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8th
Annual Great American Song
(2006)
Grand
Prize Winner!
"The
Same Mary"
by
Kathy Hussey
(Nashville TN)
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Contemporary
Acoustic/Folk
First-Place
Category Winner:
"93
Maidens"
by
Rachael Sage
(New York NY)
'Outstanding
Achievement In Songwriting' Awards:
"When I See You Again"
by Dave
Nachmanoff
(Davis CA)
"My
Chewed Up Gum"
by
Galia Arad
(New York NY)
"Obvious"
by
Patti Witten
(Ithica NY)
"Move
On"
by
Jeff Sammon
(Dunmore PA)
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Pop/Adult
Contemporary
First-Place
Category Winner:
"Leaving
Carolina"
by
Joey Auch
(New York)
'Outstanding
Achievement In Songwriting' Awards:
"Beep!
Beep!"
by
DaCosta/DuBois/Flake/Meadows/Kapeghian
(Atlanta GA)
"Just
A Little Love"
Leon/Leon/McCafferty
(Malaga Spain)
"This Is Why Life Sux"
by
Shoot The Messenger
(Rob Frail & Tom Connolly)
(New York NY)
"Nowhere
With You"
by Joel Plaskett
(Halifax
NS Canada)
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Special
Music Category
First-Place
Category Winner:
"Living
In Symbiosis"
by
Lucas Miller
(Austin TX)
'Outstanding
Achievement In Songwriting' Awards:
"O Star O'er Bethlehem"
by
Erika Chambers
(Nashville TN)
"They Served the Working Class"
by Nicol
Walsh & Ville Hildén
(Llandudno UK)
"Waffle
Boy"
by
Tracy Newman
(Los
Angeles CA)
"I'm
My Own Best Friend"
by
Tracey Eldridge
(Joppa MD)
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Instrumental
First-Place
Category Winner:
"My
Apologies"
by
Kris Johnson
(Lansing
MI)
'Outstanding
Achievement In Songwriting' Awards:
"Fjordscape"
by
Mitsch Kohn
(Berlin Germany)
"When
Giacomo Learned To Swing"
by
Henry Winckel
(Springville CA)
"Filosphilcal Flying Fish"
by
Grace Kelly
(Brookline MA)
"Angel Aurora Sunbeam and Love"
by
Jesse Philip Green
(Delaware Water Gap PA)
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Rock/Alt
First-Place
Category Winner:
"Noah"
by
Katey Morley
(Toronto Canada)
'Outstanding
Achievement In Songwriting' Awards:
"Down My Back"
by Sarah Saunders
(Melbourne
Australia)
"Love
Is A Blessing"
by
Steve Dawson
(Chicago IL)
"You
Still Shine"
by Caitlin
Evanson
(Nashville TN)
"Without
Your Skin"
by
Keaton Simons
(Los Angeles CA)
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Country
Category
First-Place
Category Winner:
"Fiona"
by
Sean Patrick McGraw
(Nashville TN)
'Outstanding
Achievement In Songwriting' Awards:
"Moving To China"
by
Jonathan Helfand
(New York NY)
"Wait A Minute"
by
Gary Sandifer
(Hollister CA)
"Picture
Hanging On the Wall"
by Stephen Desjardins
& Jeff Murray
(Orlando FL)
"You
Hold On"
by
Lynn Case & Russ Case
(Innisfail ALB Canada)
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Contemporary
Christian/Gospel
First-Place
Category Winner:
"At
the Cross"
by
Kathleen Lamb
(Houston TX)
'Outstanding
Achievement In Songwriting' Awards:
"Who
Am I?"
by
Bradley Guldemond
(Edmonton
ALB Canada)
"The Real Thing"
by
Dan Folland
(Queen Creek AZ)
"Freedom"
by Marie
Ashmeade
(North Bergen NJ)
"Not
the End of Days"
by
Charles Moster
(Austin TX)
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HipHop/R&B/Rap
First-Place
Category Winner:
"Bounce"
by
Lyrical Eye
(Nicosia Cyprus)
'Outstanding
Achievement In Songwriting' Awards:
"Inside
My World"
Tracy Nicole Chapman &
Gary Haase
(Los Angeles CA)
"Right
Here"
by Geoff Earley
(Brighton MA)
"Feel
Good Music"
Lamar J. Smith &
Sam Dew
(Chicago IL)
"Take
Me Back"
by Jonathan Brown
(Atlanta GA)
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Lyric
Writing
First-Place
Category Winner:
"Mind
The Gap"
by
Nicol
Walsh
(Llandudno UK)
'Outstanding
Achievement In Songwriting' Awards:
"Shoestring"
by
Laura Smith
(Wheeling WV)
"Boundaries of the Boulevard"
by
Chris Argento
(Queensbury NY)
"Don't You Cry"
by
Diana LaSalle
(Savannah GA)
"Things Your Family Christmas Card Won't
Say"
by Cjaye Heller
(The Woodlands TX)
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