Great American Song Contest

15th Annual GREAT AMERICAN SONG CONTEST (2013)

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.

Grand Prize Winner! "The Long Walk Is Over" Don Clarke & Kalla Bremer Hermanus SOUTH AFRICA Hall of Fame 2013 First-Place Category Winner Pop/Top 40 "Too Damn Beautiful" Machine McKee Nashville, TN Hall of Fame 2013 Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting "Hypothetically" Maura Matlak & Dave Pittenger Holden, MA Website "Deja Vu" John & Jason Greenwood Mount Duneed AUSTRALIA Website "Force Of Gravity" Darren Ockert Miami, FL Website "Like They Do It In the Movies" Nitanee Paris Lawson Malibu, CA Website First-Place Category Winner Singer/Songwriter "These Hands" Dave Gunning & George Canyon Timberlea NS CANADA Hall of Fame 2013 Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting "Madiba" Nicolette Aubourg El Segundo, CA Website "Soft Place To Fall" Debra Gussin & Jonathan Bluth Los Angeles, CA Website Website "Bicycle Wheel" Mari Rosa Boston, MA Website "You Never Cried" Siena Castanares Oberlin, OH Website First-Place Category Winner Adult Contemporary "Almost Famous" Ryan Gollogly Verona ON CANADA Hall of Fame 2013 Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting "Love's Carousel" Lauren Brombert Denver, CO Website "Too Much Faith" Brad Johnson Minneapolis, MN Website "Bad Apple" Angela Parrish Los Angeles, CA Website "The Patron Saint of Arguments" Tim Jones Killara NSW AUSTRALIA Website First-Place Category Winner Folk/Americana "Man Was Made to Fly" Jonas Friddle Chicago, IL Hall of Fame 2013 Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting "Beer View Mirror" Mark Stepakoff Boston, MA Website "Henry from Saginaw, MI" Lauren Adams Los Angeles, CA Website "God's For Everybody" Richard & Maureen Hall Rolla, MO Website "Baby Please" Elk & Boar (Kirsten Wenlock & Travis Barker) Tacoma, WA Website First-Place Category Winner Special Music "Gonna Be A Blue Elvis Christmas" T. Edwin Doss Silver Springs, MD Hall of Fame 2013 Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting "Drinkin' with Jesus" Richard & Maureen Hall Rolla, MO Website "If 50's the New 30" Drew Jacobs Albany, NY Website "Die Like Nelson" Billy Walsh Clinton MA Website "Candy Cane Sweetheart" Kenney/Kenney/Grise Waltham. MA Website First-Place Category Winner Rock/Alt "Immortalized" Chase Manhattan & Night Argent Pasco, WA Hall of Fame 2013 Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting "Killed That Girl ('Cause She Was Killing Me)" Reed Turner Austin, TX Website "Silhouette" Dan Wolfe & Common Trouble Los Angeles, CA Website "Johnny Had A Gun" Ryan Gollogly Verona ON CANADA Website "Painted World" Daniel Steiny San Francisco, CA Website First-Place Category Winner Instrumental "I Know A Secret" Johnny Vanderlip Tarpon Springs, FL Hall of Fame 2013 Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting "The Trailhead Saloon" Kaitlyn Sakry Denton, TX Website "The Funky Strudel" Lou DeAdder Whitby ON CANADA Website "Mother's Hands" Cornell Kinderknecht Addison, TX Website "Sola" Ellister van der Molen (Voorburg Zuid HOLLAND) Website First-Place Category Winner Country "We Grow Up" Scott Stevens Nashville TN Hall of Fame 2013 Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting "Here I Am" Jeremy Pike (Pleasant Bay NS CANADA) Website "If I Don't Love You Anymore" Hannah Bethel & Stevie Steeves Nashville, TN Website "Table Nine" Tracy Newman Los Angeles CA Website "Paintball Barntag" Paul Martin Winger Wichita, KS Website First-Place Category Winner Christian/Gospel "Mary Saw the Angels" David Haley Lauver Knoxville, TN Hall of Fame 2013 Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting "Jesus Is Enough" Hilary Graves York, PA Website   "Without Love" Corey and Allen Smith Robbins, NC Website "Greater Glory" Walter Pappas Silver Spring, MD Website "All Things Are Passing" Billy Walsh Clinton MA Website First-Place Category Winner HipHop/R&B "Plastic Smile" Jutes (Jordan Lutes /Jonny Parks) Toronto CANADA Hall of Fame 2013 Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting "No Time Like Now" Solomon Lopez Sacramento, CA Website "God Complex" Matthew Jefferson - YC The Cynic Bronx NY Website "Unappreciated" Derris 'Bigtyme' Owens Berwyn Heights MD Website "Man Down" William Stewart Richmond VA Website First-Place Category Winner Lyric Writing "Memory Museum" Mark Stepakoff Boston, MA Hall of Fame 2013 Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting "I Want To Hear You Laugh" T. Edwin Doss Silver Springs, MD Website "The Power of Prayer" Sherwin Kaufman New York (NY) Website   "Stomp This" Richard Dames New York, NY Website "California Star" Rob Czaplewski Grand Island, NE Website   Look, there's more. GASC 2013 Finalists More Opportunities for GASC winners   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 2013 Finalists.

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)