Enrollment is now open for songwriters all over the world. Entries are now   
   accepted for the 22nd Annual USA Songwriting Competition. Songwriters vie for   
   a chance to win a top prize of $50,000 worth of cash and merchandise such as   
   music gear. Winning    
   songs will be receiving radio airplay. Songwriters can enter in 15 different   
   song categories such as: Pop, Rock/Alt, Folk, R&B, Hip-Hop, Jazz,   
   Instrumental, etc.   
      
   USA Songwriting Competition is sponsored by: Sony, D'Addario Strings, Acoustic   
   Guitar Magazine, New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion, Airplay Access,   
   Audio-Technica, Presonus, Sonoma Wireworks, Song Trust, Soundmatters,   
   Noisehive and Landr.    
      
   CURRENT WINNERS   
   Spokane, Washington based songwriters Jerad Finck, David Hodges & Steven   
   Solomon won Overall Grand Prize at the 21st Annual USA Songwriting Competition   
   with their song “Criminal” The song has now received on radio airplay on   
   various Pop radio    
   stations in United States as well as Sirius XM Radio.    
         
   ALL TOP 3 WINNERS ARE COLLABORATIONS; SOME BIG NAMES WINNERS   
   Las Vegas star Terry Fator, Jesse Blaze Snider (son of “Twisted Sister”   
   Dee Snider) and Trev Lukather (son of legendary guitarist Steve Lukather of   
   “Toto’) are some of the category winners of the 21st Annual USA   
   Songwriting Competition. For the    
   second consecutive year, all top 3 winners are all collaborations. All the   
   finalists in the Country and Pop categories are collaborations as well.    
      
   Tim Gates, Brad Hull & Will Nance of Nashville, TN won the Overall 2nd Prize   
   as well as First Prize (Country Category), he is part of a group “Due   
   West”, which had songs have hit the Billboard Country Charts.    
      
   Jesse Blaze Snider, along with his co-writer Freddy Scott won the Overall 3rd   
   Prize as well as First Prize (Novelty/Comedy category) with his song “Fight   
   To Death”, making this the first time a Novelty/Comedy song made it to the   
   Top Three of the USA    
   Songwriting Competition. Jesse is the son of the legendary rock band   
   “Twisted Sister” lead singer Dee Snider.    
      
   Las Vegas marquee star Terry Fator won First Prize in the Gospel category with   
   his song “Horses in Heaven”. He was the winner of season two of America's   
   Got Talent, and received the million dollar prize that year.    
      
   Trev Lukather won the First Prize in the Rock category with his song "Let It   
   Go”. He is the son of legendary guitarist Steve Lukather of “Toto’.    
       
   USA Songwriting Competition has been honoring songwriters from all over the   
   world. Winners came from Australia, Japan, Canada, UK, Germany, Brazil, South   
   Africa, USA, etc. Past winners have gotten recording contracts, getting their   
   songs on film, TV as    
   well as getting cuts with major artists. The 2013 Top winner rock band   
   “American Authors” hit #1 on the Billboard Charts and went Double   
   Platinum, selling over 2 million copies. The 2007 winner Air Gold hit Top 10   
   on the Billboard charts with his    
   winning song 6 months after his win. The 2005 Winner of the Country category   
   had his winning song cut by Country Superstar Faith Hill. The 2005 winner of   
   the Pop category was signed by Interscope Records. Our 2008 winner appeared on   
   David Letterman TV    
   show and got signed to a record label.    
      
   In its landmark year, the 22nd Annual USA Songwriting Competition is currently   
   accepting entries. This is a great opportunity for songwriters.    
      
   *EARLY ENTRY BONUS: First 1,000 entries entered by March 31st or earlier will   
   each receive an annual Acoustic Guitar magazine subscription worth $24.99.   
   Hurry, enter here: http://www.songwriting.net   
      
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