American Songwriter 2024 Song Contest Winners Announced

American Songwriter is proud to announce the Overall Winners for the 2024 Song Contest. Our esteemed panel of judges has selected the Grand Prize Winner, along with the First and Second Place Winners in each category.

A big congratulations to all of our 2024 Winners featured below!

Thank you to everyone who entered the 2024 American Songwriter Song Contest. The 2025 contest is officially open for submissions — now featuring four brand-new categories to enter!

Grand Prize Winner:

“This Is Where” By Drew Schueler, Nell Maynard, Claire Flynt

Category Winners:

Americana First Place Winner:

“Bones” By Mark Shiiba

Americana Second Place Winner:

“Everything in Between” By Billie Zizi Watchel

Blues First Place Winner:

“I Can’t Make You Understand” By Eric Fortaleza, Natalie Layne, Summer Joy (Moga Family Band)

Blues Second Place Winner:

“Singing to a Different Song” By Pedro Henrique Cordeiro (Pedro)

Children’s Music First Place Winner:

“Harmony” By Harold Simmons, Aura Simmons, Deanna Hawkins (Fyütch)

Children’s Music Second Place Winner:

“What Love Can Look Like” By Gracie Nash, Emma Jayne Seslowsky (Miss Tutti And The Fruity Band)

Christian Music First Place Winner:

“Forever Holy” By Montel Moore, Terrian Woods, David Spencer (Terrian)

Christian Music Second Place Winner:

“Little Light” By Grace Baldridge (Semler)

Country First Place Winner:

“5 o’clock Shadow” By Natalie Otto, Philip Morgan

Country Second Place Winner:

“God & Good News” By Jake Bush, Jesse Raub Jr, Jacob Boyd

EDM First Place Winner:

“Goodbye” By Sara Costa Sanches, Genemo (Saralia)

EDM Second Place Winner:

“Nice Things” By Jarrod Allen (THE MOB)

Folk/Singer-Songwriter First Place Winner:

“What A Ghost” By Isaac Sign

Folk/Singer-Songwriter Second Place Winner:

“Romanticizing Poets” By Theo Kandel

Hip-Hop/Rap First Place Winner:

“Who The Man” By Jessica Carter (J.Lauryn)

Hip-Hop/Rap Second Place Winner:

“OUT OF MY MIND” By Jahque Mccaskill (J.1.DA)

Indie First Place Winner:

“you.” By Marlhy Murphy, Michael Kamerman (Marlhy)

Indie Second Place Winner:

“Don’t Know Why I Love” By Gregory Ackerman

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Instrumental First Place Winner:

“Time Is Not What You Think It Is” By Ryan David Green

Instrumental Second Place Winner:

“Moon” By Serge Lacasse (Prof. Lacasse)

Jazz First Place Winner:

“I Enjoy You” By Claude Kelly, Chuck Harmony (Louis York)

Jazz Second Place Winner:

“These Are the Memories” By Emma Campbell, Ryan Mondak (Emmaline)

Latin Music First Place Winner:

“Una Vida Pasada” By Juan Munoz (Avi)

Latin Music Second Place Winner:

“Una Noche Mas” By Josi C

Pop First Place Winner:

“Capture Me” By Thomas Stringfellow

Pop Second Place Winner:

“Eternity” By Greg Shilling

R&B/Soul First Place Winner:

“Twelve Out of Ten” By Gabe Baker, Shane Weisman

R&B/Soul Second Place Winner:

“Unapologetically” By Sharin Attamimi, Calvin Bennett

Rock First Place Winner:

“Lemon Bars” By Noah Brandt (Jazzmen Suites)

Rock Second Place Winner:

“cold september” By Christina Munsey

Teen First Place Winner:

“Billboard City” By Summer Brennan

Teen Second Place Winner:

“Stay” By Harrison Goodell

World Music First Place Winner:

“Emancipation” By Caleb Hart

World Music Second Place Winner:

“Northern Wind” By Pawarin Phiken (Lanna New Decade (band))