mama Sang Me Songs About Trains — Andy RIeber HM — Old Man Disguise — Robert Dale Klein HM — One More Day — Paul Wolfe HM — Sweet Music — T. Edwin Doss HM — The Devil's Black Sedan — Charlie McNamara HM — The Things I Didn’t Do for You — Michael R. J. Roth and Eric Ramsey Open Gold — Adwa — Sefanit Mesfin-Champagne Silver — The Story I Can Hear — Ira Scott Levin and Julia Bordenaro Levin Finalist — A Dandelion Seed — Lindsey Hirshfeld Finalist — Keep On Grinding On — Bryant Switzky Finalist — Monkey Paw — Jillian Matundan Finalist — The Alchemist's Journey — Valeria Stewart and Kathleen M. Huber HM — Angel Wings — Jesse Palidofsky HM — Evangeline Again — Lindsey Hirshfeld HM — Everything Melts — Talia Segal HM — Impossible To Hold — Zachary Ryan Parkman HM — Picture of Heaven — Michael 'Max "McGee, Jeff Oxford and Adam Wright HM — Risky Business — Desson Thomson and Bradford Heck HM — Sing Along — Ira Scott Levin and Julia Bordenaro Levin HM — The Death of Me — Cletus Kennelly HM — There’s a Reaching Out — Stephen R Coffee HM — This Time — Kevin Dudley, Kathleen M. Huber and Valeria Stewart HM — Wondering (Miles Song) — Chris Hardy and Katharine Hardy Pop Gold — Time After Time — Madi Earl Silver — Open Road — Ben Friedman (aka. Benny Roman) Silver — Time to Forget — Amanda Cox and Austin Bello Finalist — Castles In The Sky — Ben Friedman (aka. Benny Roman) Finalist — Evangeline Again — Lindsey Hirshfeld Finalist — Lost — Nia Williams Finalist — Wild Blue You — Mercedes Mill HM — A Dandelion Seed — Lindsey Hirshfeld HM — Lifeline — Rowan Clark HM — London Town — Desson Thomson and Bradford Heck HM — Simple Truths — Zoey Birman HM — Skateboard — Rowan Clark HM — Stay — Natalie Duque HM — Stay — Natasha Russell Rock/Alternative Gold — Everything — Desson Thomson and Bradford Heck Silver — Grieving Fire — Teghan Devon Silver — when the wind blows. — Quinn Pochekailo Finalist — Already Mine — Michael "Max" McGee, and Michael Kachani Finalist — Hey, Man! — Gina Brooklyn Finalist — Human After All — Davis Gestiehr Finalist — Jump the Wall — Grey Jacks HM — AKA... — Davis Gestiehr HM — Better a rat — Sean Tracy HM — breadcrumbs — Daniel Lee Comeaux HM — By the Sword — Jill Koshiol HM — Lay it on the Line — The Silent Critics HM — Soul Tricks — Mercedes Mill HM — Welcome to the End — Davis Gestiehr Video (watch on StreamCatcher site) Gold — Come Home — Adalia Tara and Blake Vadasy Silver — Long Way Down — Charles Lesch Silver — macramé — Daniel Lee Comeaux Best Performance — Everything Happens at Once — Woody Lissauer Finalist — Heartbeat — Anita Aysola and Dhanu Meleth Finalist — I Got Dressed Today — Anne-Marie Pietersma Finalist — No F#@%$ Left to Give — PHILLIP MERRITT HM — Eggroll (The Vaccine Song) — Louisa Hall and Anne Nardolilli HM — Everything — Desson Thomson and Bradford Heck HM — Giant & Colossal Squid — Marsha Goodman-Wood HM — God Help the Working Class — Lawrence Vilchek & Paul Johnson HM — Oslo, California — Aaron Tinjum HM — River Run — Desson Thomson and Bradford Heck HM — Send a Medic — Jason Mendelson HM — Sleeping Giants — Alexandria Paris HM — We Kneel — Natalie Jean and Darick dds Spears HM — Weakness — Gracious Me Vocal Jazz/Blues Gold — Kind of Rain — Emily Mitchell Silver — Ice Cream — Scott Ramminger Finalist — Can't Take No More — Buffalo Bob Finalist — In This Space — Megan Leigh Burtner and Justin Eliezer Lev Finalist — Mr. Vacation — Gregory Minahan and Ken Neil Finalist — That's The Way Mountains Are Made — Burke Ingraffia Finalist — The Right Kind of Trouble — Elly Wininger HM — All Done — Scott Ramminger HM — Angel WIngs — Jesse Palidofsky HM — King of Birmingham — Stephen R Coffee HM — Marry U — YoYo Iki HM — Only Water — Jillian Matundan HM — the heart has ways — Daniel Lee Comeaux HM — This Old Man — Desson Thomson and Bradford Heck HM — Wild Like A River — Jesse Palidofsky Wait for Me, My Polly — Jessie Marshall |