25th Annual Great American Song Contest

* GASC HONOR FINALISTS *

Outstanding songs were discovered all categories of the 25th Annual Great American Song Contest. Our dedicated judges reviewed songs from over 1800 songwriters worldwide. The quality of songwriting was truly impressive, making the task of selecting winners both satisfying and challenging.

Below is the official list of GASC Finalists who entered in 2023. 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

Gaynor Moran & Rob Pippan "Rise Up" (Adelaide Australia) Website
Elizabeth Cuite "Night Sky" (Cold Spring NY) Website
Ava Della Pietra "Ego" (New York) Website
Rhondalynn Pisanello "It's Halloween Bitches" (Rimbey Canada) Website
Colin Hallahan "Heavenly Hated" (Old Lyyme CT) Website
Evan Winokurzew "Dance Into Forever" (Arlington VA) Website
Ilana Held "Hard Candy" (Fort Collins CO) Website
Ava Della Pietra "Ego" (New York) Website
Rachel Lincoln "Married In Vegas" (Las Vegas NV) Website
Ava Della Pietra "I Don't Need Approval From U" (New York) Website
Mario Almonte "Your Love Is Like A Slow Disease" (Fresh Meadows NY) Website

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ADULT CONTEMPORARY (AC)

Debra Gussin "You're A Halo" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Richard Branch "You Don't Have To Be Good" (Bradenton FL) Website
Ryan Rogers "Knock Out!" (Keller TX) Website
Nathan Eggins "Can You Guess My Star Sign?" Kedron QLD Australia) Website
Harry Dahl "The Spirit of a Party" (Berlin Germany) Website
Iyla Elise "Outlier" (Charlottesville VA) Website
Richard Branch "Appaloosa" (Bradenton FL) Website
Ryan Rogers "New Jerusalem, USA" (Keller TX) Website
Tom Cooney "Dancing on the Moon" (Pennsburg PA) Website
Matt Herbst & Jessie Mae Doriga "Separate Ways" (Cromwell CT) Website

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SINGER-SONGWRITER

Graham Mizen "Play It On A Saturday Night" (Lincolnshire UK) Website
Ava Della Pietra "Depend On Me" (New York NY) Website
Jamie Oliveiro "Who Will Lead" (Manitoba, Canada) Website
William Perry "With You Once Again" (Gaithersburg MD) Website
Patti Shaffner "Ready" (Gary IN) Website
Rhonda Gessow & Donata Gierczycka "See You Down The Line" (Woodside CA) Website
Coty Hoover "Look Back and Learn" (Columbia SC) Website
Kym Tuvim "Love Doesn't Lie" (Seatac WA) Website
Andrew Wolf "Dreaming Me Home (Song for Ukraine)" (Washington DC) Website
Sukie Mason "Can't Sing in That Key" (Mill Valley CA) Website
Samuel Kelly-Cohen "What If?" (Nashville TN) Website
Isabel Folkers "Leave Me To Bleed" (Fairfax CA) Website
Emily Hurd "No One Else But You" (Rockford IL) Website
Cori Bechler "Strange Magic" (Nashville TN) Website
Ryan Tomlin "All The Songs I Know" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Michelle Miller "Expectations" (Cottage Grove) 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

Rhondalynn Pisanello "Love Is Compromise " (Rimbey Canada) Website
Chad Barnett "Middle of My Story" (Morgantown WV) Website
Henry Evans & Nick Taylor "Never Drink Alone " (Los Altos CA) Website
Ken Kahn "Sweetheart Two Step" (Asheville NC) Website
Michael McGee & Rolf Schnyder "When A Teardrop Becomes An Ocean" (Philipsburg PA) Website
Jeffrey Geller "Taylor, Please Put Me on Instagram" (Sea Girt NJ) Website

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CHRISTIAN / INSPIRATIONAL

Amanda Nolan "Broken Pieces" (West Grove PA) Website
Bryant Bibb "When I Close My Eyes To See" (Charlottesville VA) Website
Windy Green, Roger Fortner & Greg Alexander "Death O' Death" (Cameron SC) Website Youtube
Nicole Lickstein "God's Still Working On Me" (Nashville TN) Website
Phil Kershaw "Wash Me Clean" (Maple Ridge BC Canada) Website
Debbie Bible & Meagan Allen "Follow" (Brunswick GA) Website
Jill VanCleve (Troubaduo) "Storm Stiller" (Mansfield AR) Website
William C. Frierson & James K. Bass, Jr. "The Babe, The Son of Mary" (Alpharetta GA) Website
Vicky Ross "A Vessel Of Honor" (Detroit Lakes MN) Website
Lewis Papier "The Mercy Beat" (New York NY) Website
Nicole Thomas "Handing You the Reins" (Oak Park) Website
Rachel Durbin "  Promise Keeper" (Lake in the Hills IL) Website
Shari Frink "Holy Spirit Activate" (Englewood FL) Website
Iris Jemimah Christopher "Finally Free" (Arcadia CA)  Website Youtube
Jan Blaising & Nancy Beaudette "Mountaintops and Oceans" (Whitestown IN) Website Youtube Facebook
Windy Green, Roger Fortner, & Greg Alexander "Hall Of Fame For Jesus" (Cameron SC) Website Youtube
Paul Avanti Iannuzzelli "Wings Of Mercy" (Tannabar NSW Australia) Website
Robert Marsiglia "Starmaker" (Jackson NJ) Website
Shelby Porter "Heal Our Land" (Little Rock AR) Website
Joseph Konrad "Fish on My Tailgate" (Freeport IL) Website
Tori Nelson "The Lord is Close" (Cleveland OH) Website
Tracey Williams "A Little Grace" (Eudlo Australia) Website
Wayne Tafoya "A Good Soul" (Hooper UT) Website
T. Leigh Taylor "Grace and Mercy" (Spring Valley CA) Website
Matt Stemme "Grace Sets the Table" (Clayton NC) Website

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FOLK / AMERICANA

Karel Daniels "Tear Stained Eyes" (Hialeah FL) Website
Bryant Bibb "When I Close My Eyes To See" (Charlottesville VA) Website
Stuart Kabak "Moms Guitar" (Parksville NY) Website
Thea Hopkins "Trouble (Pulled Up A Chair)" (Somerville MA) Website
Roxi Copland "Daddy Don't Do Politics" (Austin TX) Website
Jim Renz & Sherre Birenbaum "Here You See Me Standin" (St. Louis MO) Website
Michael Gaither "Mix Tape" (Watsonville CA) Website
Matthew Price "Be Grateful, Stay Humble, Have Fun and Love People" (Silverton OR) Website
Patrick DeSimio "'Til the Cock Crows" (Las Cruces NM) Website
Roy Gamse and John Bachmann "Ruby Sales and Jonathan Daniels" (Arlington VA) Website
Lyn Koonce "My Old House" (Greensboro NC) Website
Luke Dener "Nothing Quite The Same" (Hayden ID) Website
Brian Estes "Nowhere To Go But Down" (Ellsworth ME) Website
Edna Garte "Abraham’s Tears" (Baltimore MD) Website
Jane Eamon "When I Build This House" (Kelowna BC Canada) Website
Kala Farnham "Nunnushae (Singing River)" (Pomfret Ctr, CT) Website
Lyn Koonce "My Old House" (Greensboro NC) Website
Don Campbell  "The Snow At Arlington" (Scarborough ME) Website

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INSTRUMENTAL

Tony LaVorgna "Nightcrawler" (Wilton CT)  Website  Youtube
Will Herrington "Riverfront" (Nashville TN) Website
Bruixa Nishimura "Ritual for Purification" (Long Island City NY) Website
Noshir Mody"The Yards" (New York) Website
R.D. King "Stolen Season" (Quincy MA) Website
Scott Ireland "Snow Day" (Willits CA) Website
Theodoros Mavromoustakis "Talk Of A Chance" (Thessaloniki Greece) Website
Tony LaVorgna "Starlight Shuffle" (Wilton CT)  Website
Stepan Golovatenko-Abramov "Mercury" (Gaithersburg MD) Website
Stefano Manotti "Leap In the Dark" (Parma Italy) Website
Sakura Hinata "The Resurrection" (Nagoya Aichi Japan) Website
Patti Unruh "Pleiadian" (Broken Arrow OK) Website
Noshir Mody "In The Absence Of Answers" (New York) Website
Gary Fitch "Morning Flight" (Greenwood IN) Website
Miles Hoyle "Absolutely Charming" (Norfolk VA) Website
Mark Horton "Daydreamer" (Nampa ID) Website
Ronald Smith "Lift Off" (Joppa MD) Website
Gisela Schutten "Lovely Yesterday" (Palma De Mallorca Spain) Website
R.D. King "Pink Umbrella" (Quincy MA) Website
Ron Wade "Out In the Open" (Escondido CA) Website
Jordan Spivack "A Child's Prayer For Peace" (Nanuet NY) Website
John Waylett "The Endless Search for Self" (Cambridge ON Canada) Website
Bruixa Nishimura "The Seven Gods Walk Among Us" (Long Island City NY) Website
Dustin Patrick "The Awakening" (Geneva IL) Website
Frank Harritt "An American Easter" (Arvada CO) Website
Gary Ochs "If I Could Touch The Sky" (San Mateo CA) Website
Gisela Schutten "No Hay Solucion" (Palma De Mallorca Spain Website
Jeremie Groleau "Open Roads" (Montreal QB Canada) Website
Joel Harvey "Round the Buoy" (Springfield MO) Website
John Visconti "Wanderings" (Cary NC) Website
Joel Harvey "Bloom" (Springfield MO) Website
Jayden Beyrooti "Triple Bridge" (Melbourne FL) Website
David Brown "Controlled Positive Energy" (London England UK) Website
Jayden Beyrooti "Traction Control" (Melbourne FL) Website

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ROCK / ALT

Christopher Ratay "Can't Need Your Love" (Center Moriches NY) Website
Shimmer Johnson "Carousel" (Edmonton AB Canada) Website
Daniel Roberts "Summertime Static Playlist" (Davie FL) Website
Dylan Lock "Two Birds One Stoned" (Penetanguishene ON Canada) Website
Noelle Pinsonnault "I Need A Dog" (West Springfield MA) Website
Jonathan Wentworth-Linton "Open Window" (Jaderberg Germany) Website
Darren Wilson "Lies" (Aldinga Beach Australia) Website
Eli Jaxon "Nothing Numbs a Heartbreak" (Layton UT) Website
Glenn Valles "Karma" (Mumbai India) Website
Chase Walker "Move" (Riverside CA) WebsiteRiverside CA

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HIPHOP / R&B

Julianne Williams "Get This Groove" (Phoenix AZ) Website
Gabriel Blackburn "Shake" (Orange Park FL) Website
Viktoriya Gurskaya aka "Simply Vika" "Hollywood" (New York NY) Website
Viola Dukaj "Loverboy" (Weissach im Tal, Germany) Website
Alexander Thomas  "D.R.E.A.M. (Death Rules Everything Around Me)" (Mareno Valley CA) 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

Allan Corby "Better 'N You" (Edgewater NJ) Website
Linda Marks & Lisa Jeanette "Love Always Wins" (Waltam MA) Website
Adam Levowitz "I Want to be Jewish (Letter to Santa)" (Clermont FL) Website
Heather White Luckow "I Can Eat a Rainbow" (Beaconsfield QC Canada ) Website
William Armstrong "I've Got Those Full On Munchies" (Kihei HI) Website
Eileen Sherman "Kwanzaa's Pure Light" (New York NY) Website
Felicia Grady "364 Days Until Christmas" (Valencia CA) Website
Jessa Campbell & the Saplings "Owls Game" (Portland OR) Website
Michael Gaither & John Cirillo "No More Tequila For Santa" (Watsonville CA) Website
Roy Gamse and Shawnee Shaman "Love In the Time Of Corona" (Arlington VA) Website
Brian Banks "Let Your Hair Down" (Cheyenne, WY) Website
Mary Lou Fulton & Alan Roy Scott "Criminal for Life " (Long Beach CA) Website
Carol Teal "Drinking In the Afternoon" (Newmarket ON Canada) Website
Gayle Skidmore "Christmas Wish" (Noord Holland the Netherlands) Website
Achim Kukarans "I Just Ran Over Your iPhone" (Bluegrass IA) Website
Allan Corby "Aw Shucks" (Edgewater NJ) Website
Carmen Yates & Mikel Campbell "Gonna Be Happy" (Salisbury MD) Website
Roy Gamse and Joseph DeNatale "Living Life Backwards" (Arlington VA) Website
Charles Sartorius "The Freakin' Fracking Blues" (Irving TX) Website
Clifton Beach III "Christmas Day Funk" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Jen Hajj "Ken's Long-awaited Package" (Mountainburg AR) Website
Tim Terkelsen "The Ghosts of Viet Nam" (Yuma AZ) Website
David Sahakian "Why Santa" (Madison WI) Website
Daniel Barbenel "Tartan Dinosaurs" (Schaerbeek Bruxelles Belgium) Website
Frank Gavern "Jesus Was a Trucker" (Grand Rapids MI) Website
Mike Biggar "Mad At Santa" Quispamsis Canada) Website
Ron Day  "I'll Play Santa and You'll Play Mrs. Claus" (Seattle WA) Website

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LYRIC WRITING

Martin Robley "Summertime" (West Leederville WA Australia) Website
Paul Perkins "We're The Reason We Drink" (Columbia SC) Website
Paul Petruccelli "We Always Knew" (Portland OR) Website
Roy Gamse "Not Enough Chairs" (Arlington VA) Website
Bowie Smith "The Window" (Columbus, OH) Website
Brandon Boyd "Double Bird" (Irvine CA) Website
Daniel Edwards "Out Where The Wind Blows Free" (Cypress TX) Website
Rhonda Gessow & Brice Dahlmeier "The Call Of Humanity" (Woodside CA) Website
Mark Stepakoff "The Gospel Truth" (Wayland MA) Website
Deborah Hladik "Miss Shirley" (Jupiter FL) Website
John Thater "The Joke's On Me" (Surrey UK) Website
Michael R.J. Roth "I Won't Bring You FLowers Anymore" (Panama City FL) Website
Nicole Lickstein "God's Still Working On Me" (Nashville TN) Website
Roy Gamse "Circle Of Wife" (Arlington VA) Website
John OsingaJoh "Ghost" (St. Thomas Ontario Canada) Website
Shannon Beel "Fit" (Nashville TN) Website
Brandon Boyd "Zero Chance" (Irvine CA) Website
Hunter Taylor "Going Dark" (Chattanooga TN) Website
Will LeDure "Cry Myself Awake" (Scott City MO) Website
Kate Thompson "I'll Remember You" (Waterford, Ireland) Website
Billy Simons "Me and Dashboard Jesus" (Ware MA) Website
Mark Courtney "The Dream" (Las Cruces NM) 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!