23rd Annual Great American Song Contest
GASC HONOR FINALISTS / 2021

Outstanding songs were discovered all categories of the  23rd Annual Great American Song Contest. GASC Judges reviewed songs by more than 1900 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 2020 Finalists. 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.

* 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


Steve Okwor "Money Money Money" (East Boston MA) Website
John Cox "On The Town Tonight" (Tulsa OK) Website
Amelia Severns "Silly Words" (Venetia PA) Website
Melissa Rieger "Better Off, I Guess" (Pittsburgh PA) Website
Timmy Hay "Corona" (Livermore CA) Website
Barbara Bechler "Words Of Ice" (Milton GA) Website
Sarah Dokowicz "So Long" (Vlley Village CA) Website
Shelli Poulos & Just Seconds Apart Triplets "Indigo" (Scottsdale AZ) Website

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ADULT CONTEMPORARY (AC)

Danielle Taylor "Extra Ordinary" (Riverside CA) Website
David Majzlin "Dream" (Culver City CA) Website
Lewis Papier "Me Too" (New York NY) Website
Jay Kennedy "Heavens Paycheck" (Somerset PA) Website
Aimee Felise "I Am the Fire" (Carlsbad CA) Website
Antone Proler "I've Got The Keys To Heaven" (Portland OR) Website
Matt North "Seat At The Table" (Nashville TN) Website
T. Edwin Doss "Lover’s Rendezvous" (Bumpass VA) Website
Gabriel Heiser "Just Words" (Laredo TX) Website
Stuart Kabak " We Still like the Words to Our Song" (Parksville NY)  Website
Peter Sawyer & Diana Taub "Never Been Better Than This" (Paramus NJ) Website

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SINGER-SONGWRITER

Ben Bostick "Lucky Us" (Lilburn GA) Website
Megan Ellsworth "When You Do" (Camp Sherman OR) Website
William Perry "Perfect Friends" (Gaithersburg MD) Website
Alexandra Grace "Medicine" (Gloucester MA) Website
Jessica Smucker "Dinosaurs" (Lancaster PA) Website
Katie Wynn "Grandma Taught Me" (Nashville TN) Website
Lillian MacPhee "Waves" (South Lyon MI) Website
Maurice Hatch "Angels Exist" (Chicago IL) Website
Jesse Powers "Love Song of Everything" (Columbus OH) Website
Patti Shaffner "I Will Be Here Still" (Gary IN) Website
Thomas Hall "Good Trouble" (Buffalo 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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COUNTRY

Luke Denver "Spring Break Mistake" (Hayden ID) Website
Aaron Crawford "Hotel Lovin" (Quincy WA) Website
Shirley Goines & Rachel Amidei "Long White Dress" (Katy TX) Website
Roger Fournier "Neon Rundown" (Eatonton GA) Website
Ryan Rogers "Lankford Dupree" (Keller TX) Website
Steve Christopher "Until Then" (Leesburg FL) Website
T. Edwin Doss "Best Man" (Bumpass VA) Website
Andrea Standley "His Name Is Jonathan" (Saugus CA) Website
Adam Avery "The Languishing" (Williston VT) Website
Albert de Wet & Ryan McNally "Whispers of a Dollar" (Alicante Spain) Website
Aaron Crawford "Honky Tonk Electricity" (Quincy WA) Website
Andrea Standley "His Name Is Jonathan" (Saugus CA) Website
Steve Pearl "Go Walk By His Side" (Easton MD) Website
Jeanna Lewis "Blame It on Me" (Bethpage NY)  Website
Joel Bennett "I'm Poor" (Summerville SC)  Website
John Raymond & Mac Barrient "I Pledge Allegiance" (Slidell LA)  Website
Adam Radmanovich "I'll Be Your John Wayne" (Volo IL)  Website
Jake Bovard "Forever Ain't Enough" (Liberty MO)  Website
Olen Rutherford "Oil and Dipsticks  (Fort Worth TX)  Website
Patty O'Grady & Michael Coleman "Unknown Soldier" (Punta Gorda FL)  Website
Adam Radmanovich "Cowboy Up" (Volo IL)  Website
Jon Anderson "Moonshine" (Baxter MN)  Website

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CHRISTIAN / INSPIRATIONAL

Lee Fleming "Noise" (Albertville AL) Website
T. Edwin Doss "One RIch Man" (Bumpass VA)  Website
Danae Kimpinski  "Murky Waters" (Drumheller AB Canada) Website
Carlo Furlan "The Little Things" (Bellingham WA) Website
Elizabeth Owens "Battle Scars" (Cleveland TN) Website
Shawn Jennings "Fresh Anointing" (Saint Cloud MN) Website
Zebbulon Rogers "More Than A Choice" (Gloster LA) Website
Mary Valad "God's Presence" (Fairfax VA) Website
Ariyana Hardy "Called To Be Me" (Cincinnati OH) Website
Brett Trout "Under Fire" (Dillsburg PA) Website
Buddy Guido "Sign of the Cross" (Mohawk NY) Website
Charles Cook "Fill Our Faithful Hearts" (Staten Island NY) Website
Marie Harmony "Let Go and Let God"  (Vienna Austria) Website
Francisco Hernandez "My Eyes Are On You" (Eagle Point OR) Website
Paul Kostal "Funny Humanz" (Victoria Australia) Website
Don Gnecco "Love Lifts Me Up High" (Demorest GA) Website
Jeff King "Wonder" (Palm Desert CA) Website
Jon Seccombe "Everliving Rock" (Woonona NSW Australia) Website
Kenyon Grey "Ordinary World" (Glendale AZ) Website
Preston Hudson II "Speechless" (Laurel DE) Website
Ronald Lawrence "That's What Jesus Means to Me" (Jericho VT) Website
Steven Huff "The Hurt, The Healing, & The Hope" (Middletown OH) Website
Jesse M Greene III "Hall of Fame for Jesus" (Cameron SC) Website

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FOLK / AMERICANA

Roy Gamse "The Story of the Talking Frog" (Arlington VA) Website
Michael R. J. Roth "For A Song" (Rio Rancho NM) Website
Scott Ireland "Old Guitar" (Willits CA) Website
Roxi Copland "Daddy Don't Do Politics" (Austin TX) Website
Ro Myra "Irene" (Missoula MT) Website
Rachel Sumner "Radium Girls" (Winchester MA) Website
Roy Gamse "Chopping Wood for Good" (Arlington VA) Website
Lj Kimbley "Home On A Rainbow" (Prince Albert SK Canada) Website
Steven Butler "Dreamy Old Man" (Kingsport TN)  Website
Noelle Pinsonnault "The Raven & The Ivy" (West Springfield MA)  Website

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INSTRUMENTAL

Alyssa Watts "Aerial Warfare" (North Hills CA)  Website
Stephane Prevost "Hold Still" (Lancashire UK)  Website
Chihiro Nishi "Extraordinary" (Tokyo Japan)  Website
Shelly Strunk "Noodles" (Portland OR)  Website
Johnny B.  "Run Gypsy Run" (Homer AK)  Website
Ludwik Konopko "Zoa" (Katowice Slaskie POLAND)  Website
Richard Carson "Green Country Blues" (Tulsa OK)  Website
Tony LaVorgna "Jeanie's Sax Quartet" (Wilton CT)  Website
Samer Fanek "Endlessly Lost" (Daly City CA)  Website
Kit Taylor "No. 7 at Hudson Yards" (Hillsboro OR)  Website
GISELA SCHÜTTEN-GALIANA "THAT´S LIVING (ESO ES VIVIR)" (Palma De Mallorca Islas Baleares España)  Website
Frank Harritt "An American Easter (The Joy of Mary M)" (Arvada Co)  Website
George Karagiannis "Samba (N'oublier Pas Paris)" (Athens Greece)  Website
Arkadiusz Religa "Pacific Rim" (La Quinta CA)  Website
Allan Corby "Gloria" (Hoboken NJ) Website
Efrat Shapira "Serenade" (Woodbridge NJ)  Website
Tony Tersmette "Blue Chalkin'" (Little Meadows PA)  Website
Arkadiusz Religa "Into The Future" (La Quinta CA)  Website
David Foster "Dust and Shadow" (Cincinnati OH) Website
Russell Perri "Le Sprit de Jole'" (Missoula MT) Website
Harrison Le "Inferno" (Tampa FL) Website
George Gillen "Just We Two" (Brevard NC) Website
Don Tocabajo "Scared" (Heidelberg Germany) Website
Nicholas Bridgman "Cascades" (Port Hueneme CA) Website
Frank Harritt "An American Easter" ( Arvada Co) Website
Kota Fukuda "Waikiki Twilight" ( Sasebo Nagasaki Japan) Website
Rolf Schnyder "Night Of The Brave" (Grimisuat Wallis Switzerland) Website
Noreen Inglesi "Dreams Reborn" (Cranston RI) Website
John Visconti "Wanderings" (Cary NC) Website
John Waylett "The Photographer" (Cambridge ON Canada) Website
Harvie S "Winthrop Beach" ( Bronx NY) Website
Kota Fukuda "Know You, Knows Me" ( Sasebo Nagasaki Japan) Website
Katie Hardyman "Molly's Rainbow" (Sydney NSW Australia) Website
Rae Kelly "Idir Eathara" (St Albans UK) Website
Rolf Schnyder "2020 Locked" (Grimisuat Wallis Switzerland) Website
Russell Perri "Starling's Sky'" (Missoula MT) Website
Sahoko Nakayama "Water Revolution" (Nagoya Japan) Website
Jeremy Dalton "Back in PA" (Sinking Spring PA) Website

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ROCK / ALT

Evan Sultan "Time Machine" (Santa Rosa CA) Website
Rugan Lewis "Safe Inside This Huddle" (Hyattsville MD) Website
Danny Vash "Viking Warriors" (Tijeras NM) Website
Darryl James & Jim Roach "You Made It Home" (Lindsay ON Canada) Website
Dawn Sedlacek "Invisible" (Palo IA) Website
Joey Townsend "Dust and Bone" (Matthews NC) Website
Johnny Bosch "Crazy World" (West Hills CA) Website
Justin Cotta "Little Things" (Sydney Australia) Website
Nick Andrea "My Felony" (Pasadena CA) Website
Syd Caldera "What Feels Good" (Brooklyn NY) Website
Timothy Montalvo "Don't Look Now" (Freehold NJ) Website

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HIPHOP / R&B

Bobby Bragg "Won’t Give up on Love" (Marina Del Rey CA) Website
Alana Zivanovic "Tightrope" (Richmond VIC Australia) Website
Thaddeus Pipon "Corner Store" (Murrysville PA) Website
Char McAllister "Closure" (Chicago IL) Website
Daliah King / Heartafiya "Suffer" (Bridgetown Barbados) Website
Ethan Schlesser & Krystal Maldonado "Shoulda Been" (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

Ronald Lawrence "Hospital Greens" (Jericho VT) Website
James Laev "When I Walk My Dog" (New York NY) Website
Robin Bienemann "Polly Amorous" (Oak Park IL) Website
David Majzlin "The Waiting Song" (Culver City CA) Website
Martin Melancon "Vaccination Song" (Gilchrist TX) Website
Ori Dagan "The Social Media Tango" (Toronto Canada) Website
Gregory Amadori "Chain Smokin’ Doobies" (Lincoln Park IL) Website
Fleurette Modica "I Had Sex With A Republican" (Santa Monica CA) Website
Kelli Caldwell "The Smilers" (Portland OR) Website
Paul Anderson "Billy B Leaves" (Valencia CA) Website
Celeste Makoff "Half of the Gold" (New York NY) Website
Sue Fink "Hymn of the Cicada" (Chicago IL) Website
Adam Levowitz "I Want To Be Jewish" (Denton TX ) Website
India Ramey "Cocktail For Christmas" (Nashville TN) Website
Gary Sandifer "Hummingbird" (Hollister CA) Website
Claudia Mikail "Hanukkah Tango" (Woodland Hills CA) Website
Brian Banks "Slow and Steady Wins the Race" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Aron Accurso "Caterpillar" (New York NY) Website
Allan Licht "Let Peace Rise Up" (Mayfield Heights OH) Website
Adam Webber "Strong Man" (Princeton IL) Website
Alica Martwick "Peppermint Paradise" (Portland OR) Website
Celeste Makoff "One" (New York NY) Website

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LYRIC WRITING

Roy Gamse "Love in the Time of Corona" (Arlington VA)  Website
Jasmine Beth "The Gambling Man"  (Elizabeth Bay NSW Australia)  Website
Henry Hank Greenspan "Old Man" (Ann Arbor MI)  Website
John Bilash "Offscreen" (Kalispell MT)  Website
Martin Robley "Summertime" (West Leederville WA Australia)  Website
Nigel Howard "Lyrical Oceans" (Norfolk England)  Website
Johnny B. "A Better World" (Homer AK)  Website
Mark Cariker "The Silvertone Radio" (Croton-on-Hudson NY)  Website
Michael R. J. Roth"The Hardest Thing To See" ((Rio Rancho NM)  Website
Preston Hudson II "Speechless" (Laurel DE)  Website
Randi Fay "Innocent" (De Pere WI)  Website
Ryan Rogers "Maggie May Flash" (Keller TX)  Website
James Renz & Sherre Birenbaum  "Here You See Me Standing" (St. Louis MO)  Website
Mike Pojar " Blood, Sweat and No Fears" & "Power Over Sin" (Boise, ID)  Website
John Raymond & Mac Barrient "I Pledge Allegiance" (Slidell LA)  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!

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