| THE MID-ATLANTIC SONG CONTESTpresented by the Songwriters' Association of Washington |
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The 34th Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Award Recipients
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Grand Prize Awards
| Grand Prize | "Ain’t Enough" | John Wort Hannam |
| 2nd Place Overall | "Blood" | Tedd Swormstedt |
| 3rd Place Overall | "Dorothy’s Alive And Well" | Brian Derek Burrows |
Director's Awards
| Director's Award for Album of the Year | "Message in the Mess" | Heather Lloyd |
| Director's Award for Instrumental Music | "Chocolate" | Les Hatley |
Adult Contemporary
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Gold |
Pharon Shilo |
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Silver |
Lea Morris |
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Finalist |
"Beautiful Too" |
Teghan Devon |
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Finalist |
"Black Moses (Harriet Tubman)" |
Andy Palmer |
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Finalist |
"Our Time" |
Debra Gussin, Dale Effren |
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"Ain't Enough" |
John Wort Hannam |
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"Chamomile" |
Nick Faulconer |
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"Don't Ever Doubt That You Are Loved" |
Laurence Baer |
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"Let You Go" |
Mitch Hammer, Diann Hammer, Victoria Banks |
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"Love & Justice" |
Daphne Gampel |
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HM |
"Love It When You Leave" |
Lauren O'Brien, Mitch Distefano |
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HM |
"Shatterproof" |
Crys Matthews |
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HM |
"Stand" |
Malynda Hale, Kevin Porter |
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HM |
"Time To Say Goodbye" |
Kit Taylor, Marv Ross |
Children's
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Gold |
David Heitler-Klevans, Jenny Heitler-Klevans, Kuf Knotz |
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Silver |
Allison Tartalia, Lauren Spring |
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Finalist |
"Close Your Eyes" |
Michael Dasher, Ryan Minton |
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Finalist |
"For You, You, You, Love, Gramma" |
Cathy Main |
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Finalist |
"One of You" |
Cynthia Marie Dillard |
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HM |
"My Favorite Girl" |
Laurence Baer |
Country / Bluegrass
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Gold |
"Blood" |
Tedd Swormstedt |
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Silver |
Frank Hogans |
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Finalist |
"Everything's Changing" |
Laurence Baer, Justin Pokrywka |
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Finalis |
"Long Hard Road To You" |
Frank Hogans |
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Finalist |
"Stand Down" |
Susan Shann |
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HM |
"Corner Of My Eye" |
Eric Blossman |
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HM |
"Fall All the Way" |
Crys Matthews |
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HM |
"Game Changer" |
Scott Miller, Lee Johnson |
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HM |
"Guinevere" |
Lauren Spring |
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HM |
"Knock On Wood, Life Is Good!" |
Elliot Denniberg |
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HM |
"Rescue Dog" |
Ross J. Miller, Randy Crenshaw |
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HM |
"Shady Valley" |
Kayley Hill |
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"That One Weird Kid" |
Nancy Katz Triplett |
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"The Line (That Was You)" |
Matt Holsen |
Folk Acoustic
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Gold |
John Wort Hannam |
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Silver |
Crys Matthews, Roberta Slavit |
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Finalist |
"Dominion" |
David A. Alberding |
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Finalist |
"Final Vow" |
Gwen Levey |
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Finalist |
"Only Baby Now" |
Heather Aubrey Lloyd |
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HM |
"Anywhere Will Do" |
Lauren Spring, Scott Feldman |
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HM |
"By My Side" |
Crys Matthews |
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HM |
"Call Anita" |
Jim Greene, Jerry Getz, Tim Crouch |
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HM |
"Darkness Falls" |
Mike P. Ryan |
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HM |
"Georgia" |
Ben Eppard |
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HM |
"Joseph Thackers Blues" |
Tony Denikos |
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HM |
"Lessons In Love" |
Susan Rowe |
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HM |
"Rabbit Hole" |
Lisa Bastoni |
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"Whole Life Of You" |
Heather Kenney |
Folk Rock/Americana/Roots Rock
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Gold |
Michael Dasher, Chip Johnson, Ryan Minton |
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Silver |
Kay Miracle |
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Finalist |
"Long Hard Road To You" |
Frank Hogans |
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Finalist |
"Rock A Bye Sin" |
James Greene |
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Finalist |
"Walking Down The Street In America" |
Abe Loomis |
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HM |
"Canyonlands" |
Graham McCune Stoll |
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HM |
"Catch You" |
Laura Baron |
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HM |
"Come Back" |
Matt Wolpe |
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HM |
"Darkness Falls" |
Mike P. Ryan |
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HM |
"Diversity" |
Seth Kibel |
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HM |
"Falling Is Good" |
Christopher Sia |
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HM |
"Free And Homeward" |
Graham McCune Stoll |
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"Hail the Coming Day" |
Travis Puntarelli |
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"The Imagineers" |
Crys Matthews |
Gospel / Inspirational / Christian
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Gold |
Diann Hammer, Victoria Banks, Michael Rhodes |
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Silver |
"Unify" |
Mo Safren, Lauren Kube |
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Finalist |
"If Heaven Had A Phone" |
Pharon Shilo |
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Finalist |
"Toms Brook" |
Michael Dasher, Chip Johnson, Ryan Minton |
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Finalist |
"Until I Met You" |
Jim Fowler |
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HM |
"Cracks/Make Me Less" |
B. Taylor Hart |
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HM |
"I Know You" |
Lisa Ann Wright |
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HM |
"It's A New Year" |
James McDowell |
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HM |
"Of All" |
Lisa Fenstermacher, Paul Fenstermacher |
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HM |
"On The Breath Of God" |
Len Seligman |
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HM |
"Peaceable Kingdom" |
Cindy Bauchspies |
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"Unbroken" |
Susan Shann |
Instrumental
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Gold |
Mari Black |
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Silver |
"Apart" |
Jeremy Stepansky |
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Finalist |
"Ritariko" |
Takeshi Sakasegawa |
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Finalist |
"Saylor's Creek" |
Gina Clowes |
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Finalist |
"Sonata In E Flat Minor (Movement 2)" |
Jonathan Morgan Petrini |
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HM |
"Bryce" |
Aaron Markovitz, Emily Burns |
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HM |
"Journey" |
Daniel Ruffing |
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HM |
"September Moon" |
Ken Avis, David Rosenblatt |
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"Sonata In E Flat Minor (Movement 3)" |
Jonathan Morgan Petrini |
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"Waltz In The Ruins" |
Matt Holsen |
Open
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Gold |
Brian Derek Burrows |
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Silver |
Susan Rowe |
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Finalist |
"Battle Hymn For An Army Of Lovers" |
Crys Matthews |
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Finalist |
"East To West" |
Travis Puntarelli |
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Finalist |
"Terms And Conditions" |
Mitch Hammer, Diann Hammer, Clayton Jones |
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HM |
"Donald Duck Umbrella" |
Rich Eilbert |
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HM |
"Home" |
Adam Bonomo |
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HM |
"Lines In The Land" |
Ira Scott Levin, Julia Bordenaro Levin |
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HM |
"Meant To Be" |
Chris Hardy |
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HM |
"Semantic Decimation (I Just Want To Hide)" |
Chris Hardy |
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HM |
"To Bring A Mermaid Home" |
Laurence Baer |
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"When You Found Me" |
Michael R. J. Roth |
Pop
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Gold |
Debra Gussin, Ryan Martinez, Mike Westbrock |
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Silver |
Debra Gussin, Jonathan Bluth |
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Finalist |
"Chamomile" |
Nick Faulconer |
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Finalist |
"Checkmate" |
Mia Rocks, Alissa Moreno |
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Finalist |
"How Far You Feel" |
Marielle Kraft |
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HM |
"Carry Me" |
Ashley Fulton |
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HM |
"Compass" |
Susan Shann, Robin Hackett |
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"Echo" |
Chad Hamilton; Jordyn Kenzie |
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HM |
"Missing Your Love" |
Tiffany Sayers |
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HM |
"Running With The Wind" |
Nick Faulconer |
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HM |
"Step Out" |
Bruce Moore, Julianna Smith |
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"Story Of An Underdog" |
Daniel Derrico |
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"Take Me Away" |
Casey Truman |
R&B / Hip Hop / Urban
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Gold |
Rolanda Carter |
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Silver |
"Hashtag" |
Alexi Paraschos |
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Finalist |
"It's Toxic" |
Kyra Vazquez |
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Finalist |
"Let Me Love You" |
Stanley Durbin |
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Finalist |
"Two Of A Kind" |
Matt Holsen |
Rock / Alternative
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Gold |
Holly Montgomery |
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Silver |
"Rage" |
Charles Maven, Jay Lunsford, Robzie TruLove, Joey Garcia |
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Finalist |
"Open Door" |
Chuck Smith, John Langan |
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Finalist |
"Reinvent" |
Keegan Corbey |
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Finalist |
"Running With The Wind" |
Nick Faulconer |
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HM |
"Come Back" |
Matt Wolpe |
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HM |
"Funky Critters" |
Assaf Gold |
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HM |
"Girl Talk (I Want A Boy)" |
Pharon Shilo |
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HM |
"Internet Of Things (Feed the Machine)" |
Chris Hardy |
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HM |
"Pave A One-way Road" |
Casey Truman |
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HM |
"Run Away" |
Johnny Zapp |
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HM |
"Time Will Tell" |
Tom McCarthy |
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HM |
"Twenty Three" |
Ian Sloane |
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HM |
"Waiting On You" |
Michael Dasher, Chip Johnson, Ryan Minton |
Vocal Jazz / Blues
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Gold |
"Marijke" |
Laura Baron, Pat Quinn |
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Silver |
Mike Franke |
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Finalist |
"Learn The Rules" |
Betty Morrell |
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Finalist |
"Noahs Blues" |
Jon Spear |
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Finalist |
"Warm Me From The Winter Wind" |
Lynn Hollyfield |
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HM |
"Bottom Of The Bottle" |
Andrew Waldek, Dara James |
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HM |
"Let's Get Something Started" |
Laura Baron |
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HM |
"my'ternal stars" |
Daniel Lee |
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HM |
"Richmond City Blues" |
Graham McCune Stoll |
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HM |
"Temptation" |
Dave Nachmanoff |
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HM |
"Think What Might Have Been" |
Barry Geldzahler, Alan Roy Scott |
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HM |
"Waltz For Youseff" |
Ken Avis, David Rosenblatt |
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HM |
"White Cotton" |
Ronald Fetner |
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HM |
"Winter Song" |
David Barber |
Young Artist Awards
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Young Artist Award |
"Bookends" |
Daphne Gampel |
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2nd Place Young Artist |
"No Fear" |
Daniel Derrico |
