Great American Song Contest

20th Annual Great American Song Contest
GASC HONOR FINALISTS / 2018

Outstanding songs were discovered all categories of the 20th 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 enjoyable, but also challenging.

Below is the official list of GASC 2018 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 11 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 to list with your song, please send us your web address. *

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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

Jasmine Crowe "Playing With Fire" (Studio City CA) website
Steven Lowden "Drive" (Allen TX) website
Abby Lane Black "Strong"  (Cincinnati OH) website
Flavia "Expectations" (Los Angeles CA) website
Garrett Fitzgerald "Purple" (Edmonton AB Canada) website
Ztorus Jo "Save the Children (Tacoma WA) website
Daniel Maguire "Metro" (Canberra ACT Australia) website
Michelle Robison "Hope" (Spanish Fork UT) website
Benjamin McFadden "I Keep Running Into My Ex" (Chicago IL) website
 

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ADULT CONTEMPORARY (AC)

Lianne Fournier "The Right Way" (Winnipeg MB Canada) website
Linda Kasko "Stop the Clock (Simi Valley CA) website
Julie Ludgate "Fighter" (Hampshire UK) website
Roy O'Neil "Fires of Spring" (Woodbury CT) website
Karl Bremer "Cool and Mellow" Hermanus South Africa ) website
Kate Stevens "Right Choice" (Calgary CANADA) website
Launa Schweizer, Bill Lienhard & Chapin Day "Pandora's Regrets" (Brooklyn NY) website
Mary Segato "When You Reach Heaven" (Wolfville NS Canada) website
Bonnie Logan "All That Might Have Been" (Middle Grove NY)  website

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SINGER-SONGWRITER

Aaron English "Wingless Bird" (Seatlle WA) website
Andrew Wiscombe "White Mâché" (Roy UT) website
Aria Braswell "You" (Cincinnati OH) website
Bob Hillman "Shiny Silver " (San Fransisco CA) website
Andrew Dunn "This Is My Husband's Car" (Lebanon NJ) website
Bill Gamill "Persona" (Baton Rouge LA) website
Jeremy Voltz "One Day At A Time" (North Royalton OH) website
Katie Ferrara "Break Free"(Los Angeles CA) website
Ori Dagen "Sting Of the Cactus" Toronto ON Canada) website
Suzie Brown "Under the Surface" (Nashville TN) website
Susannah Hallagan "White Collar Criminal" & "Sisters Take Care" (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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COUNTRY

Ed Cawhon "What's the Matter With Me" (Brentwood TN) website
Troy Kaszas "Alabama Lightning" (Enterpise AL) website
Mike Bloomer "The Closer" (Frisco TX) website
Alan Kovler "Is It Love Yet?" (Catskill NY) website
Spencer Kelly "How Could A Boy Go Wrong" ( (Victoria Park AUSTRALIA) website
Andrew Smith "That's A Good One (Kelowna BC Canada) website
Jack Putman "It Is What It Is" (Gilbert AZ) website
Christina Christian "Dolly, Would You Pardon Me" (Henderson TN) website
Gary Speer "Mama Taught Me How To Dream"  (Wiggins MS) website
Jordan Weymouth "Rolling Next To You (Sykesville MD) website
Launnie Ginn "Tension" (Los Osos CA) website
Tedd Swormstedt "Nothin' Bad About A Good Time" (West Chester OH) website
Mitchel Young Evans "RingTone" (Portland OR) website
James Bailey "I Got Your Mamma Mia!" (Kalamazoo MI) website
Vincent Rondenelli "Driving Under the Influence of  Your Love" (Clinton NY) website
Mario Almonte "America Is Me" (Fresh Meadow NY) website
Mark Williams "Angels Don't Appear In Places Like This" (Allentown PA) website
Troy Kaszas "Backwoods Barnyard Dance" (Enterpise AL) website
Janice Chandler "The D" (Norfolk VA) website
Paul Fusco "Coffee Break" (Cranston RI) website
Paul Smith "Pour Me A Lullaby"  (Toronto ON Canada) website
Thomas LaBelle "Rolling' Cross the Country (On A Song)" (Neebing ON Canada) website
Tony Olson "Metal and Ink" (Kuna ID) website

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CHRISTIAN / INSPIRATIONAL

Amber Lincoln "Compass" (Surprise AZ) website
Carlos St. Omer "One Wish" (Castries St. Lucia) website
Dean Lindsay "I Know You" (Plano TX) website
Jim Disney "Where We Never Grow Old" (Knoxville TN) website
Cecile Manuela "Tomorrow Will Take Care Of Itself" (Lancaster Township PA) website
Connie Vigil "Overboard" (Fort Walton Beach FL) website
Curtis Mosley "It's Time To Roll the Stone Away" (New Caney TX) website
Eric Defend "Awaken Me" (Monticello IL) website
Francesca LaRosa "I Believe In Jesus" (Indianapolis IN) website
Jordan Grace "Where the Light Is" (Whitefish MT) website
Joseph Tenney "He Is Born" (Gilbert AZ) website
Kimberly Smoak "Kneel At the Cross" (Neosho MO) website
Kristi Engelbrecht "More Of You" (Browns Summit NC) website
Lisanne Keane "Beautiful To Me" (Wrentham MA) website
Mark Proctor "No Greater Love" (Calvin WV) website
Michael Berkey "Your Jericho" (Zebulon NC) website
Rhonda Rattansingh "The Great I Am" (Trinidad West Indies) website
Rick Lee James "Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing)" (Springfield OH) website
Ruth Brosnan "Dangerous" (Los Angeles CA) website
Steve Schuch "New Jerusalem"  (Hancock NH) website
Susan Kohler "God Made Everything"  (Venice CA) website
William Carroll Cook & Jennifer B. McCallister "Grandma's Front Porch" (Sand Springs OK) website
Natalie Jean & Alexi Von Guggenberg "He Loves Me" (Kensington MD) website
Amanda Blankenship / Nancy Blandford / Ben Calhoun / Jarred Lawson "Something Beautiful" (Circleville OH) website

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FOLK / AMERICANA

Bob Macdonald "If You Grew Up From Around Here" (Boynton Beach FL) website
Michael J. Roth  "Homeless Sky" (Rio Rancho NM) website
Patrick Nagel "The Peregrin"  Ukiah CA) website
Sue Fink "Earth Sings To Venus" (Chicago IL) website
Andrew Wiscombe "St. Peter, the Accountant" (Roy UT) website
Geoff Gattis "Someone Makes a Profit Whenever I Get Sick" (Falmouth ME) website
Bryan Russo "Unfinished Symphony (Berlin MD) website
Steven Huff "Just A Songwriter (Middletown OH) website
Don Harrison "Fantasy League" (Arnold MD) website
George Wayne "In America" (Henrico VA) website
Glen Evelyn "Make the World A Better Place (Fort Lauderdale FL) website
John Craddock "Heartland" (Evansville IN) website
Liz Chidester "My Way / Your Way" (Chicago IL) website
Lon Conklin "The Grillin' Song (Woodstock NY) website
David Martin "So You Could Take A Knee" (Santa Fe NM) website
Mickey Bailey "The Little Red Wagon" (Leonartown MD) website
Peter Rogan "Kickin' the Can" Temple PA) website

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INSTRUMENTAL

David Charrier "Handpanophone" (Toulouse FRANCE) website
Samer Fanek "Sense of Purpose" (Daly City CA) website
Amelia Coffey "Finding My Way" (Bend OR) website
Steve Schuch "Buttercup’s Air" (Hancock NH) website
Angel Ruediger "Prelude  X" (Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL)
Carlos Sanders "Pocket Presence" (San Mateo CA) website
Chihiro Nishi "Blue" (Tokyo JAPAN) website
Galen Ross "Journey of a Lifetime" (Boston MA) website
Genevieve Salamone "Mon Cå“ur" (Waukee IA) website
George Karagiannis "Samba, N'Oublier pas Paris" (Athens GREECE) website
Joseph L. Young  "Time Traveler" (Boise ID) website
Galen Ross "Imagination" (Boston MA) website
Carlos Sanders "Fort Pointe" (San Mateo CA) website
Joseph L. Young  "Vicariously Blue" (Boise ID) website
Kewand Parks "Paper Tank" (Philadelphia PA) website
Nathan-Paul Davis "Thinkin' Bout You" (Cleveland OH) website
Rita Lavelle Struik "Christmas Lullaby" (Alban ON Canada) website
Russell Wheelock "Black Balsam Morning" (Asheville NC) website
Sean McGee "A Bridge To the Past" (Sunland CA) website
Steve Schuch "Morning Prayer" (Hancock NH)  website
Tony LaVorgna "Waltz For Alice" (Wilton CT) website
Tony Tersmette "L'il Miss Mosh" (Endwell NY) website
Vicki Logan "Celebration Of the Warriors" (Harvard IL) website

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ROCK / ALT

Bruce Hoogendoorn "Slow Learner" (Canberra ACT Australia) website
Brett Grinkmeyer "Lost" (New York NY) website
Chellcy Reitsma "She-man" (Mellieha MALTA) website
Colton Woodward "Backflips" (Oviedo FL) website
Eric Blakely "The Only Heart That I Can See" (Berkeley CA) website
Sean Brennan "Five Year Plan" Brooklyn NY) website
Bruce Hoogendoorn "Hater" (Canberra ACT Australia) website
William Hilton "No Fear" (Nashville TN) website
Yalda Moslehian "Let's March" (Chantilly VA) website

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HIPHOP / R&B

Ashley Fulton "Twice" (Pepper Pike OH) website
Nitanee Paris, Maddy Vance & Erik Isaacs "I Ain't Dancin' Alone" (Malibu CA) website
Barbara Bechler "My Fault" (Cumming GA) website
Gianluca Gibbons & Hannah Eggen "Red Lips" (Riverside CA) website
Theo Czuk "Scrape My Face From The Floor" (Springfield OR) website
Gary Mus "Madness In the Music" (St. Catharines ON Canada) website
Maurice Lee-Kulbatzki "Some Guys" (Duisburg GERMANY) 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

Mark Stepakoff "Santa & Elvis" (Boston MA) website 
Russell Wheelock "Who Hung This Target On My Back " (Asheville NC) website
Fawn "Monster House (Los Angeles CA) website video
Lynne Revo-Cohen "Start By Believing" (Reston VA) website
Deb Seymour "Colonoscopy" (Seattle WA) website
Jace Seavers "The Toymaker of Hades" (Nashville TN) website
Tracy Newman "Ice Cream Man" (Los Angeles CA) website
Stuart Kabak "The Great Christmas Lights Metaphor" (Parksville NY) website
Cheri Call "Christmas Crush" (Spanish Fork UT) website
Jacquelene Ambrose "Firefly" (San Rafael CA) website
Ella Beyer  "Where's My Christmas Tonight" (Glendale CA) website
Brad Snyder "That's A Moray!" (Anaheim CA) website
Dinah D "Sewing Shadows" (Gabriola Island BC Canada) website
Elano Maro "As Long As You Are Near" (Monrovia CA) website
Jonathan Tattum "Hanging Like the Misletoe" (Larkspur CA) website
Russell Wheelock "Born To Blog" (Asheville NC) website
Kelly Dixon "5 Years" (Cover DE) website
Lori Parr "Mosquito Slap Dance" (Nashville TN) website
Mike Bloomer "Heart Brings You Home" (Frisco TX) website
Patricia Harris "Tomorrow Will Be Christmas Day" (Klamath Falls OR) website
Philip Adams "My Christmas Wish" (Quincy MA) website
Richard Swanson "Christmas, Take Me Home" (Fai Haven NJ) website
Stephanie Smith "Flying Machine" (Vienna AUSTRIA) website
Stephen Iverson "The Dog Song" (San Anselmo CA) website
Tom Smith "I'm Gonna Use My Hands" (Dedham MA) website
Anthony Rosato / Steven P. Schwartz / Josh Schwartz / Billy Alessi / Bobby Alessi "Marathon Day" (Cold Spring Harbor NY) website

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LYRIC WRITING

Mike Imrem "Buffalo Memories" (Arlington Heights IL) website
Bob Fischer "Hail To the King" (Poughkeepsie NY) website
Martin Robley "Come Rain Come Shine" (Ballajura WA Australia) website
Carolyn Blake "No Answers" (Tucson AZ) website
Codi Burklund "The Nightingale's Song" (Vernonia OR) website
Kathryn Simmonds "Red Lipstick Rage" (Dartford Kent UK) website
Russell Fellbaum "The RIde" (St. Cloud MI) website
Victoria Rupert "Misletoe" (Columbus MS) website
William Carroll Cook & Jennifer McCallister "He's Holding My Hand" (Sand Springs OK) website
John Darr "She Only Lets Me Kiss Her When She's Stoned" (Belleville IL) 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