THE MID-ATLANTIC SONG CONTEST 

MASC 41 Category Awards
(HM = Honorable Mention)

Adult Contemporary

Gold — It All Came to Pass — Michelle Swan
Silver — Dream House — Tyler Meacham
Finalist — California — Ally Cribb
Finalist — Chelsea Hotel — Amoreena Athanas
Finalist — Hey Lebanon — Marwan Bardawil
Finalist — Polygon Heart — Acacia Sears
HM — California 10 — Mark Rogers
HM — Miss You — Lia Thomas
HM — Quiet — Suzanne Brown
HM — The Many I Am — Carrie Ferguson
HM — Trick of the Dark — Daniel Kenny

Americana

Gold — Paint and Canvas Heart — Mark Wahl
Silver — Deep Love — Gantt Kushner and Greg Hardin
Finalist — Dancing with Preacher — Tony Denikos and Angie Miller
Finalist — Horizon Line— Annette Wasilik       
Finalist — Let's Go Home— Daniel Kenny       
Finalist — Wander — Roger Jaeger and Tripp Weir
HM — Funeral In Wichita — Eric Ramsey
HM — Hazel — Sean Magwire
HM — It's Not About You — Emmah Lynch
HM — La Tienda — William Sears and Peter Grayson
HM — No Time for Heartache — Ben Chan

Children’s

Gold — Chesterton Turtle Race — Janet Gillies             
Silver — We're Going to the Library — Marsha Goodman-Wood            
Finalist — Baby of Mine (Ryan's Lullaby) — Emmah Lynch       
Finalist — The Wheels Won't Turn — Chris Hardy and Brittanie Goldsmith
Finalist — Turtlurtlurtle— Kelli Caldwell          
HM — Clap Your Hands (Teacher's Song) — Frank Fulton
HM — Flying Disco Chicken — Randy Sauer            
HM — Let the Wind Blow — Julie Bilingsley      
HM — My Dog Max — Randy Sauer      
HM — The Baby Won't Speak— Bruce Rosenblum and Edward Rosenblum

Country/Bluegrass

Gold — Miner John — Kevin Neidig
Silver — Hard Luck Paradise— Kevin Dudley
Finalist — Back Home Boys — Ally Cribb
Finalist — Brother Whiskey, Sister Wine — Seth Mitchell
Finalist — North Star — Lynn Hollyfield
Finalist — Raisin Cane — Tedd Swormstedt, Parker Francis, and Mason Douglas
HM — Boy That I Knew — Ally Cribb
HM — Hats — Phillip Zuckerman and Allen Kave
HM — I Still Got My Hat — Gantt Kushner and Greg Hardin
HM — Two Heinie Two-Step — Reece Sullivan and Larry Penland

Folk Acoustic

Gold — Bring With You Nothing — Erin Magnin and Michael Natrin
Silver — Doret Begardam— Nica Albertson    
Finalist — Better Than Me — Chris Titchner
Finalist — Coming Off My Meds, Again — Reece Sullivan
Finalist — Didn't Come to Stay Long — Jim Johnson
Finalist — Love and You — Lynn Hollyfield
Finalist — Perpetual Motion — Mark Wahl 
HM — Impossible Questions — Roy Gamse and Shawnee Shaman
HM — Neil Young — Marilyn Hucek and Phil Silverberg
HM — Nobody's Business — Erin Ash Sullivan
HM — Smells Like Rain — Tony Denikos and Dennis McCurdy

Freedom Songs

Gold — Rocking Chair  — Roy Gamse  Joseph DeNatale          
Silver — I Will Not Turn Back — Dumi Ndlovu             
Finalist — Elevator Speech — Judy Kass, Glen Roethel and Amy Soucy
Finalist — I'm With Her — Laura Baron      
HM — Don't Take My Gun — Kevin Neidig
HM — Misfits and Renegades — Laura Baron
HM — Mommy, Don't Let Them Take Me! — Roy Gamse and Shawnee Shaman

Gospel/Inspirational

Gold — Happy — Evan Oseni
Silver — Dawn — Emily Mitchell
Finalist — Carry On — Bryant Bibb
Finalist — Waiting — Mary Mateer
HM — Eulogy — Braedon Quarles
HM — Is That You, Jesus? — Debra Gussin and Rik Howard
HM — New Roads — John Mancuso
HM — What Would They Say — Bryant Bibb

HipHop/R&B/Urban

Gold — SunRize — Tyrone Jones                         
Silver — Motherfucker — Vanessa Dunbar
Finalist — Gotta Heal the World — Brazil Malik
Finalist — I Don't Need You at All — John Peiffer
Finalist — Luv In You — Michal Roxie Johnson, Michael D Johnson Jr and Lavar Clark III
Finalist — No Guarantees — Dumi Ndlovu
HM — Alone — Luke Denver
HM — Be Free — Oren Levine
HM — Slow Burn — Shauvik Sharan

Instrumental

Gold — Yeah You Bet — Matt Holsen
Silver — Next Steps — Michael Potts
Finalist — Act III Reconciliation — Bryan Coffey
Finalist — Ask Any Questions — Jon Patton
Finalist — Carnival of Chaos, Pt 1 — Jay Elvove and Gordon Duff
Finalist — Hi'imo'opuna — David Fiely
Finalist — Song for Tim - A Life Well Lived — Andrew Wolf
HM — Always Near — Brett Petersen
HM — Bells — Loreen Spechler and Barbara Saturn
HM — Ominous Winter Stillness Brewing — Robert Bullock

Lyrics Only

Gold — Headed Home — Fred Ball      
SIlver — As If Whiskey Could Put Out A Fire — Michael R. J. Roth and Eric Ramsey
Finalist — Dogs I’ve Had — Bryant Bibb
Finalist — Feeling Guilty Feeling Better — Allen Partlow
HM — Choose Your Dancing Shoes — Jen Dearwood
HM — Five Dollar Banjo — Tomm Sibert
HM — Hold My Beer — Dwayne Hummel
HM — I Imagine (You Still Care) — Luther Jett
HM — Sunshine State — Michael R. J. Roth and Eric Ramsey
HM — The Word — Terry Anderson

Open

Gold — The Bunnyman — Alan Xtra
Silver — Beauty in the Broken — Laura Baron
Finalist — As Good As It Gets — Domenic Cicala
Finalist — Don't Take it Back — David Scott Weaver, Gantt Kushner & Cinda Smith
Finalist — Safe — Jillian Matundan
HM — I Am the Vampire — Amoreena Athanas
HM — I Need Some Medicine — Sherry Stewart
HM — Mid-Air Rap — Jennifer Katt
HM — Through the Threshold — Jillian Matundan and Jennifer Dauphinais

Pop

Gold — Strawberry Moon — Jen Hawley and Dave Hawley
Silver — One Year — Molly Baker and Jenni Rudolph
Finalist — Can't Count on the Sun — Jim Johnson
Finalist — Glass House — Shelley Star, Chris Anderson and Alan Xtra
Finalist — Lost in the Storm — Nicole Ross, Thorald Koren and Issac Koren
HM — I'm just list'nen — Lawrence Holzman
HM — Live What You Believe — Scott Thoroman
HM — So Late It's Tomorrow — Jason Mendelson
HM — Superstar — Alan Xtra

Rock/Alternative

Gold — Blackout — Ann Margaret Sidley and Steven Joseph Sidley
Silver — Swore I Wouldn't— John Langan   
Finalist — Ain't Gonna Be — Chris Hardy
Finalist — Everybody But Me — James Mathews
Finalist — Oh, Mother! — Tony Deng
HM — Centralia — Peter Carriveau
HM — Invincible — Carter Brady
HM — Lifeboat — Christopher McVey and Rob Robinson

Video

Gold — Worth — Jillian Matundan
Silver — Fibbin' on Me — Ben Chan
Silver — A Dream in The Sahā World — Sabrina Ren
Best Comedy — Tummy (Don't Tuck It) — Gino Abellanosa
Best Concept Video — I Am the Vampire — Amoreena Athanas
Best Dance Video — The Many I Am — Carrie Ferguson
Best Live Performance — Fall — Rebecca Presti
Best Rock Video — Au Cheval — Jesse James DeConto
Finalist — Always and Everywhere — Frank Hogans
Finalist — Never Looked So Good to Me Before — Kate MacLeod
HM — Appalachian Hollow— Rick Landers
HM — Out of the Darkness — Robert Dale Klein and Samuel Horner
HM — The Fighter — George Katsos
HM — Wash Away — Jim Thorne

Vocal Jazz/Blues

Gold — Everybody Ain't Gonna Like You — April May Webb and Randall Haywood                        
Silver — I Guess (I Shoulda Known) — Tony Denikos                                
Finalist — Jerusalem — Bryan Lee                                    
Finalist  — Someone to Hold — Doug Stanglin and Janet Devers     
Finalist — Jerusalem — Bryan Lee
Finalist — Someone to Hold — Doug Stanglin and Janet Devers
HM — Drifting — Laura Baron
HM — Money's Gone Blues — Jane Fallon
HM — Psychic — Linwood Taylor