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Winners / 25th Annual Great American Song Contest


Grand Prize Winner

Cassidi Hesdon

Love of a Good Man

Cassidi Hesdon & Cara Anderton
Fredericksburg VA

Hall of Fame 2024

First-Place Category Winner

Adult Contemporary

Marina Sneider

I Love You, Dangerous

Marina Sneider
Hartsdale NY

Hall of Fame 2024

Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting
Larry Hamlet

Please Don't Look Down

Larry Hamlet
  Rockville MD


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Celeste Newman

My Own Worst Enemy

Celeste Newman/Kiersten Nyman/Cameron Taylor
Melbourne Australia


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Robin Yukiko

(My) Heart's in Your Bag

Robin Yukiko
  Arlington MA


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Matt Glickstein

Be Brave, Be Bold

Matt Glickstein/Karen Mitchell/James Kocian
Lanai City HI


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First-Place Category Winner

Pop/Top 40

Ava Della Pietra

Happy for You 



Ava Della Pietra
New York

Hall of Fame 2024

Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting
Elyse Jewel Butterman

Different Colors

Elyse Jewel Butterman & Myah Marie Langston
Mansfield TX



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Kacey Fifield

Self-Sabotage

Kacey Fifield
Burbank CA


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Ilana Held

Deep End

Ilana Held
  Fort Collins CO


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Gaynor Moran

Gaynor Moran & Sean Timms

Outta This World
Adelaide Australia


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First-Place Category Winner

Singer/Songwriter

Shannon Beel

Lonely

Shannon Beel
Nashville TN

Hall of Fame 2024

Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting
R.X. Bertoldi

Show Me A Sign

R.X. Bertoldi
Everett WA


Website

Nicolette Aubourg

I Am Not Hamas (Song for Gaza)

Nicolette Aubourg
  El Segundo CA


Website

Ava Della Pietra

Depend On Me

Ava Della Pietra
New York NY

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Louis Apollon

Papa Loves You

Louis Apollon
Brooklyn NY

Website

First-Place Category Winner

Folk/Americana

Steve Farber

Blaze of Glory (Ball of Fire)

Steve Farber
Lenexa KS

Hall of Fame 2024

Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting
Curt Joa

My Supermarket Friend

Curt Joa
  Kohler WI

Website



Rhonda Gessow-Keri Edwards

Weight Of the Ink

Keri Edwards & Rhonda Gessow
Woodside CA

Website

Scott Ireland

Big Long Ass Time

Scott Ireland
Willits CA


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Ace

If I Was A Rock

Ace Parkhurst
  Albany NY

Website

First-Place Category Winner

Special Music

Graham Mizen

Can I Have My Guitar Back?

Graham Mizen
  Lincolnshire UK

Hall of Fame 2024

Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting
Allan Corby

Tex-Mex Ex

Allan Corby
Edgewater NJ


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Carol Teal

One Less Kitty

Carol Teal
Newmarket ON Canada


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Mike Young

The Chili Song

Mike Young
Omaha NE


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T C Urquhart

The Insurrection

T C Urquhart
  Las Vegas NV


Website

First-Place Category Winner

Rock/Alt

Nerijus Glezekas

Seeds Will Grow

Nerijus Glezekas
Algonquin IL

Hall of Fame 2024

Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting
London Iken

Our Last Day

London Iken
Fenton MO


Website

Meagan Allen

End Of War

Meagan Allen
Springhill TN


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Shane Lee

Indie Girl

Shane Lee
Castaic CA


Website

Rex Pearce/T. Duncan/N. Blanchard

Dangerous Curves

Rex Pearce/T. Duncan/N. Blanchard
Mandeville LA


Website

First-Place Category Winner

Instrumental

Chris West

Lackadaisical

Chris West
Goodlettsville TN

Hall of Fame 2024

Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting
Tony LaVorgna

For Lois (Saxophone Quintet)

Tony LaVorgna
Wilton CT


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Will Herrington

Until It's Gone

Will Herrington
Nashville TN


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R. D. King

Flying

R. D. King
Quincy MA


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Tomer George Cohen

Bat Sheva (The Daughter of 7even)

Tomer George Cohen
Pardes Hana Israel


Website

First-Place Category Winner

Country

Ben Wagner

Dawns On Us

Ben Wagner/Page Mackenzie/Emily Ortego
Cincinnati OH

Hall of Fame 2024

Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting
Mary Hartman

Pretty in Pink

Mary Hartman
  Riverview FL


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Mark Stepakoff

Hard and Fast Rule

Mark Stepakoff
  Wayland MA


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Frank Renfordt

A Simple Man

Frank Renfordt
  Hagen, Germany


Website

Michael Sion

Drink to You, Morgan Wallen

Michael Sion
Santa Rosa CA


Website

First-Place Category Winner

Christian/Inspirational

Susan Kane

Meryem Ana

Susan Kane
Mount Kisco NY

Hall of Fame 2023

Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting
David Mathewes

Matthew 25

David Mathewes
Cumming GA

Website

Shalom Malee Owens

Waves

Shalom Malee Owens / Tyler Moody / Kolby Koloff
Cleveland OH


Website

Emmanuel Carlos St. Omer

Testimony

Emmanuel Carlos St. Omer
St. Lucia


Website

Charles N Cook

When Jesus Comes Again

Charles N Cook
Aberdeen, NJ


Website

First-Place Category Winner

HipHop/R&B

Celeste Newman & Chymes

Sour

Celeste Newman & Chymes
Melbourne Australia

Hall of Fame 2024

Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting
Elana Izquierdo

Red Lights

Elena Izquierdo / Ryan O’Rourke / Kaden Zimmerman
 Buffalo NY


Website

 

Brazil Malik

While You Are Young

Brazil Malik
New York NY


Website

 

Larry Hamlet

Because I Feel

Larry Hamlet
Rockville MD


Website

Tyler Manzardo

Overcast Outcast

Tyler Manzardo
Ypsilanti MI

Website

First-Place Category Winner

Lyric Writing

Stuart Kabak

He'd Like To Say He's Sorry

David Yerganian
Medfield MA

"He'd Like To Say He's Sorry"

Hall of Fame 2024

Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting
Michael R. J. Roth

Slingshot At The Moon

Michael R. J. Roth
Panama City FL


Website

Stuart Kabak

Numbers

Stuart Kabak
Parksville NY


Website

Archie Brodsky

I Don't Want To Wake Up

Archie Brodsky
Panama City FL


Website

Michael Carpenter

I'm Not As Ugly As I Look

Michael R. J. Roth
Panama City FL


Website



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