⇣ HONORABLE MENTIONS ⇣
2022
NOTE: + = Deserves special recognition
A double-plus (++) means the song was seriously considered as a finalist.
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CHRISTIAN
++ Samantha Paish • Turn
+ Sandi Kerr • Did He Ever Ask Why?
+ C. Hendricks/J. Kinsey • I Found Grace
+ Kate Thompson • Finally
+ Tanya Taylor • Hallelujah
+ Katherine Hornbostel • Our Blessed Redeemer
+ D. Stasic/C. Cossetti • Unless
+ Vivian Gendernalik • Stilettos Gotta Go
+ Vivian Gendernalik • Too Late Lisa
+ Vivian Gendernalik • Get It Together Girls
D. B. Rielly • Mio Salmo
+ C. Hendricks/J. Kinsey • I Found Grace
+ Larry Craig • The Answer
Jeffrey Scott Leavitt • You Hold All Things Together
Alvin Willis • Couldn't Believe
Alvin Willis • Trials
Alvin Willis • Shine The Light In The Mirror
Daniel E. Vines• Don't Give Up On Jesus
Daniel E. Vines • A Gospel Song
Katherine Hornbostel • Blessed Is The One
Katherine Hornbostel • Home
Vivian Gendernalik • God Ain't Vain
Vivian Gendernalik • Do You Want Me To Lie
Lyia Meta • Slumber
Tanya Taylor • Lazarus
Michael Huseman • I Stand Before You
Carlos Tabora • More Than My Religion
Rosemary Ajoseh • Letter of Hope
Elnar Hanson • When Grace Goes Home
Åsa Sandberg • Hope
J. Preus/F. Steele • Let's Have Peace
G. Bost/D. Bost Trudeau • Warrior Arise
Naomie • Someday
Brian Braun • Don't Know Your Name
Maleia Robinson • His Miracle's for Me
Gregory Johnson • A Breakable Heart
Lorraine Watson • Will He Know It's Me
Lynn Allison • Jesus Holding Mercy
Lynn Allison • What The World Needs
Lynn Allison • Just What To Say
Daniel Fox • Marvelous Exchange
James Fletcher • Make It True
Luke Denver • One Horse Power
Luke Denver • God Loves Me
Larry Craig • Have I Given
Preston Hudson II • Speechless
Darlene Jackson • Jesus Is Alive
COUNTRY
++ Glenn Valles • The Secret
++ Luke Denver • Cover For Me
+ Stephen Amos • God On The Line
+ I. Gomersall/D. Kalos • Golden Dagger
+ Bryant Switzky • Dipping Your Toe In The Darkness
+ Brett Peter Linn • Bring Me Home A Cowboy
+ Daniel Leathersich • Are You Good
+ B. Kraavevik/O. Kortz • Make Them Jealous
+ Christie McCarthy • River Stone
+ S. Spivey/P. Scholten • I Can, I Am, And I Will
+ Allen Adams • One Truck On One Side
+ Thomas Dunne • Dan McCormick
+ Glenn Valles • Long Gone
+ Glenn Valles • Looking Up To Heaven
Katie James • Worst Heartbreak
Facebagel • Honeybee
Bryant Switzky • Keep On Grinding On
Bryant Switzky • You Taught Me A Lesson
S. Spivey/B. Morrison • Should I Let Him In My Heart
S. Spivey/F. Bellini • I Really Mean What He Said
Luke Denver • Two Lane in the Sunshine
Vincent Cross • In The Eyes Of My Father
Sarah Rose Shawcross • How To Love a Girl
Jim Crissman • Never Met A Woman Like Me
Jim Crissman • Stompin'
David Kuncicky • Narrowest Of Margins
David Kuncicky • New Girl In Town
Gary Mathene • Solo Dos Gatos
Christy Sasser • Little One
Michael Joe Holder • Almost Heaven
Doug Templeton • In My Truck
Andrew Wolf • Vagabond Wind
Sarah Hardwig • Lacy On My Lips
Stephen Amos • Until It Does
Stephen Amos • Falling Up
Stephen Amos • Short Story
Stephen Amos • Workin' Up My Courage
Lynne Swaney • Remember You
Frank Markert • Kelpie Co-Pilot
Beau Morgan • Frames
K. Holdaway/M. Holdaway • 90s Country
Doug King • Empty Bedrooms
T. Dunne/J. Whittaker • Come Next Sunday
Justin Turk • There's No Use In Complaining
M. McGee/S. E. Miller • I Will Leave A Light On In My Heart For You
M. McGee/A. Pontier • Lover's Rodeo
Brian J. Kalinec • Next Door Stranger
Spencer W. Kelly • When She Was Everything
Eric Phelps • This River
Craig Hendricks • I Want My Honky Tonk Back
Kathryn Turdak • Brown Land
Keith Smith Shannon • Good Time
K. Daniels/D. Ward/J. Shawde • Restless
Kelli Caldwell • Honor Their Memory
INSTRUMENTAL
++ Chihiro Nishi • The Day I Saw An Airship
++ Robert Butterfield • RoadHouse JazzBand
++ L. Watson/L. Baker/B. Hansen • Dance Of The Warlocks
++ Malte Vief • Kreis
+ Erica • An Ephemeral Dream
+ Mark Reilly • Shell Babies
+ Mark Reilly • A Tricky Inversion
+ Sakura Hinata • Peak Experience
+ Darren Michael Boyd • Broken Glass and Disappointment
+ Melody Dornfeld • Brought Near
+ Remerge Band • Morning Lily
+ L. Watson/L. Baker/B. Hansen • Haunted Halloween
+ L. Watson/L. Baker/B. Hansen • I Like Halloween
+ L. Watson/B. Hansen • Reflections
+ L. Watson/B. Hansen • Rainbows Roses & Butterflies
+ Mark Iagulli • Flutiano
+ Malte Vief • Reset
Brinton Clay Upshaw • Wolves
Dianna Arthur • Cycle of War
Chihiro Nishi • Middle of Nowhere
Darren Michael Boyd • Proof Of Monsters
Bill Dake • New Dog - Old Tricks
L. Watson/L. Baker/B. Hansen • Nightwind Lullaby Reprise
L. Watson/L. Baker/B. Hansen • Window Of My Heart
L. Watson/L. Baker/B. Hansen • Potion Motion
L. Watson/L. Baker/B. Hansen • Metal Mummy
L. Watson/L. Baker/B. Hansen • Dancing Ghosts
L. Watson/L. Baker/B. Hansen • Skeleton Time
L. Watson/L. Baker/B. Hansen • Christmas Faire
L. Watson/B. Hansen • Clowning Around
Thomas Kaye • Any Given Sunday
Matt Herbst • From Adversity, Strength
Guilherme Arantes • Ballet
James Frame • Tilting Dragonflies
Giorgi Kvaliashvili • The Last Sky
Sakura Hinata • From Love to Love
Andrew Wolf • Serenity
T. Watson/A. Tikhanovska/T. Kravchenko • Lullaby
Tim Gebard • J-Bo's Luck
Tom Watson • Blossom
T. Watson/I. Markevich • Fairy
Kristel Birkholtz • Still The Rain
Cindy Horstman • Guzheng Lullaby
Mark Reilly • Faraway Home
Mark Reilly • All The Way Home
Mark Reilly • Grief's Coronation
Mark Reilly • Waltz for Louise
Jason Cosio Jr. • Late Afternoon Sun
Melody Stuart Hipsman • Yankee Lake
Melody Dornfeld • Hollow
Christopher Ryan Poissant • Foot Stomp Casserole
POP
++ Ava Della Pietra • Power of You
++ Ava Della Pietra • I've Been Thinking
++ Mercedes Campana • Wicked
++ Britta Kraakevik • Gone
++ Stefanie Tom • Thunder
++ Clarissa Diokno • Haunted
++ Atomic Blonde • You Became God
++ Daniel Nissenbaum • Light of My Life
++ Bastian Hohnke • Astronaut
+ M. Mironen/R. Reed • Under The Hood
+ Natalie Theodore • Dead End Street
+ Claudia Hirschfeld • Eres España (cuando no hay más)
+ Hillary Zhuner • Mountain-Top
+ Jonathon Mount • Not Afraid of a Broken Heart
+ Marisa Nikole • Dangerous
+ Marisa Nikole • I'm Not Broken Anymore
+ RanDair Porter • Bring Him Home
+ S. Tom/T. Fang • Make A Woman Mad
+ Ava Della Pietra • Long Way Home
+ Jecca Fitz • Concrete
+ KeKe Dreams • Million
+ Martin Davies • Naked In The Sun
+ Amanda Fagan • Monsters
+ E. Margolies/S. Sieck/D. Rush • Christmas Time in Love
+ Jasmin Ruth Weickert • Halt die Zeit an
+ Peter Bradford • King of Charleston
+ Nick Nicolas • Red Cape
+ Sophia Golding • Like The Rain
+ A. Pamela/M. Kim-Sheng • All In My Head
+ Jandry Palms • Everything You Wanted
+ Jordan Bell • High Noon
+ Eleanor Hammond • Anyone at All
Vivian Cooney • Wish You'd Just Love Me
Vivian Cooney • Take Me Home
Hillary Zhuner • Loopy Feelings
H. Zhuner/D. Valencia • Se-Acabó
Sophia Golding • Fall Back Girl
Sophia Golding • Relapse
Philip Hawkins • Wilffie White Legs
Bill Dake • I Really Love Your Mind
Ava Della Pietra • Home
Ava Della Pietra • My Boyfriend
Stefanie Tom • The Promise
M. Earl/D. Turley • Hurts to Love
M. Earl/D. Turley • Unlearn
Daniela Galasso • Yesterday's Story
Daniela Galasso • Comfortable
Clayton L. Stephens • Missing You
Clayton L. Stephens • A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Kate Thompson • Up Yours
Kate Thompson • Get Away From It All
Janne Syväniemi • As Long As Stars Entice
Harmony Redford • Fade
Jordan Bell • Poker Face
Tanya Taylor • The Hourglass
Marji Mozart • Super Hero
Jonathon Mount • Boss
T. Tikka/E. Suominen • With Eyes Closed
Frankie Gray • Stranger
Kathyjo Varco • Not The One
Emina Dedic • Under Andingmen Bridge
Mossmunn • Duck And Cover
Jay UUuJireh Bey • Go Get It
Tyrone Jones • Sunrise
Clarissa Diokno • Wake Up Call
Nicole Bouffard • ORBIT3R
Ozzy Osman • Another Broken Heart
ML Moseley • El Dorado
Aubrie Elise • Sacrifice
Maya Mikity • Nothing Left
Paul Gaughan • Wasting My Time
Juerg Weibel • The Lonely Heart
Eva Margolies • Thunder
Christopher Rya Poissant • A Little Bigger
Julian Cassia • Crazy Like That
Patty Duffey • There
Jennifer M. Alvarado • Curious
Elina Levin • Sinners' Masquerade
_Blue_(Xinge Pu)/_lotle (Yixuan He)/Flazire (Yesheng Liu)/MintOcean (Ruohan Xu) • Miss U in Winter
Sebastien Skubala • Worse Off
Gabrielle Yaira • Pressure
HARD ROCK/ALT-ROCK
++ Penelope Ison • Not a Believer
++ Derek Vaden • Near The Fire
+ Nolan Goldfain • Nolan Knows
+ Anne Terese House • Wake Up
+ A. Marshia/L. Morse/A. Marcotte/JD Miller/Z. Mawhinney • So Close
+ Matt Michaelis • Knockin'
+ James Piper • Second Chance
+ James Piper • Unstoppable
+ L. Iosca/A. Sasso • Mr. Crazy
+ R. Romero/N. Romero/P. Hawkes • He's A Wheeze
+ Louis Nevins • Don't You Say It
+ Shu Mookerjee • Is It Cold In There?
+ John Greska • Bacteria
+ Clayton L. Stephens • The Ballad of J and J
+ Mossmunn • Rattling Bones
Louis Nevins • The Waves
James Mathews • Livin' In A Sci Fi Movie
D. Sheppard/K. Sheppard • She's Sowing Time
Derek Vaden • Eating My Words
Derek Vaden • Electric Angel
Derek Vaden • Novel America
Mossmunn • New Build On Hope Street
Carsten Krause • The Days of the Future Headsnapper
Ken Widis • Over You
Allen Adams • Elected Girl
James May • Scars
Katy Tunbridge • Life's Not Fair
Clayton L. Stephens • Shadow Girl
Tom Watson • Innocent Face
Hector Rivas • White Girlz
RanDair Porter • Don't Remember What Was Her Name
RanDair Porter • Time in a Tunnel
Shu Mookerjee • Some Nerve
Shu Mookerjee • Turn It Off!
R. Young/J. Williams • A Long Time Gone
Dave Kephart • Christmas In Whoville
Dave Kephart • She Likes To Ride
A. Melville/M. H. Samuel/R. Livingstone • Song For Sarah
Janne Syväniemi • I Let Mosquitoes Suck My Blood
Jeremy Nelson • Slip
Jessica Kion • Unrelenting
Keegan MacDonald • Waste My Time
Michael Mironen • Weaving The Fire
David Jeffrey Scoggins • Where I Started From
David Jeffrey Scoggins • She Was She Was
Melody Stuart Hipsman • Leaving Zombie Land
Darlene Jackson • I Will Make Everything All Right
SOFT ROCK
++ Andrea Michelle • Two Birds One Stone
++ Ava Della Pietra • Christmas Tonight
++ Bill Dake • Maybe It's Love
++ Modern Andy • Yours Truly
++ Aryn Michelle • Pilot Light
++ Bob Davoli • Transistor Radio and Me
++ Constant van Graan • Irony
++ Ricki E. Bellos • Follow This Road
++ Monique Roberts • Fire
+ Maddy Clark • Halfway Gone
+ Jasmin O'Davidson • Nothing Stays The Same
+ R. E. Bellos/J. Purtell • Presence of Your Absence
+ Jim Purtell • The Way It Used To Be
+ Barbara Kovalevich • Cozy
+ Tina Ross • While I'm Here
+ Bryant Switzky • She's Waiting It Out
+ Willy Barclay • Smile With Your Eyes
+ Kevin Liebkemann • Scrapbook
+ Spencer LaJoye • Plowshare Prayer
+ Barney McCullagh • Belladonna Eyes
+ Valeriia Vovk • Wolves
+ Yining Zhang • Photo #16
+ Jeffrey Scott Leavitt • Why Not Me?
+ Phil Mitten • Lost
+ Justin Turk • My Oh My
+ Justin Turk • Passion
+ Stephen Mahar • Spaceship
+ Andrew Jaske • Redemption
+ Cha Hou Yean • Coming Through
+ Ash McDaniel •The Last Time
+ Rachel Tulane • Roller Skates
+ K. Daniels/J. Goodman • The Belle In Bedroom Slippers
+ Laia Escartin • Asteroid In The Void
+ Kolby Knickerbocker • The Wedding Song
+ Peter Bradford • Continental Dragon (Rolling Along)
+ Adam Steinberg • Worlds Gone By
+ Kelsi Towle • Believe Me
+ Monique Roberts • Favorites
+ Monique Roberts • Crazy Hate
+ Daniel Fox • When We Get Together
+ Daniel Fox • Belong To You
+ Sara Trunzo • Food and Medicine
+ Nick Paschenda • All Your Love
+ Louis Nevins • Christmas On The Moon
+ Jessica Gordon • A Lover Could
+ Daniel Leathersich • Odd Shapes
+ Daniel Roholt • An Ordinary Thing
+ Rachel Burns • Pollyanna's Lament
+ Brian J. Kalinec • Redwood Fence
+ Jessica Kion • Like Mars
+ Taylor Bradshaw • The Man I'd Rather Be
+ C. van Graan/H. Ludik • Incomplete
+ Bill Dake • Huntin' In The Dark
+ Tina Ross • Artemisia
C. van Graan/H. Ludik • Heartbreak Motel
Andrea Michelle • Secrets
David MacDonald • Can't Let Go
kileypet • Brighter Days
Bill Dake • Mostly Blue
Mandy Woods • My Second-Hand Heart
Natalie Theodore • Dependent
Bob Love • Diamond Soul
Bob Davoli • Blank Pages
Bob Davoli • Fallen King of the Cool
Bob Davoli • Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues
Bob Davoli • Sore Eyes
Bob Davoli • Dust in The Wind
Bob Davoli • Daddy Had Another Bad Day
Bob Davoli • Ode to Eugene O'Neill
Bob Davoli • Frozen Juices
Bob Davoli • Rear Window Waltz
Bob Davoli • Still Sitting Backstage
Bob Davoli • After the Dust Bowl
Bob Davoli • Beautiful Mess
Bob Davoli • Let Me Down Slow
Bob Davoli • Don't You Let The Darkness Drag You Down
Brian J. Kalinec • I'd Never Expect It
Ellerieh Lin • The Puppy Song
Ilana Kovalle • Cerulean Sky
Daniel Fox • Virginia, I'm Waiting
D. Fox/J. Muccitelli • Starry-Eyed Girl
J. Wilkinson/D. Barrozo • Give Up The Ghost
Sam Yannarelli • At Least You Were Kind
Robert Gangbo • Great Day
Clayton Musick • What's In A Name
Robert Alexander Quigley • The Place That We Know
Guilherme Arantes • Berceuse
Guilherme Arantes • Primaveras e Veroes
A. Shaver/F. Vossler • Black Magic
Sheila Veerkamp • Beauty And Grace
Marji Mozart • Is Somebody out There
Robert John Redline • Honey Dew
Vivian Cooney • Autumn By Then
Kathryn Turdak • Feel Alive
Hayden Greyson • Satellite Man
Martin Lawrence Scott • One Little Step
Paul Haas • This One Last Lullaby
Eric Blossman • Picture On Your Wall
A. House/J. Biancalana • Right As Rain
Tyler Sanford • A Song That No One Will Listen To
Christopher Ryan Poissant • As I Walk
Brett Peter Linn • Nothin' An Old Rag Won't Fix
John Greska • Gravity (At The End Of The Rainbow)
Tracy Okamoto • The Rest of Us
Sue Sherback • Perfect Circle
Kate MacColl • You Will Wait
Robert Shaw • Forever
Modern Andy • Hold Me Down
Modern Andy/C. Ristau • Hazel Eyes
A. Russo/R. Moresca • A Day Late
Mercedes Campana • Ella
Eleonora Kouneni • Effortlessly
Clayton L. Stephens • The War I Can't Win
Lizzy Hilliard • Can't Listen To That Song Anymore
James Mathews • Freedom Bird
James Mathews • Heart of Eden
Rose Thomson • Ocean Song
Tom Dolgenos • Corner of the Room
Kierra Gray • All The Simple Things
Stefanie Schultze • The Twisting Of My Mouth
Matthew Herbst • Always In My Heart
Allan Corby • Razzle Dazzle
Dawn Schumilas • A River of Tears
Glenn Valles • A Troubled Mind
Isaac Maldonado • Sinfonia celestial
Wayne Sharkey • The Auld Fella
Andrew Wolf • "Could Be"
Ingrid Avison • Time Traveling Cowboy
Dale Sumner • Everything Breaks My Heart
Mocky Loves Chuckles • Poets of Feelings
Russell Kane • Nana Rose
The Mood Kings • Patches of Blue
J. Vargas/D. Vargas • Hummingbird of Springtime
Angela Randion • Holes
Kolby Knickerbocker • Promise
B. Watson/M. Thomas • Waiting
Christie McCarthy • Fold
Christie McCarthy • Big Umbrella
Ash McDaniel • We Were Free
Ian Pedersen • Too Far Gone
M. Earl/D. Turley • Wait
Andrew Jaske • Hot Summer Days
Keith Monacchio • Pick 'Em Up, Put 'Em Down
Nancy Rudolph • Looking For a Different Man
Robert Reris • The Dancer
Denise Dimin • Always You
Kristel Birkholtz • Bare
Daniel T. O'Brien • Heaven's Sweet Shore
Brian Braun • Idiom
Tina Ross • Summers Like These
Van Robertson • Without
Taylor Bradshaw • Unkind
Massimiliano Spada • Movin' On
Clifford Singer • Love Doesn't Look Like Love
Justin Turk • There's No Reason To Complain
Jessica Kion • Read the Room
Ava Della Pietra • Christmas Tonight
Janne Syväniemi • The Colors Of Nature
Gregory Johnson • Baby Let's Leave
Gregory Johnson • Song On A Record
Gregory Johnson • Here Comes Autumn
Gregory Johnson • Never Letting Go Of The Dream
Cynthia Brando • We Can Be Eternity
Cynthia Brando • Childhood Friends
Ricki E. Bellos • Earth and Her One-Eyed Moon
Sara Trunzo • Wishbone
Eric Phelps • Good Directions
John Files • It's All Because of Love
Louis Nevins • How Did I Get Back Here
Louis Nevins • Monday Never Comes
Michael Sion • Nikita
J. Gordon/A. C. Young/J. Corcoran • Grow The Garden
David Kuncicky • Almost Getting By
Katie Chung • The Journey