24th Annual GREAT AMERICAN SONG CONTEST * GASC HONOR FINALISTS*

Outstanding songs were discovered all categories of the 24th Annual Great American Song Contest. Judges reviewed songs by more than 1800 songwriters from around the world. The impressive quality of songwriting made the task of choosing winners profoundly satisfying, but also challenging.

Below is the official list of GASC Finalists who entered in 2022. All scored near the top of their respective categories. The number of category Finalists is proportionate to the number of entries received for each of the categories.

PLEASE 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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POP

Haley Bond "Across the Desert Sky" (Reno NV) Website
Izzy Forbes "Nightglow" (McKinney TX) Website
James Piper "Unstoppable" (Apex NC) Website
Lindsay Hamminga "Arise" (Albany WA Australia) Website
Kendra Erika Fulmer "Thriller Killer" (Boca Raton FL) Website
Preston Hudson II "Speechless" (Laurel DE) Website
Venice Wong "Summertime" (Chino CA) Website
Gene Jacobs "Tellin' Lies" (Upper Montclair NJ) Website
Gaynor Moran & Rob Pippan "Rise Up" (Christies Beach S Australia) Website
Pierre Chalifoux "Marley-Never Give Up The Fight" (Hudson QB Canada) Website
Riann Hilton "Young Forever" (Placitas NM Website
Paul Skinner "The Fair Rolled into Town" (Wendover UK) Website
Eleanor Hammond "Anyone At All" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Clarissa Diokno "Wake Up Call" (Kitchener ON Canada) Website
Carlos Rivera "Faster" (Socorro TX) Website
Aydra J Swan "Spiraling" (Joshua Tree CA) Website

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ADULT CONTEMPORARY (AC)

Angela Sclafani "How We Meet" (New York NY) Website
Paul Kostal "Funny Humanz" (Osborne Park Australia) Website
Ryan Rogers  "How I Lost The Civil War" (Keller TX) Website
Natalie Wlodarczyk "I Won't Be Back" (Rogersville MO) Website
Mary Louse Ozaraga "Fly" (Cebu City Philippines) Website
Jason Pristash "My Haunted Apartment" (Roswell GA) Website
Cihannur Ozgur "Truly Free" (Marina Del Rey CA) Website

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SINGER-SONGWRITER

Robert Davoli "Transistor Radio and Me" (Lincoln MA) Website
Nicolette Aubourg "The Dog with the Moon in Her Eyes" (El Segundo CA) Website
Sukie Mason "Can't Sing In That Key" (Mill Valley CA) Website
Carin Fradin & Derek James "You Were There" (Hillsborough CA) Website
Tracy Colletto "Diving In" (West Chester PA) Website
Alicia Stockman "Halfway to Houston" (Heber City UT) Website
Robin Yukiko "(My) Heart's in Your Bag" (Arlington VA) Website
Brandon Chase "Corridors" (Hermitage TN) Website
Bud Perschek "Puppets On Their Strings" (Marion IA) Website
Eric Einhorn "Katie Bar the Door" (Adrian MI) Website
John Stano "This Old Guitar" (Milwaukee WI) Website
Kitty Donohoe "Dangerous Boys-o" (Ann Arbor MI) Website
Meg Pfeiffer "Change The World" (New York NY) Website
Neil Levy "Because of You" (Oaklyn NJ) Website
Rosebud Ireland "Anne Frank's Vision" (Willits CA) Website
Sean Nesamoney "Astray" (Atherton CA) Website
Ryan Rogers "New Orleans World's Fair & Exposition 1984" (Keller TX) Website
Valeriia Kuzmuk "Vovky (Wolves)" (New York NY) Website
Jordan Lally "Cherishing" (Joppa MD) Website
Adam Hardin & Glen Cooper "Treasures From the End of Love" (Hyattsville MD) Website


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COUNTRY

Allen Kovler "Is It Love Yet?" (Catskill NY) Website
Carin Fradin & Mark Beeson "Last Ones For You" (Hillsborough CA) Website
Carin Fradin/Carey Latham/Jennifer Ferguson/Rick Amburgey "Fierce Heart" (Hillsborough CA) Website
Lawrence Ulmer/Chet Lawrence "Loud in the Holler" (Gallatin TN) Website
Chris Harpenau "Group Therapy" (Atlanta GA) Website
Dawn Schumilas "A River of Tears" (White Fox SK Canada) Website
Annette McCann "Goodbye Ohio" (Clifton Heights PA) Website
Neal Morgan "I Hear the Music" (Lincoln CA) Website
Ruth Manning "Rewind" (Prospect NS Canada) Website
Spencer Kelly "You're My Guiding Light" (Victoria Park WA Australia) Website
Ryan Rogers "Minnie Pearl" (Keller TX) Website
Frank Renfordt "She Drives Her Own Truck" (Hagen NRW Germany) Website
John Ward Hocter "Damn Near Died Today" (Columbus OH) Website

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CHRISTIAN / INSPIRATIONAL

Kayla Spurlock "Hope" (Springville UT) Website
Anne Roberts "It's About Peace" (Sacramento CA) Website
Asha John "The Mercy Cry" (Kerala India) Website
Jeremy Doss "His Greatest" (Roger AR) Website
Hana Chakhari "I Fly to You" (Paris France) Website
Kelly Carter "At The Well" (Troutman NC) Website
Les Daniels "Thank You" (Miyakojima Japan) Website
Maleia Robinson "His Miracle's for Me" (Provo UT) Website
Rachel Durbin "King of Heaven" (Lake in the Hills IL) Website
MT Bain "End of My Journey" (Opheim MT) Website
Rebekah Friend "Don't Fear" (Somerville MA) Website
Richard Hammarstrom "Forgive" (Manteca CA) Website


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FOLK / AMERICANA

Mark Stepakoff "I Can't Wait To Wake Up Tomorrow" (Wayland MA) Website
Rhondalynn Pisanello "Should Destiny and Doom Collide (Rimbey AB Canada) Website
Roy Gamse "The Story of the Talking Frog" (Arlington VA) Website
Matthew Price "Be Grateful, Stay Humble, Have Fun and Love People" (Silverton OR) Website
Erin Sullivan"We Walk the Flats" (Harvard MA) Website
Freddy Hall "That's What You Do" (Woodbridge VA) Website
Michael Gaither "Welcome Back (to the Land of the Living)" (Watsonville CA) Website
Roy Gamse "The True Story of CIvil Rights Martyr Viola Liuzzo" (Arlington VA) Website
Frank Renfordt "Back You Up" (Hagen NRW Germany) Website
Annette McCann "Goodbye Ohio" (Clifton Heights PA) Website
Brandy Witthoft "Ain't Nothin Free" (Marcellus NY) Website
Buddy Guido & Paul Kelly "I Can't Stand To Sit Around" (Mohawk NY) Website
Bryant Switzky "Dipping Your Toe in the Darkness" (Verona WI) Website
Jim Aitken"I See Her Dancing" (Ayrshire UK) Website
Allan Corby "You" (Hoboken NJ) Website
Marla Lewis "I Live and Breathe for Freedom" (Wantagh NY) Website
Michael Gaither "Cheers to the Road" (Watsonville CA) Website
Keith Rayburn "What'll I Do?" (Castroville CA) Website
Martin Hoybye "End of the World" (Horsens Jutland Denmark) Website
Michael R. J. Roth "Memorial Day" (Panama City FL) Website
Patrick Nagel "Seeps in Our Bones" (Ukiah CA) Website
Peco Mc Loughlin "Where Are the Lifeboats?" (Kildare Ireland) Website
Rosebud Ireland "I Gave My Favorite Thing Away" (Willits CA) Website
Sara Trunzo "Wishbone" (Belfast ME) Website
Steve Szilagyi "Pick a Pretty Pumpkin" (Orange OH) Website
William Armstrong"Flowin' With Aloha" (Kihei HI) Website
Tuukka Mironen "My Far Away Isle" (Uusimaa Finland) Website
Tony Sbrana "Walls" (Danville CA) Website

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INSTRUMENTAL

Tony LaVorgna "Stawberries With Chocolate" (Wilton CT)  Website
Drew Taubenfeld "Stone By Stone" (North Hollywood CA) Website
Johnny B. Bushell  "99 Miles" (Homer AK)  Website
Stuart Reblin "Acts of Kindness" (Tucson AZ) Website
Sur Samtani "All Hours of the Night" (Yorba Linda CA) Website
Yorgos Karagiannis "For You" (ATHENS Greece) Website
R.D. King "Flicker" (Waltham MA) Website
Dustin Patrick "The Awakening" (Geneva IL) Website
Joel Harvey "Round the Buoy" (Strafford MO) Website
John Waylett "Bran's Mystical Voyage" (Cambridge ON Canada) Website
John Wayre "Piano Polka" (London UK) Website
Kai Charp "Chins Up" (Albany CA) Website
Leslie Egerer "7th Heaven" (Bergen Norge Norway) Website
Sean Winthrop "Sax Object" (Grandview MO) Website
R.D. King "Silver Strand" (Waltham MA) Website
Tony LaVorgna "The Bass Sets The Pace" (Wilton CT)  Website
Chihiro Nishi "To the South" (Tokyo Japan)  Website
Johnny B. Bushell  "Hear the News" (Homer AK)  Website
Claudia Hirschfeld "The Giant" (Northrhine Westfalia Germany) Website
Danny Vash "Highway Wars" (Tijeras NM) Website
Matthew Herbst "Rapturous Rag" (Cromwell CT) Website
Frank Harritt "An American Easter" (Arvada Co)  Website
Robert Locke "Love Songs" (Valencia CA) Website
Samuel Gryzwa "Remembering George" (New York NY) Website

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ROCK / ALT

Megan Morrison "Appetite for Freedom" (Biscayne Park FL) Website
John Russo-Zirkel & Jonathan Espinoza "In The Calm" (Santa Clarita CA) Website
RanDair Porter "Perfect Crime" (Redmond WA) Website
Eric Phelps "Unchanged" (South Deerfield MA) Website
Garrett Cadwallader "Battles" (Brooklyn NY) Website
Kevin Rogers "Save The World" (Los Angeles CA) Website
John Wlaysewski "The Last Wave" (Brooklyn NY) Website
Julius Zuehlke "Black Night" (Roseville CA) Website
Mike Young "Path To Peace Of Mind" (Omaha NE) Website
RanDair Porter "Don't Remember What was Her Name" (Redmond WA) Website

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HIPHOP / R&B

Lex Bannister "Pop Yo Trunk" (Ferndale WA) Website
Tuukka Mironen "Under the Hood" (Uusimaa Finland) Website
Luke Wong "Venomous" (Kailua Kona HI) Website
Drake Childress "Tangerine Soul" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Jay UUu " Handshake ($HNS)" (West Hollywood CA) Website
Mitch Lobrovich "Simmer" (Austin TX) Website
Lashonda Sherman "Prodigals" (Midland TX) Website
John Williams "Secret Agenda" (Centreville VA) Website *****
Jay UUu "Go Get It" (West Hollywood CA) Website

SPECIAL CATEGORY MUSIC

Piper Ditzler "Little Brothers" (Kirkland WA) Website
Allan Corby "Angels in the Snow" (Hoboken NJ) Website
David James "Time Has Come" (Chesapeake VA) Website
Jeffrey King "Where's the Hole in My Bagel?" (Palm Desert CA) Website
Theresa Gunnell "Looking More Like Santa" (Burbank CA) Website
Sur Samtani "Dreamland" (Yorba Linda CA) Website
Kevin Hoban "Jen the Fire Engine" (Sherman Oaks CA) Website
Katie Hardyman "Snowflake" (Sydney Australia) Website
Heather White Luckow "Ants in My Pants" (Beaconsfield QB Canada) Website
Roger Silvi "Fred The Tree" (Islamorada FL) Website
Royce Robinson "She Loves Elvis" (Gastonia NC) Website
Ruth Noack "Grannies" (Minneapolis MN) Website
Gary Sandifer "Hummingbird" (Hollister CA) Website
Gary Abrass "You Will Never Be Alone" (Reno NV) Website
Georgia Schmidt "Monkey Tail Tree" (Vancouver WA) Website
Justin Hiscox "If I Wrote You A Song" (Cavan ON Canada) Website
Kari Kraakevik "Christmas in Chicago " (Boulder CO) Website
Marla Vannucci "Kindness is King" (Columbia MD) Website
Marsha Goodman-Wood "Buzz Buzz" (Washington DC) Website
Michael McReynolds "Chant of the God Worlds" (Placitas NM) Website
Mike Young "It's Your Birthday" (Omaha NE) Website
Paul Kostal "Energy Is All" (Osborne Park Prth WA Australia) Website
Marla Vannucci "My Favorite Song" (Columbia MD) Website
Shaun Thomson "My Hometown" (Sydney Australia) Website
Larry Warren "Cutie Pie" (Torrington CT) Website

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LYRIC WRITING

Thea Hopkins "I AM Not A Stranger" (Somerville MA) Website
Bowie Smith "Walk Back In" (Columbus OH) Website
Martin Robley "Summertime" (West Leederville WA Australia) Website
Ron Greene "Bertha's Wail" (Bakersville NC) Website
Bridget Dasch "Moonshine in the Hills" (Lexington KY) Website
David Lukow "Orphan From Amarillo" (Williamsville NY) Website
Carin Fradin & Lauren Patton "A Road is Just a Road" (Hillsborough CA) Website
Edward Andrajack Jr. "Canners and Cutters" (White Bear Lake MN) Website
Garrett Cadwallader "Battles" (Brooklyn NY) Website
Gaynor Moran & Rob Pippan "Rise Up" (Christies Beach S Australia) Website
Glenn Valles "Karma" (Mumbai India) Website
Henry Greenspan "Saratoga Lonely" (Ann Arbor MI) Website
Michelle Porter "A Boy and His Truck" (Rapid City SD) Website
Preston Hudson II "Speechless" (Laurel DE) Website
Amy Bryant "Where The Dirt Road Ends" (Columbia SC) Website
Graham Hartwell "Connected (I'mThe Ghost)" (Stafforshire UK) Website
Kathleen Jones "Songs of Deliverance" (Niagara Falls NY) Website
Lendy Uradine Baugh "I Pledge My Allegiance" (Los Angeles CA) Website

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Congratulations to all these great songwriters!

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Archives of Winners from Previous Years:
Finalists from 2021
Finalists from 2020
Finalists from 2019
Finalists from 2018
Finalists from 2017
Finalists from 2016
Finalists from 2015
Finalists from 2014
Finalists from 2013
Finalists from 2012
Finalists from 2011
Finalists from 2010
Finalists from 2009
Finalists from 2008


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