Great American Song Contest (2025)

* GASC HONOR FINALISTS *

Outstanding songs were discovered across all categories of last year's 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 2025 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

Leikyn Bravo "Other Side" (Chicago IL) Website
Debra Gussin / Martinez "Exception To the Rule" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Mark Crocker "Pretty Ugly" (Melbourne Australia) Website
Lars Pothast "Doll" (Utrecht Nederland) Website
Josie Layton "Crave" (London UK) Website
Karen McKibbin "Leave This Vacant Lover" (Mulmur ON Canada) Website
Reece Sullivan "To the End of the Night" (Lafayette LA) Website
Skyler Strandness "Loveless Sea" (Gig Harbor WA) Website
Thomas Kaye "Baby Please" (Wayland MA) Website
Robert Brodie "Not The Usual" (Pagewood NSW Australia) Website

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ADULT CONTEMPORARY (AC)

"Fireflies" by Devlin Miles Website + Sara Azriel Website + Chris Hewat Website (West Orange NJ)
Debra Gussin "I've Already Won" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Marla Lewis "I'll Find You" (Wantagh NY) Website
Natalie Jean "What They Didn't See" (Kensington MD) Website
Julia Lambert "Where Are You Now" (Johannesburg Africa) Website
Tracy Colletto "Diving In" (West Chester PA) Website
Adam Webber "The Gulf of America" Princeton IL) Website

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SINGER-SONGWRITER

Mark Sturdevant "Poker Night" (Chico CA) Website
Eric Colville "La La Land " (Raymond NH) Website
Jake Cassman "Anna, I'm Not Interesting" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Kenneth Kahn "Learn To Care" (Asheville NC) Website
John Melusky & Clare Steffen "Laurel Canyon" (Harvey Cedars NJ) Website
Robin Yukiko "Ocean Floor" (Arlington MA) Website
Chezi Pollack "Never Really There" (Givot Eden Israel) Website
Dan Barbenel "Beneath the Old Yew Tree (Schaerbeek Belgium) Website
Joselyn Wilkinson "What Are We Doing Here?" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Justin Karpinos "The Smallest of Spheres" (Nashville TN) Website
Sonya Hayden "Chapter One" (New York NY) Website
Liam van der Heyde "Kiss These Scars" (Western Cape South Africa) Website
Nicolette Aubourg "When Palestine Is Free" (El Segundo CA) Website
Bud Perschek "Puppets On Their Strings" (Marion IA) Website
Greg Malone "Runaway Game" (South Hobart TAS Australia) Website
Ailin Deng "You Can’t Live Without Me" (Los Angeles 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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COUNTRY

Barry Crannell "That's My Boy" (Hood River OR) Website
Steve Christopher "Little Houses" (Manchester TN) Website
Benny Nale "Back In the Day" (Springfield MO) Website
Mark Saville "My Name Is In Nashville " (Murillo  Canada) Website
Kate LaPlante "Preach" (Aliso Viejo CA) Website
Kristin Rivera "Pretty (Whatever That Means)" (Albuquerque NM) Website
Rick LaMarche "Six Strings and A Message" (Mequon WI) Website
Will Townsley "Little Cowboy" (Arlington TX) Website
Megan Harber "We Can Sleep When We're Dead" (Kilgore TX) Website
Aaron Cheney "Lay the Hammer Down" (Nibley UT) Website
Steve Hawkins "Home Sweet Motorhome" (Dayton NV) Website
Mary Zalla "Foolproof" (Covington KY) Website
Peter Eamon Harte "Don't Call Me Dude" (Aldinga Beach Australia) Website
David Henning "Honest" (Brighton CO) Website

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CHRISTIAN / INSPIRATIONAL

Charles Cook "Forever Home I'll Be" (Aberdeen NJ) Website
Mary Zalla "From A to Jesus " (Covington KY) Website
Len Seligman & Laura Kemp "Everything is Music" (Eugene OR) Website
Almeda Bradshaw "Never Thirst Again" (Huntley MT) Website
Robert Marsiglia "Keep On Keepin' The Faith" (Port Republic NJ) Website
Mark Fulwider "Crucify Him" (Yadkinville NC) Website
Asha John "Trustworthy" (Marietta GA) Website
Michael Pojar "Baptism Jubilee" (Eagle ID) Website
Kurtes Quesinberry "No Strange Place" (Marion SC) Website
Chris Miller "Gradually Then Suddenly" (Meadville PA) Website
Chad Barnett "Middle of My Story" (Morgantown WV) Website
Bethany Yeh "Still Small Voice" (Lexington Park MD) Website
Nicole Thomas "Your Matchless Name" (Oak Park IL) Website
Anthony Ranieri "Masterpiece" (Glen Cove NY) Website

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FOLK / AMERICANA

Susan Wickes "Sawdust and Nails" (Richmond IN) Website
Dave Gunning "World of Make Believe" (Lyons Brook Ontario Canada) Website
Roger Jaeger & John-Paul Gentile "Roosevelt" (Anderson CA) Website
Roy Gamse "Ruby Sales and Jonathan Daniels" (Arlington VA) Website
Dave Nachmanoff  "The Painter" (Davis CA) Website
Buddy Guido "If I Was A Horse" (Mohawk NY) Website
Paul Solomon "Billy Rogers' Dream" (Pawleys Island SC) Website
John Stano "Caribou Bar & Grill" (Milwaukee WI) Website
David Kuncicky "Forty Years and Nothin'" (Santa Fe NM) Website
Michael Henchman "Motel Dog" (Vancouver WA) Website
Steve Learner "Grasslands" (Lawrence KS) Website
Bob Davoli "Transistor Radio and Me" (Lincoln MA) Website
Roy Gamse "Widening Divide (I Had to Let Her Go)" (Arlington VA) Website
Patrick DeSimio "Do You Know the Words?" (Las Cruces NM) Website
Michael Sion "Feels Like November" (Reno NV) Website
Mark Dean "Sergeant Ajax (Idyllwild CA) Website
Jimbo Scott "Live Free " (Castro Valley CA) Website
James Terry "The Walls Stand On and On" (Napa CA) Website
Derek Sallmann & Paul Otten "Big Wide World" (Waukesha WI) Website
Ryan Rogers "Langford Dupree" & "Minnie Pearl" (Keller TX) Website
Peter Eamon Harte "Out Along the Border Where I Don't Dare Go" (Aldinga Beach South Australia) Website
Roy Gamse "A Marriage Made in Heaven" (Arlington VA) Website
Eric Behr "Ahmed Al-Khatib" (Riverside RI) Website
Brock Gleeson "I Don't Drink I Drown " (Jackson WY) Website

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INSTRUMENTAL

Samer Fanek "Glass Half Empty" (Daly City CA) Website
Katie Hardyman "Lucy's Lullaby" (Turramurra Sydney Australia) Website
Tony LaVorgna "Clarinet Jiggle" (Wilton CT) Website
Theodore Mavromoustakis "Keep It Blue" (Thessaloniki Greece) Website
Megan Fay "Alas" (Warrenton VA) Website
John Visconti "Sailing" (Cary NC) Website
Frank Harritt "An American Easter" (Cary NC) Website
Jakub Polaczyk "American Blue Horses" (Astoria NY) Website
Stuart Reblin "Masada" (Tucson AZ) Website
Patrick Regan "Gulf Stream" (Valbonne France) Website
Thayne Johnson "Blue Lullaby" (Leawood KS) Website
Robert Delgatto "The Final Approach" (Portland OR) Website
David Kuncicky "Pizza and Chopsticks" (Santa Fe NM) Website
Samer Fanek "Inner Clapse" (Daly City CA) Website
David Perrin "La Mariposa" (Folsom CA) Website
Megan Fay "Heavy Air" (Warrenton VA) Website
Mckenzi Scott "Lullaby" (Coniston NSW Australia) Website
Luc Lemay "The Battle of Chamdo" (Sherbrooke Quebec Canada) Website
Samer Fanek  "Fleeting Struggle" (Daly City CA) Website
Jernej Zoran "Tears of Orion" (Sentjernej Slovenia) Website
Ron Wade "Maybe" (Escondido CA)
Josef Klíč "The Friendly Arms" (Czech Republic ) Website
Steven Sabet & Doherty "At the Brink of Dawn" (Cedar Grove) Website
Davorin Cavar "Glad To See You're Well" (Falls Church VA) Website

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ROCK / ALT

Celeste Marie Wilson "If I Sin For You" (Montgomery TX) Website
Alexandra Allred "We Are Here" (Waxahachie TX) Website
Perry Gathings "God Hung the Moon" (Burlington NC) Website
Karen McKibbin "Access Denied" (Mulmur ON  Canada) Website
Jesse Bloodgood "Wishful Thinker" (Watkins Glen NY) Website
Nick Premeau "Better Off" (Neguanee MI) Website
Nate Walker "The Devil Wears a Suit" (San Mateo CA) Website
Grigorios Skoteiniadis "Black Sheep" (Winston-Salem NC) Website
Bobbi Kleiner "Me Or the Demon" (Topeka KS) Website
Alexandra Allred "Cat Ladies Dog Moms" (Waxahachie TX) Website
Jordan Siwek "Like Me (and Follow Me)"  (New York NY) Website

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HIPHOP / R&B

Lance Livingston "With You" (Mansfield TX) Website
Jamie Chambers "Stay Woke" (Kissimmee FL) Website
Natasha Skillman "Scrubs Off" (Spotsylvania VA) Website
Adam Webber "Strong Man (Princeton IL) Website
Jamie Chambers "We Goanna Win" (Kissimmee FL) 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

Jack Saunders and Cheryl Bobbitt "Ballad of Spade Cooley" (Chilo OH) Website
Heather White Luckow "A Fishy Tale" (Beaconsfield QC Canada) Website
Laurie Dameron "There's Always a Rainbow" (Boulder CO) Website
David Sahakian "Why Santa" (Madison WI) Website
Alica Martwick "Musical Bears" (Portland OR) Website
Debra Gussin "Hey Harper" (Los Angeles CA) Website
Jesse Norell "T-Flex" (Mounds View MN) Website
Laurence (Coco) Markarian "Shades Of Grey' " (Hamilton MT) Website
Michael Calabrese-Breze "Hello Mornin' " (San Clemente CA) Website
Roy Gamse "Three Men on a Deserted Island" (Arlington VA) Website
John Visconti "Beautifuler" (Cary NC) Website
Samuel Bayer "The Complaint Department" (Cambridge MA) Website
Jeremy Dion "Looking Forward" (Lafayette CO) Website
Tom Kaye "Hurts Sometimes" (Wayland MA) Website
Mark Nelson "Oh Deer" (Niagara Falls ON Canada) Website
Jeremy Dion "Workin' My Numbers" (Lafayette CO) Website
David Stern "Lullaby" (Arlington MA) Website
Jamie Oliviero "Angels All Around" (Lorette MB Canada) Website

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LYRIC WRITING

Ben Diamond "Wave Goodbye To the Clown" (East Meadow NY) Website
Barry Crannell "That's My Boy' (Hood River OR) Website
Wendy Wilf "Modern Medicine" (New York NY) Website
Natalie Jean "What They Didn't See" (Kensington MD) Website
Christopher Stone "Last Letters Home" (Duncan OK) Website
Hank Greenspan "Old Man" (Ann Arbor MI) Website
Michael R.J. Roth "Pieces of Me" (Panama City FL) Website
Matthew Yedlin "You Said the Words" (Studio City CA) Website
Mark Stepakoff "Breakup Bangs" (Natick MA) Website
Matthew Yedlin "Easier Said Than Done" (Studio City CA) Website

Martin Robley "Near Miss FM" (West Leederville Australia) Website
Matthew Yedlin "I'll Return (If Only in My Mind)" (Studio City CA) Website
Matthew Ostendorf "Barstools and Bible Verses" (Bokeelia FL) Website
Martin Robley "Sail Away (No Sea Required)" (West Leederville Australia) Website
Michelle Dietterick "Tick Tick Boom" (Berwick PA) Website
Erik Norton "Best Bad Day" (Georgetown TX) Website
Michelle Dietterick "F*cking or Fighting" (Berwick PA) Website
Jerry Jewell "One Like" (Rancho Cordovs) Website
Robert Etherington "ENGLAND, ENGLAND (World Cup Football)" (White England UK) 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!

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.