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   THE MID-ATLANTIC SONG CONTEST 

presented by the Songwriters' Association of Washington

MASC 37 Winning Songs

First Place Overall, A tie! (don't hate us for being indecisive):
     Munit Mesfin for "Adwa"
     Conor Brendon for "
You Are Not Alone

Second Place Overall
     Sophia and Jo Babb for “If I Were a Ghost

Third Place Overall
     Tony Denikos for "Gravity Wins"

Young Artist Awards
     Alexandria Paris for “Sleeping Giants” (Video)   
     Benny Roman for “Open Road” (Pop)
     Lindsey Hirshfeld for “A Dandelion Seed” (Open, Folk)


Category Awards


Below is a list of all our winners with a link to the song that got them their award. And pay attention to how you well might have ranked them differently. There were so many good songs this year that didn't make this list. And we are ever aware of the dark side of ranking one thing over another. Browse this group of songs and you will discover two things. First, there is a universe of songwriters out there worth discovering. Second, you could write a song like this with enough time and care. Find ways to support these musicians and all your local artists. And start writing for next year's contest!

HM = Honorable Mention

Adult Contemporary

Gold Ghosts Conor Brendan Mueller  

Silver Rise Natalie Duque

Silver When I Was the Weather Jessica Smucker

Finalist Day Old Ticker Tape Parade Christopher Titchner

Finalist I Remember Bryant Switzky

Finalist Maybe Then Teghan Devon 

HM Elijah Kala Farnham

HM Leading Lady Louisa Hall and Anne Nardolilli

HM Man I've Become Wicked Sycamore (Juliette Bell, Lainie Gray and Madeline Waters)       

HM One More Day Paul Wolfe

Americana

Gold Lil' Chrome Fish Tony Denikos and David E. Moulton  

Gold You're Not Alone Conor Brendan Mueller

Silver How Could I Have Known Sophia Babb and Jo Babb 

Finalist All I'm Hearing Is Goodbye Andrew Wolf and Elizabeth Wolf

Finalist Chain of Little Crimes Janine Wilson and Kevin Dudley        

Finalist Keep On Grinding On Bryant Switzky

Finalist Strong Cup Of Coffee Christopher Titchner

HM Anxious Zen Eric Selby

HM Even Though Autumn’s in Your Eyes Robert Davoli

HM Fall Is When This Fool Fell In Love Ken Avis

HM I Didn’t Know Tim White

HM I Like This House Lisa Ann Wright

HM Not Broken Michael Gehl and Natasha Ramirez Farr

HM Time to Forget Amanda Cox and Austin Bello

Children’s

Gold Tavi's Song Carrie Ferguson

Silver Make It Beautiful Brian Jordan, Dwight Dunston and Imani Sanders-Rasul

Finalist Gorilla in the Middle of My Bedroom Floor Robert Compton  

Finalist Is That You Randy Walt Wilczewski and Annie Lynn 

Finalist Start A Zoo David Morris and Dawn Kenney

Finalist Zombies Don't Eat Veggies Annie Lynn, Megan Lacera, Jorge Lacera and Walt Wilczewski

HM A Lot of Somethin' Special Bryant Switzky

HM Addition Brian Jordan, Dwight Dunston and Imani Sanders-Rasul

HM Happy Christmas Yosuke Kaneta

HM If I could fly Joseph Thompson

HM Liam's Lullaby Lynn Hollyfield

HM Smelliest Smell Milo Kinderbender

HM The Farmer Just Went Burp Chris Hardy

Country/Bluegrass

Gold Gravity Wins Tony Denikos

Silver What We Do PHILLIP BEATTY

Finalist All I'm Hearing Is Goodbye  — Andrew Wolf and Elizabeth Wolf

Finalist Heartbroken Girls Karen McCormick and Dana Marie Rogers

Finalist Hidin' in the Hills of Tennessee T. Edwin Doss

Finalist Let Me Lay Down Evie Ladin, Keith Terry and Erik Pearson

Finalist Smokehouse PHILLIP BEATTY and Allen Kave

HM Best Man T. Edwin Doss  

HM Blockhouse Hill Terry Miller and Allen Kave

HM Break The Barrel Wicked Sycamore (Juliette Bell, Lainie Gray and Madeline Waters)

HM Drive By PHILLIP BEATTY and Allen Kave

HM I HOPE YOU'LL TRY L.A Doug Stanglin and Janet Devers

HM If Wishes Were Trains David Morris and Dawn Kenney

HM Leavin' Side Of Goodbye PHILLIP BEATTY and Allen Kave

HM Living In Heartbreak And Pain Kevin T Hale

HM Nothing Left Behind Kevin Dudley, Kathleen M. Huber and Valeria Stewart

HM When That Whistle Blows Kevin T Hale

HM You Have My Word tedd swormstedt

Covid-19 Songs

Gold My Kinda Quarantiner Heather Aubrey Lloyd

Silver All of Us Alone Gene Mills

Finalist All I Can Give Jillian J.P. Matundan

Finalist Back of the Line Justin Trawick

Finalist Desperate To Feel Free Teghan Devon 

Finalist Keeping My Distance Kevin Dudley, Kathleen M. Huber and Valeria Stewart

HM Eschaton Davis Gestiehr

HM Hold Each Other Up Cathy Fink

HM Shelter In Place Christie Chirinos

HM Waiting For The Good Old Days Again Grant Maloy Smith

HM We Are One Together tedd swormstedt

HM We Just Never Noticed  — Andrew Wolf and Elizabeth Wolf          

Folk Acoustic

Gold If I Were a Ghost Sophia Babb and Jo Babb

Silver A Dandelion Seed Lindsey Hirshfeld

Silver Little Lion Teghan Devon

Finalist Art of the Deal Barbara Keeler

Finalist Dusty Old Clock Burke Ingraffia

Finalist Keep On Grinding On Bryant Switzky

Finalist Say I Won't The Silent Critics

HM Clocks On The Wall Mike Frankē

HM How to Start a War Travis Puntarelli

HM I Like This House Lisa Ann Wright

HM Indian Joe Stephen R Coffee

HM Lady in Waiting Carolann Solebello

HM No Greater Love David "Kawika" Fiely

HM Sell What's On The Truck Mike Frankē

HM The Death of Me Cletus Kennelly

HM The Painter BRANDON WALKER

Freedom Songs

Gold UnEven rob hinkal

Silver Wage War Jen Hawley

Silver We Rise Gabrielle Zwi, Arielle Martinez-Cohen, Andrea Manning, Lais Santoro and Kendall Kieras

Finalist Didn't Care Sefanit Mesfin-Champagne and Cristian Perez

Finalist Hard to Live James McDowell

Finalist Heartbeat Anita Aysola and Dhanu Meleth    

Finalist The Dreamers Susan Rowe

HM Change tedd swormstedt and Jeffrey East

HM Good Trouble Sam Nitzberg         

HM I Am An Immigrant Jesse Palidofsky

HM My Daily Bread Lisa Ann Wright

HM Stand Up Karyn Oliver

HM The Gates Robert Keelin

HM Too Proud for an Angel Lisa Ann Wright

HM We Shall Be Free Mike Glick

Gospel/Inspirational/Christian

Gold Words & Songs Jen Hawley

Silver I Believe (Thomas' Song) Emily Mitchell

Silver Pray Sandra DeVault and Morgann David

Finalist Can't Go It Alone Jen Hawley

Finalist Saved By The Blood Terry Miller and Allen Kave

HM Always Answer with Love Susan Rowe

HM By Your Side Cynthia Gross        

HM I Want To Sing Judy Daigle

HM Living Water Kevin T Hale

HM Savior God Rick Stephenson

HM Voices Joan of Arc Jim Greene and Jerry Getz

HM While You Walk Through This World Mercedes Mill

R&B/HipHop/Urban

Gold Upright Seth Oliver (Khemist)

Silver Doubt Joshua Maxwell

Finalist Fight or Flight Aleksi Glick

Finalist It's You, Not Me Lidia Woldu and NK Music

Finalist Sidelines Floyd Jones and Thomas Scholl

Finalist To The Moon And Back Bonez (aka DVS)

HM Better Together D. Keith Rollins

HM Not A Hero Bonez (aka DVS)

HM Temporary Lidia Woldu, Shivesh Puri and Chaz X

HM You Don't Know John Peiffer

Instrumental

Gold Lemoyne Jimmy Stewart

Silver Triad michael potts

Finalist 43,000 years Cristian Perez

Finalist Ethereal Jill Koshiol

Finalist For Joni michael potts 

Finalist Kaweloaloha (Breath of Life) David Fiely

Finalist Mist In Blue Kota Fukuda

HM Brillante Sol Dave Hawley

HM Caribbean Moon For Pat Tim Foley

HM Darkened Sanctuary John Abrahams

HM Drive the Potts Boys michael potts

HM Han River Cristian Perez

HM Seaside Route  — Kota Fukuda

HM Whatever Happened to the Blues Lisa Ann Wright

Lyrics Only

Gold FOREVER: WINTER SONG Roderick Deacey

Silver Lavender and Rosemary Allen Partlow

Finalist The Ruins of Our Age Michael R. J. Roth

Finalist The Tenth Day of September David Morris and John Miller  

Finalist The Vanishing Place Charles McCullough

Finalist What You Planned Don Brown

HM A Bat Flying in the Night Michael R. J. Roth

HM Blue Tattoo Michael Fitzgerald

HM Flowers in the Bend Kerri Shore

HM Living Life Backwards Roy Gamse

HM Mama Sang Me Songs About Trains Andy RIeber

HM Old Man Disguise Robert Dale Klein

HM One More Day Paul Wolfe

HM Sweet Music T. Edwin Doss

HM The Devil's Black Sedan Charlie McNamara

HM The Things I Didn’t Do for You Michael R. J. Roth and Eric Ramsey

Open

Gold Adwa Sefanit Mesfin-Champagne

Silver The Story I Can Hear Ira Scott Levin and Julia Bordenaro Levin

Finalist A Dandelion Seed Lindsey Hirshfeld

Finalist Keep On Grinding On Bryant Switzky

Finalist Monkey Paw Jillian Matundan

Finalist The Alchemist's Journey Valeria Stewart and Kathleen M. Huber

HM Angel Wings Jesse Palidofsky

HM Evangeline Again Lindsey Hirshfeld

HM Everything Melts Talia Segal

HM Impossible To Hold Zachary Ryan Parkman

HM Picture of Heaven Michael 'Max "McGee, Jeff Oxford and Adam Wright

HM Risky Business Desson Thomson and Bradford Heck

HM Sing Along Ira Scott Levin and Julia Bordenaro Levin

HM The Death of Me Cletus Kennelly

HM There’s a Reaching Out Stephen R Coffee         

HM This Time Kevin Dudley, Kathleen M. Huber and Valeria Stewart

HM Wondering (Miles Song) Chris Hardy and Katharine Hardy

Pop

Gold Time After Time Madi Earl

Silver Open Road Ben Friedman (aka. Benny Roman)

Silver Time to Forget Amanda Cox and Austin Bello

Finalist Castles In The Sky Ben Friedman (aka. Benny Roman)

Finalist Evangeline Again Lindsey Hirshfeld

Finalist Lost Nia Williams

Finalist Wild Blue You Mercedes Mill

HM A Dandelion Seed Lindsey Hirshfeld

HM Lifeline Rowan Clark

HM London Town Desson Thomson and Bradford Heck

HM Simple Truths Zoey Birman

HM Skateboard Rowan Clark

HM Stay Natalie Duque

HM Stay Natasha Russell

Rock/Alternative

Gold Everything Desson Thomson and Bradford Heck

Silver Grieving Fire Teghan Devon 

Silver when the wind blows. Quinn Pochekailo

Finalist Already Mine Michael "Max" McGee, and Michael Kachani

Finalist Hey, Man! Gina Brooklyn

Finalist Human After All Davis Gestiehr

Finalist Jump the Wall Grey Jacks

HM AKA...  Davis Gestiehr

HM Better a rat Sean Tracy

HM breadcrumbs Daniel Lee Comeaux

HM By the Sword Jill Koshiol  

HM Lay it on the Line The Silent Critics

HM Soul Tricks Mercedes Mill

HM Welcome to the End Davis Gestiehr

Video (watch on StreamCatcher site)

Gold Come Home Adalia Tara and Blake Vadasy

Silver Long Way Down Charles Lesch

Silver macramé Daniel Lee Comeaux

Best Performance Everything Happens at Once Woody Lissauer

Finalist Heartbeat Anita Aysola and Dhanu Meleth

Finalist I Got Dressed Today Anne-Marie Pietersma

Finalist No F#@%$ Left to Give PHILLIP MERRITT

HM Eggroll (The Vaccine Song) Louisa Hall and Anne Nardolilli

HM Everything Desson Thomson and Bradford Heck

HM Giant & Colossal Squid Marsha Goodman-Wood

HM God Help the Working Class Lawrence Vilchek & Paul Johnson

HM Oslo, California Aaron Tinjum

HM River Run Desson Thomson and Bradford Heck

HM Send a Medic Jason Mendelson

HM Sleeping Giants Alexandria Paris

HM We Kneel Natalie Jean and Darick dds Spears

HM Weakness Gracious Me

Vocal Jazz/Blues

Gold Kind of Rain Emily Mitchell

Silver Ice Cream Scott Ramminger

Finalist Can't Take No More Buffalo Bob

Finalist In This Space Megan Leigh Burtner and Justin Eliezer Lev

Finalist Mr. Vacation Gregory Minahan and Ken Neil

Finalist That's The Way Mountains Are Made Burke Ingraffia

Finalist The Right Kind of Trouble Elly Wininger

HM All Done Scott Ramminger

HM Angel WIngs Jesse Palidofsky

HM King of Birmingham Stephen R Coffee

HM Marry U YoYo Iki

HM Only Water Jillian Matundan

HM the heart has ways Daniel Lee Comeaux

HM This Old Man Desson Thomson and Bradford Heck

HM Wild Like A River Jesse Palidofsky


Wait for Me, My Polly — Jessie Marshall


 
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