Great American Song Contest

19th Annual GREAT AMERICAN SONG CONTEST (2017)

These are your winners!

To learn more about these songwriters and hear their winning songs, visit the Great American Song Hall Of Fame.
For a complete list of Finalists, please scroll down this page to Finalists.

 


Ruth Hill

Oh, Brother Mine

Ruth Hill
Somerville MA

Grand Prize Winner!

Hall of Fame 2017


First-Place Category Winner

Singer/Songwriter

Monica Sigler

Favorite Place

Monica Sigler
Overland Park KS

Hall of Fame 2017

Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting

Kami Lyle

Indiana Jones

Kami Lyle
Harwich MA

Website 

Judy Kass

Look At Us Marching Now

Judy Kass
Tarrytown NY

Website

 

Daniel Derrico

Story of an Underdog

Daniel Derrico 
Fairfax VA

Website

Garth Baker

Restless Lullaby

Garth Baker
Stoney Creek ONT Canada

Website 

 

First-Place Category Winner

Pop/Top 40

Stephanie K

Breaking Up

Stephanie K
Bloomfield Hills MI

Hall of Fame 2017

Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting

Joseph Cirello

Afterglow

Joseph Cirello

New York NY

Website

Jonathan Bluth

Try

Jonathan Bluth, Gustav Afsahi,
Frithiof Stenvall & Fredrik Ceder

Westlake Village CA

Website

Anh Le

If You Can't Take the Rain

Anh Le
Coral Gables FL

Website

Alyssa Caroline

Bump In the Road

Alyssa Caroline
Hartland WI

Website

First-Place Category Winner

Adult Contemporary

Celeste Newman & Mark Crocker

Leopard 

Celeste Newman & Mark Crocker
Victoria AUSTRALIA

Hall of Fame 2017

Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting

Paul Kostal

Funny Humanz

Paul Kostal
Perth AUSTRALIA

Website

Nitanee Paris - Maelan Abran

Time Won't Wait

Nitanee Paris & Maelan Abran
Malibu CA

Website

Jeff_Rotunno

Make Time for Angels

Geoff Rotunno 
Solvang CA

Website

Louis Cate

If Heaven Had A Phone 

Louis Cate
Alexandria VA

Website

First-Place Category Winner

Folk/Americana

Charly Markwart

In Mother Maybelle's Hands 

Charly Markwart 
Portland MI

Hall of Fame 2017

Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting

Abe Loomis

Cash Crop

Abe Loomis
Conway MA

Website
Rupert Wates

The Day the Great Ship Went Down

Rupert Wates
New York NY

Website

Patrick Nagel

A Nation Foreign Born

Patrick Nagel
Ukiah CA

Website
Steven Moss

Our Golden Time

Steven Moss
Portland OR

Website

 

First-Place Category Winner

Special Music

Fawn

Ghoulish Ghosts 

Fawn 
Los Angeles CA

Hall of Fame 2017

Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting

Marla Lewis

Major / Minor

Marla Lewis
Wantagh NY

Website

Mark Stepakoff

Christmas In Bethlehem

Mark Stepakoff
Wellesley MA

Website

John Farry

Christmas Stuff

John Farry
Enniskillen IRELAND

Website
Isidore Elias

Guns

Isidore Elias
Brooklyn NY

Website

 

First-Place Category Winner

Rock/Alt

Matt North

No Hard Feelings

Matt North
Nashville TN

Hall of Fame 2017

Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting

Lauren Brombert

All Systems Go

Lauren Brombert & Matt Tryba
Denver CO

Website

Abraham Loomis

Refugees Are Welcome Here

Abraham Loomis 

Conway MA

Website

Randy LaBrott

Chemical Imbalance

Randy LaBrott

Red Bud IL

Website

Laurie Miller

B-O-R-I-N-G

Laurie Miller 
Lynnwood WA

Website

 

First-Place Category Winner

Instrumental

 Mike Catalano

Smooth As Silk

Mike Catalano
New York NY

Hall of Fame 2017

Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting

Jeremy Stepansky

Apart

Jeremy Stepansky
Monclair NJ

Website

Peter Rogosky

Song For Keith

Peter Rogan
Temple PA

Website
Amanda Lee Falkenberg

Gothic Gathering

Amanda Lee Falkenberg
Dubai United Arab Emirates

Website


Cynthia Thijs Coenraad

Where Were You

Cynthia Thijs Coenraad
Hengelo NETHERLANDS

Website

First-Place Category Winner

Country

Nathan Brumley

Don Juan.Com

Nathan Brumley

Antioch TN

Hall of Fame 2017

Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting

Janine de Souza

Backup Plan 

Janine de Souza, Kelly McGrath
& Brad McKinney

Berkeley CA

Website
Eric Blossman

Bulletproof

Eric Blossman
Spicewood TX

Website
Lexi James

Brave

Lexi James & Adam Searan 
Kittery Point ME

Website
Jeff Moxcey

When Horses Were Better Than Boys

Jeff Moxcey 
Waterville ME

Website

 

First-Place Category Winner

Christian/Inspirational

Carlos St. Omer

"Covered"

Carlos St. Omer 
Castries West Indies

Hall of Fame 2017

Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting

Jordan Weymouth

The Face of God

Jordan Weymouth
Sykesville MD

Website

Jim Laev

Sand Me Down

Jim Laev
New York NY

Website

Tyler Madden & Tim Blom

Casting Stones

Tyler Madden & Tim Blom
La Vergne TN

Website

Len Seligman

Shine Your Light

Len Seligman, David Roth, Judy Moore,
David & Anne Ezell

Sarasota FL

Website


First-Place Category Winner

HipHop/R&B

Ashley Fulton

The Hollow

Ashley Fulton
Pepper Pike OH

Hall of Fame 2017

Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting

Jesse Batten

Focus (Blossom) 

Jesse Batten
North Hollywood CA

Website

Chandtisse McClaurin

The Life That Chose Me

Chandtisse McClaurin
New York NY

Website
Chandtisse McClaurin

Pretty (For A Dark Girl)

Lulu Fall 
New York NY

Website

 

Caron Dale

Marching Feet Can Make It Right

Caron Dale
Washington DC

Website

 

First-Place Category Winner

Lyric Writing

Mark Stepakoff

Christmas In Bethlehem

Mark Stepakoff
Wellesley MA

Hall of Fame 2017

Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting

Mark Montijo

Someone Can Fly

Mark Montijo
Jamul CA

Website

Susan Maranty

I Can't Unlove You

Susan Muranty
Sydney AUSTRALIA

Website

essence

Reinventing Ourselves

Debra Gussin & Don Grady
Los Angeles CA

Website

Martin Robley

Skin Diving

Martin Robley
Ballajuras AUSTRALIA

Website

 

 

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NOTE: To learn more about these songwriters and hear their winning songs, visit the Great American Song Hall Of Fame. For a complete list of Finalists, see 2017 Finalists.

Untitled Document Links to Previous GASC Winners:
* 24th Annual Great American Song Contest
* 23rd Annual Great American Song Contest (2022)
* 22nd Annual Great American Song Contest (2021)
* 21st Annual Great American Song Contest (2020)
* 21st Annual Great American Song Contest (2019)
* 20th Annual Great American Song Contest (2018)
* 19th Annual Great American Song Contest (2017)
* 18th Annual Great American Song Contest (2016)
* 17th Annual Great American Song Contest (2015)
* 16th Annual Great American Song Contest (2014)
* 15th Annual Great American Song Contest (2013)
* 14th Annual Great American Song Contest (2012)
* 13th Annual Great American Song Contest (2011)
* 12th Annual Great American Song Contest (2010)
* 11th Annual Great American Song Contest (2009)
* 10th Annual Great American Song Contest (2008)
* 9th Annual Great American Song Contest  (2007)
* 8th Annual Great American Song Contest  (2006)


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