| THE MID-ATLANTIC SONG CONTESTpresented by the Songwriters' Association of Washington
Thanks to all the people who write songs. And to all the people who submitted. This year there were so many good songs that too many people who deserved one didn't get an award. But songwriters and songwriting only get better and stronger as you support the craft, the art, the joy and madness that is being a songwriter. And that is the best reward for all of us who write and sing for all the right reasons. |
The 35th Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Award Recipients
Adult Contemporary
Gold Oh No No — Chris Hardy
Silver Made to be Used — Daniel Lee
Finalist Blame Time — Sara Curtin
Finalist Hold Me in Your Arms — Siobhán O'Brien
HM Gamble — Madeline Clark
HM Maybe Next Time — Gregory Johnson
HM Me and The Moon — Gregory Johnson
HM No Victor — Madeline Clark
HM See The World — Eli Lev
Americana
Gold Wild Wind — Justin Seagrave
Silver Find it Say Amen — Jess Eliot Myhre
Finalist Growing Up and Growing Down — Eli Lev
Finalist Jesus Had Two Daddies — Sean McGraw
Finalist Reservoir — Tom Heany
HM Flowers — Melissa Ward
HM I Paid Up — Lisa Ann Wright
HM Montana — Woody Lissauer
HM No One Asks Me — Karyn Oliver
HM Nowadays — Madeline Clark
Children's
Gold Alien in an Ambulance — Marsha Goodman-Wood
Silver Ballad of Isabella Sassparilla — Michael Rose
Finalist A Race in Space — Jim Thorne
Finalist All the Creeping Things — Justin Seagrave
HM Explore The World — Marsha Goodman-Wood
HM Insects and Spiders — Christine Stay, Aidan Quinn
HM You and I — Michelle Murray, Scott Free
Country/Bluegrass
Gold I Don't Wanna be Me — Tedd Swormstedt, Keesy Timmer, Daniel Reifsnyder
Silver A Good Old Fiddle Tune — Kevin Hale
Finalist Broken Horses — Scott Thoroman
Finalist Free as the Wind — Andrew Wolf
HM Change — Tedd Swormstedt, Jeffrey East
HM Distant Shores — Paul Wolfe
HM I Really Don't Belong Here — Joe Wrabek
HM Morning — Frank Hogans
HM Natchez Trace — Katherine Rondeau
HM Sings to Me — Darin Spencer, Dakota Spencer
HM We Fall — Tedd Swormstedt
Folk Acoustic
Gold Left Behind — Mike P. Ryan
Silver Not So Silent — Shawna Caspi
Finalist Mama’s Eyes — Susan Rowe
Finalist Reeds on the River — Nancy Beaudette
HM A Horse Named Night Train — Cathy Main
HM Am I Beautiful — Shira Averbuch
HM Cages — Seth Kibel, Flo Anito
HM Grom Ballad — William Hamel
HM Hard Times (Katy's Song) — Mike P. Ryan
HM If You're Not Outraged (You Are Not Listening) — Mike Glick
HM Narrows of The Year — Ellen Gozion
HM Wander — Teghan Devon
HM Wild Wind — Justin Seagrave
HM You knew my Name — Eden Neville
Gospel/Christian/Inspirational
Gold Washed by the Water — Russ Parrish, Topher King
Silver He Walked on Wine — Micheal McGee, Rolf Schnyder
Finalist All I Know — R Michael Rhodes, Diann Hammer, Jeffery East
Finalist Perfect Chance — Nii Tettey
HM I Carry the Light — Negleatha Johnson
HM Moving Mountains — D.B. Rielly
HM No Apology — Lisa Ann Wright
HM We can all be forgiven — Kevin Hale, Jeff McClellan
Instrumental
Gold GuitKa — Yasmin Williams
Silver Our New Home — Regan Zieber
Finalist Air of Autumn — Jimmy Stewart
Finalist Candles in The Dark — Jonathan Jensen
Finalist Peter, Not The Wolf — Ty Ford
HM A Guest in The House of The Wind — Woody Lissauer
HM Healing — Daniel Dean
HM Inglenook — Joseph Goltz
HM Lemoyne — Jimmy Stewart
HM Serenity Prayer — Takeshi Sakasegawa
Lyrics Only
Gold The Price of a Song — Michael R. J. Roth
Silver Last Car on the Road — Robert Lee Rager
Finalist Voices I Hear — Teghan Devon
Finalist Widening Divide (I Had to Let Her Go) — Roy Gamse
HM Einstein Washes the Dishes — Michael Roth
HM Good Train, Bad Ride — Allen Partlow
HM Homeless Sky — Michael R. J. Roth
HM I Don’t Want to Know — Michael Hummel
HM If — Frank Hogans
HM More Like You — Robert Lee Rager
HM My True North — Caryn Switaj
HM NOLA — Cinda Smith
HM What Nobody Does — Robert Lee Rager
Open
Gold Just Change the Boundary — Chris Anderson
Silver The Other Side of the Mountain — Susan Rowe
Finalist Loch Ness Café — Mike Borok
Finalist Not for Nothing — Hannah Guerra
HM Already Here — Jane Fallon, Jessica Sedler
HM Edge of the Universe — Teghan Devon
HM Wild Wind — Justin Seagrave
HM Wingless Bird — Aaron English
HM You’ve Got a lot to Explain — Fox Vernon
Pop
Gold Chasing Daylight — Eli Lev, Austin Bello
Silver Half Moon Smile — Teghan Devon
Finalist She Looks like Katy Perry — Jen Baron
Finalist Understand Love — Gabrielle Zwi
HM Alive — Blis Savidge
HM Artist — Eden Neville
HM Break your fall — Louis Cate
HM Capes — Nick Faulconer
HM Too Much in Love — Barry Geldzahler
R&B/Hip Hop/Urban
Gold Bizness — Doxter S
Silver Kinda Love — Ayana Hay
Silver Overboard — Tyné Freeman
Finalist Purgatory — Jason Eury
Finalist Sacrificio De Un Padre — Jonathan Patino-Valencia
HM Continuous — Jason Eury
HM Diva — Doxter S
HM Missed Your Call — Ayana Hay
Rock/Alternative
Gold Washington Square Lullaby — Madeline Clark
Silver Colors Fade — Noah Poncin, Aidan Bruecken, Michael Preston, Nathan Dahlman
Finalist Faster — Thom Polychuck
Finalist I Learned — Teghan Devon
HM Aint My City — Thomas J. Pino
HM All I Knew — Noah Poncin, Aidan Bruecken, Michael Preston, Ted Gallegos, Nathan Dahlman
HM History — Thom Polychuck
HM It Doesn't Matter What it is, Just What it Seems — David Loving, Solace Sovay
HM My World (The Autism Song) — Al Gonzalez
HM Red Summer — Hayley Fahey, Gwen Moulton
HM Slopes — Michael Roy, Michael Larrabee
Vocal Jazz/Blues
Gold Before The Blues — Bruce Harrison
Silver Checks and Balances — Burke Ingraffia
Finalist Flower of My Love — Monika Ryan
Finalist Satellite of Love — Louis Cate
HM B Side — Nicole Belanus
HM Old Birds — Jess Eliot Myhre
HM Skin — Paul Reisler, K.P. Alley
Young Artist
The Ghost — Teddy Chipouras
Pathway Home — Emily Mitchell
Half Moon Smile — Teghan Devon
DIrector's Award — Shawna Caspi
3rd Place Overall — Washington Square Lullaby by Madeline Clark
2nd Place Overall — Chasing Daylight by Eli Lev and Austin Bello
Grand Prize — Left Behind by Mike P. Ryan