Great American Song Contest (2024)

* GASC HONOR FINALISTS *

Outstanding songs were discovered across all categories of the 26th Annual Great American Song Contest. We're excited to recognize these very talented songwriters, lyricists and composers.

GASC judges reviewed songs nearly 1800 songwriters worldwide. The exceptional quality of songwriting made selecting winners both satisfying and challenging for the judges.

Below is an official list of 2024 GASC Finalists, each of whom scored near the top of their respective categories. (The number of finalists per category is proportionate to the number of entries received in each category.)

PLEASE NOTE: If you're listed as a FINALIST on this page, you're officially invited to proudly showcase the Great American Song Award banner on your website! Celebrate your impressive achievement and share it with the world!

If you have a Website, Facebook page or YouTube video, please send us the link so we can add to your listing below.

Pop/Adult Contemporary	Instrumental
Adult Contemporary	Rock/Alt
Singer Songwriter	Hip Hop/R & B
Country	Special Category Music
Chistian/Inspirational	Lyric Writing
Folk/Americana

POP

Nicole Ross "Lost In the Storm" (Santa Monica CA) Website
Cassandra Howell & Stephanie Morton-Small  "Play Your Ace" (Suffolk Park NSW Australia) Website
Michelle Rose "Therapy" (Stillwater MN) Website
Preston Hudson II "Speechless" (Laurel DE) Website
Yelena Kovalenko "Half " (Jersey NJ) Website
Chymes & Celeste Newman "Celestial" (Melbourne Australia) Website
Lawrence Behrs & Jordan Grace "Angel Eyes" (Brentwood TN) Website
Matt Glickstein "Everything's Better With You" (Lanai City HI) Website
Mike Nova "Recompense" (Buford GA) Website
Aysha Hong "Bleed It Out" (Spring Creek NV) Website
Isabella (Iris) Le "OOPS!" (Tustin CA) Website
Michael “Max”  McGee, Angel Pontier & Hannah Richardson "Going Under Over You" (Philipsburg PA) Website
Stef Willems "Het Juiste uur" (Alken Limburg Belgium) Website
Adriana Klisch & Piotr Lyszkiewicz "Blame It on Tequila" (Chicago  IL) Website
Abigail Carey "Caroline" (North Hollywood CA) Website

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ADULT CONTEMPORARY (AC)

Joe Kornfeld "Twilight In New York City" (Berkeley CA) Website
Robin Jackson "Paper Bird" (Portland OR) Website
Jeffrey Moxcey  & Ande Rasmussen "That Magic You Did" (Waterville ME)) Website
Ryan Rogers "Tiffany Tomorrow" (Keller TX) Website
Joe Kornfeld "Prairie Rhumba" (Berkeley CA) Website
Adam Hardin & Glen Cooper "Way Back To You" (Glen Burnie MD) Website
James Piper "Run With The Wolves" (Apex NC) Website
Dylan Galvin "The Human Condition" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Jan Blaising "Mountaintops and Oceans" (Whitestown IN) Website

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SINGER-SONGWRITER

Jim Stanard "When the West Was Won" (Marietta GA) Website
Paul Wensley "My People" (Toronto ON Canada) Website
Thea Hopkins "Here In Our World" (Boston MA)) Website
Stefan Weiner  "Do Nothing" (Brooklyn NY) Website
Bob Macdonald "If You Grew Up Around Here" (Boynton Beach FL) Website
Julianna Waters "Bite My Tongue" (Hood River OR) Website
Iris Cotoman "Forest Fire" (Nashville TN) Website
Chad Barnett "Middle of My Story" (Morgantown WV)) Website
R.X. Bertoldi "It's Time You Love" (Everett WA) Website
Jordan Lally "Eddie Boy" (Joppa MD) Website
Deb Seymour "I Choose Hope" (Seattle WA) Website
Andrew Wolf "Still A Long Way From Okay" (Washington DC) Website
Matt Glickstein "Dead Man Walking" (Lanai City HI) Website
Yelena Kovalenko "Best Friends Girl" (Jersey NJ) Website
Thea Hopkins "I Am Not A Stranger" (Boston MA) Website
Perry Gathings & Prescott Harter "If I'd Known" (Burlington NC) Website
Jamie Oliveiro "Heavy Heart" (Lorette MB Canada)) Website
Peter McLean "Cheater's Moon" (Bowen Island BC Canada) Website
Patti Shaffner "Spine" (Gary IN)) Website
John Stano "Sweet Dollar Store Hula Girl" (Milwaukee WI) Website
Bob Macdonald "Two Minute Warning" (Boynton Beach FL) Website
R.X. Bertoldi "Priceless Smile Fade" (Everett WA) Website
Caroline Kent "Julie" (Atlanta GA) Website
Heather Ward "Honeysweet" (Seattle WA)) Website
Michelle Rose" Garden of Eden" (Stillwater MN) Website
Beth Svahn Monroe "Today Is Not For Dwelling" (West Lebanon NH) Website

NOTE: If you are listed as a FINALIST on this page you are invited to display this Great American Song Award banner on your website.

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COUNTRY

Rosie Simms & Jack Fischer "I'd Like to Help You Out" (Danville CA) Website
Megan Kelley, Saylor Brasseaux, Cedric Israel "For the Love of Me" (Nashville TN) Website
Billy Simons "Me And Dashboard Jesus" (Ware MA) Website
Kevin Ratliff "God and My Dog" (Llano TX) Website
Chris Nelson "Let It Ring" (Winchester VA) Website
Mary Zalla "My Country People" (Covington KY) Website
Nancy Probst & Joshua Hargens "Call Her Up" (Gallatin TN) Website
Andrew Wolf & Mack Reynolds  "Free As the Wind" (Washington DC) Website
Brent Lillie "Aussie Alphabet Stew" (Queensland Australia) Website
Andrew Olson "Twelve-Volt Saturday Night " (Lexington MA) Website
Chris Nelson "Heaven When You Do" (Winchester VA) Website
Thomas Lazaros "Nashville Pickers" (Flint MI) Website
Henry Evans "Worth Her Weight in Whiskey" (Los Altos CA) Website
Callie Cardamon & Eric Rawson "Torch Songs, Tequila and Time"(Pasadena CA) Website
Daryl Lund "Blue Blue Blue" (Scottsdale AZ) Website
Henry Evans & Nick Taylor "Keep It Hometown"  (Los Altos CA) Website
John Michael Ferrari "I Keep Rollin' On" (Pahrump NV) Website
Michael Henchman "On The Gulf " (Vancouver WA) Website

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CHRISTIAN / INSPIRATIONAL

Daniel Horton "Free Barabbas" (Waxhaw NC) Website
Avery Sims "Break Thru" (Roseville MI) Website
Charles Cook "Have Mercy Lord" (Aberdeen NJ) Website
Frank McCleskey "Thief in the Night" (Sherwood OR) Website
Holland  Nelson "Endless Grace" (Gunter TX) Website
Fred Duckworth "All My Praise" (Long Beach CA) Website
Len Seligman "Particles of Light" (Eugene OR) Website
Joan Donovan "Don't Let the Stones Cry Out" () Website
Robert Marsiglia "Supernatural Man" (Jackson NJ) Website
Peter Blachly "Sails Are Spread for Glory" (Bath ME) Website
Preston Hudson II "God Sent You " (Laurel DE) Website
Arnold Burry "In Your Own Special Way" (Goulds NL Canada) Website
Sam Thomson "Adore Him" (Perth Australia) Website
Shannon Ferry Aydar "Make Room" (San Francisco CA) Website
Tracey Williams "The Sweetest Amen" (Ilkley Australia) Website
Joe Barfield "He Didn't Have to but He Did" (Newton GA) Website
Fred Duckworth "Oh Jesus" (Long Beach CA) Website
Michael Fitzgerald "The Dust" (Kaneohe HI) Website
Robert Marsiglia "Through The Eyes Of Jesus" (Jackson NJ) Website
Jon Seccombe "Joyful Christmas" (Woonona NSW Australia) Website
Kathleen Graening "Greenest Grass" (Massillon OH) Website
Luke Torquato "Flow Of His Grace " (Hayden ID) Website
Alex Varlow "It's His Blood" (Penrith NSW Australia) Website
Jaycynthia Robinson "A Special Friend" (Warrenton NC) Website
Amy Montgomery "Man in the Frame" (Marietta GA) Website
Allison Waldron "A Heart Like Yours" (Saint Albans NY) Website

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FOLK / AMERICANA

Roy Gamse "Not Enough Chairs" (Arlington VA) Website
Michael R. J. Roth & Eric Ramsey "As If Whiskey Could Put Out A Fire" (Panama City FL) Website
Stuart Kabak "Veterans of the Quiet Wars" (Parksville NY)) Website
Roger Jaeger "What Makes a Man" (Redding CA) Website
Michael Gaither "When We Could Run" (Watsonville CA) Website
Mark Stepakoff "New Moon" (Wayland MA) Website
Jodi  Hildebran & Jordan Crosby Lee "Pretty Polly" (Winston-Salem NC) Website
Kenneth Kahn "Long Dream " (Asheville NC) Website
Spencer Wainwright Kelly "Have a Taste of Deja Vu" (Victoria Park West Australia) Website
Jim Stanard "You Turned Red, That Made Me Blue" (Marietta GA) Website
Linda Marks "Gardeners Lament" (Waltham MA) Website
Susan Kane "Redheaded Nellie" (Mount Kisco NY) Website
Natalie Jean "My Body" (Kensington MD) Website
Paul Solomon "The Factory Life" (Pawleys Island SC)
Larry Lobert "Isn't This A Time" (Gross Pointe Park MI) Website
Buddy Guido "A Night Like This" (Mohawk NY) Website
Judd Harris  "I Should Put My Phone Down" (Booklyn NY) Website
Doug Patrick "Leave It Like We Found It" (Chesterfield VA)) Website
Jonathan Brenner "The Ballad of Orson Jones" (Atlanta GA) Website
Laura Jones "Spring Forward" (Durham NC) Website
Anthony Borrelli "Politics" (Needham MA) Website
Kent Parker "Silence of the Night" (Nashville TN) Website
Daniel Kenny "Trick of the Dark" (Frederick MD) Website
Ken Lehnig "I Will Not Lay Me Down" (Encinitas CA) Website
Christopher Hoyle "Honey You're Home" (Cranford NJ) Website

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INSTRUMENTAL

Jonathan Segal "Last Tango At Stony Brook" (New York NY) Website
Tony LaVorgna "Grandpa Paolo" (Wilton CT)  Website  Youtube
Todd Marston "Montalbera" (Portland OR) Website
Paul Colombino "Winter Sky" (Wakefield RI) Website
Robert Delgatto "Pie In The Sky" (Portland OR) Website
R.D. King "We're Not Coming Back" (Quincy MA) Website
Yorgos Karagiannis "For Noldor" (Athens Greece) Website
Jordan Spivack "Catch The Light" (Nanuet NY) Website
Nolan Tecklenburg "In Orbit" (Charleston SC) Website
R.D. King "Flicker" (Quincy MA) Website
Todd Marston "Wanting More" (Portland OR) Website
Nolan Tecklenburg "Abstract Thang" (Charleston SC) Website
Kevin Neale "At Sixes & Sevens" (Portland OR) Website
Megan Fay "Heavy Air" (Warrenton VA) Website
Michael J Zerhusen "La Vida Sonata" (Cincinnati OH) Website
Fawn "Savant" (Mount Sterling)) Website
Michael S. England "Catchin' the Vibe" (Garland TX) Website
Megan Fay "La Bas" (Warrenton VA) Website
Todd Marston "The Self Holds" (Portland OR) Website
James Filkins "Tending the Garden" (Traverse City MI) Website
John Waylett "Violin Concerto in C minor" (Cambridge ON Canada) Website
David Foster "Strange Faces" (Cincinnati OH) Website
Taehyeon Kim "Dear My Whale" (Provo UT) Website
Jayden Beyrooti "Mysteries and Memories" (Melbourne FL) Website
James Filkins "A Place In the Sun" (Traverse City MI)) Website
Johnny Bushell  "Letting Go" (Homer AK) Website
Mark Horton "Average Intelligence" (Nampa ID) Website
Russell Perri "Race To The Sky" (Missoula MT) Website
Stuart Reblin "I Believe - A Symphonic Poem" (Tucson AZ) Website

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ROCK / ALT

Eric Blossman "Pixelated Soul" (Spicewood TX) Website
Crystal Santos "My Mirror" (Las Vegas NV)) Website
Rhondalynn Pisanello "Frenemies" (Rimby AB Canada) Website
Noam Weinstein "Present and Accounted For" (Cambridge MA) Website
Shane Bargy "Steel Rain" (Delanson NY) Website
Nerijus Glezekas "Bring Me Down" (Algonquin IL) Website
Brady Thomas "Now" (Boston MA) Website
Douglas Templeton "Taking a Toll" (Sanford ON Canada) Website
Thomas Kaye "Hurts Sometimes" (Stockbridge MA)) Website
August Knobb "Poltergeists" (Fort Worth TX) Website
Spencer Wainwright Kelly "Dreams Fade" (Victoria Park AUSTRALIA) Website
Sam Caldwell "Feeding the Wound" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Bruce Berard  "Bad Dream" (North Andover MA) Website
Joel Spillman "Love, Halfway" (Salt Lake City UT) Website
Karl McHugh "Gold" (San Mateo CA) Website
Karen Salmon & Heidi Serwer "Lucky Ones" (Chicago IL) Website

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HIPHOP / R&B

Lawrence Behrs & Romy Maria Eilers "Golden Gate" (Brentwood TN) Website
Cliton Byrd "Sunset Boulevard" (Washington DC) Website
David Majzlin "Nevermind" (Culver City CA) Website
Thaddeus Forman "Runaway" (Brooklyn NY)) Website

NOTE: If you are listed as a FINALIST on this page you are invited to display this Great American Song Award banner on your website.

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SPECIAL CATEGORY MUSIC

Mark Stepakoff "Santa & Elvis" Wayland MA) Website
Charles Sharratt "Don't Drink the Cool-Aid" (Savage MN) Website
Steven Butler "Let the Butterfly Flap Its Wings" (Kingsport TN) Website
Peter McLean "Open Bar In Heaven" (Bowen Island BC Canada) Website
Julianna Waters "Bite My Tongue" (Hood River OR) Website
Roy Gamse "Wisdom on a T-ShirtX" (Arlington VA) Website
Frank Marsilio "That's My Dog" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Mary Zalla "Country Christmas" (Covington KY) Website
David Majzlin "Sweater Swap" (Culver City CA) Website
Deborah Justice "Sock Monster" (Ithaca NY) Website
Scott Cook "Christmas On the Mekong" (Sherwood Park AB Canada) Website
Patricia Stamm "Broadway" (Walnut Creek CA) Website
Darci Monet "Ugly Sweater Weather" (Van Nuys CA) Website
James Shaw "Animal Alphabet" (Pickerington OH) Website
Janet Striebel "Watch Your Little Fingers" (Fishers IN) Website
Charles Sartorius "Ha-Ha in the Ca-Ca" (Irving TX) Website
Malou Beauvoir "The World is Crying" (New York NY) Website
Marian Gall  "Hit By A Bus" (Logan OH) Website
Toina Vickers  "Stolen Dream" (Sac City IA) Website
Doug Patrick "I'll Hold You As Long As I Can" (Chesterfield VA) Website

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LYRIC WRITING

Mark Stepakoff "A Couple Of Bad Dancers" (Wayland MA) Website
Michael R.J. Roth "Sunshine State" (Panama City FL) Website
David Yerganian "The Next Rodeo" (Medfield MA) Website
Kate Thompson "I'll Remember You" (Waterford IRELAND) Website
Stan Porter "I'd Be Better Off" (Modesto CA)) Website
J. Renz & S. Birenbaum "Mia" (St. Louis MO) Website
Ava Della Pietra "Reindeer Rebellion" (East Setauket NY) Website
Paul Perkins "Jesus the Second" (Columbia SC) Website
Michael Fiorito "Rodeo Clown" (Hidden Valley Lake CA) Website
Brandon Boyd "Wash It Off " (Irvine CA) Website
Adelina Sila "Hackable Humans" (New York NY) Website
Peter Licata "Martin's Dream" (Dickson City PA) Website
Jesse Paledofsky "America the Beautiful" (Takoma Park MD) Website
Louie Kowunna "A Lot of Songs" (Point Hope AK) Website
Michelle Dietterick "F*cking or Fighting" (Berwick PA) Website
Renee LaChapelle "This Ol' Guitar" (Nashville TN) Website
Kia Jules-Freeman "Art Of Love" (Castries Saint Lucia) Website
Connie Vigil "Perfect Frequency" (Fort Walton Beach FL) Website
Dylan Galvin "The Human Condition" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Curtiss Middlebrooks "Mutt and Maybe" (Eunice LA) Website
Linda Lattanzio Corey "This Sweet Life" (Winona MN) Website

NOTE: If you are listed as a FINALIST on this page you are invited to display this Great American Song Award banner on your website.

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Congratulations to all these great songwriters!