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   Enrollment deadline for the 24th Annual USA Songwriting Competition is fast   
   approaching. Songwriters and Composers 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: D'Addario Strings, Godin Guitars,   
   Acoustic Guitar Magazine, New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion, Airplay Access,   
   Audio-Technica, FL Software, Sonoma Wireworks, DiscMakers, CDBaby,   
   StoryBlocks, School of Rock,    
   Final Mix Software Berklee College of Music and more.   
      
   CURRENT WINNERS   
   Singer Songwriter David Wilcox won the top award (Overall Grand Prize) as well   
   as Best Folk Song award at the 23rd Annual USA Songwriting Competition. David   
   is now 20 Albums into a career marked by personal revelation and wildly loyal   
   fans. Considered a å   
   £®ongwriter's songwriter', his lyrical insight is matched by a smooth baritone   
   voice, virtuosic guitar chops, and creative open tunings. Wilcox was a winner   
   of the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk award in 1988, and by 1990 his A&M   
   Records debut had sold    
   over 100,000 copies. Another A&M Records release "Big Horizon" charted on the   
   Billboard 200 Album Charts. His latest album, "The View From the Edge" was   
   released earlier this year, and many people consider it among his finest work   
   to date.   
      
   "I'm grateful my song was selected winner of the top prize in the USA   
   Songwriting competition. This recognition inspires me to continue the work. I   
   love the process of writing, and this will help me follow through when the   
   next song idea pops into my    
   head. Thanks to the judges, and thank you to everyone at the competition for   
   supporting the art of songwriting," said a very jubilant David Wilcox, who is   
   currently on tour promoting his current album. A dedicated and consummate   
   songwriter, whose work    
   has been covered by KD Lang and others, David often teaches the art   
   songwriting at workshops.   
      
   The Overall Second Prize of the USA Songwriting Competition went to William   
   Carpenter, Robert Gillies and Art Andranikyan, from the rock group "Ships Have   
   Sailed." The Los Angeles based group won with their song "Let's Just Dance".   
      
   The Overall Third Prize went to Michael McDaniel, Mike DeCole, J Isaac and   
   Robbie Rob of Minneapolis, MN, who wrote the song "Man 4 Me".   
      
   NEW GRAMMY WINNER   
   USA Songwriting Competition Honorable Mention winner (2017 Competition) and   
   finalist (2018 Competition) Lucy Kalantari of New York, NY won a Grammy Award   
   on earlier this year for Best Children's Album. Her album All The Sounds by   
   Lucy Kalantari & The    
   Jazz Cats included her five-year-old son Darius Kalantari, who played the   
   cello on the album.   
      
   ABOUT USA SONGWRITING COMPETITION   
   USA Songwriting Competition has a long history of having winners getting   
   recording and publishing contracts, 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.   
      
   The deadline to enter is May 31st. For more information, visit:    
   ttps://www.songwriting.net   
      
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