SC2025 SONG CONTEST WINNERS
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
1. True As Love by James Tristan Redding, Craig Hendricks, Nashville, TN
2. Zipcode by Charles Edmund Carter, Terrell, TX
3. We Need More Santas by Mack Reynolds, Nick Deutsch, Northfield, IL
HM. Forevermore by Wayne Gathright, Austin, TX
CATEGORY WINNERS
YOUNG SONGWRITERS CONTEST
1. Back When We Were Young by Lexi Lee Gamble, Dallas, TX
2. Like Me by Lexi Lee Gamble, Dallas, TX
AMERICANA
1. HOW DO YOU KNOW? By Debra Gussin, M Dodson, Los Angeles, CA
2. Thirty Cats by Bob Juch, Oro Valley, AZ
3. The Last Songwriter by Brant Miller, Antioch, TN
HM. True As Love by James Tristan Redding, Craig Hendricks, Nashville, TN
CHRISTIAN/INSPIRATIONAL
1. Rain on Me by Jim Vierra, Manteca, CA
2. Higher by Matthew Stemme, Clayton, NC
3. Spirit of Sound Mind by Katie Smith, Plano, TX
COUNTRY
1. Out Of The Blue by Wanderlust, Glendale, WI
2. The Last Snow In Nashville by Louis Cate, Alexandria, VA
3. Forevermore by Wayne Gathright, Austin, TX
INSTRUMENTAL
1. CHESAPEAKE AUTUMN DAY by Andrew Wolf, Washington, DC
2. Stardust by Twilight by Kendall Yancey, The Colony, TX
3. Escape by Robin Carr, Los Angeles, CA
LOVE SONGS/ EASY LISTENING
1. Then I Found You by Paul Petruccelli, Portland, OR
2. That Man You Imagine by Wayne Gathright, Austin, TX
3. Underneath the Stars by Bob Juch, Oro Valley, AZ
3 You’re A Halo By Debra Gussin, Los Angeles, CA
NOVELTY/CHILDREN
1. We Need More Santas by Mack Reynolds, Nick Deutsch, Northfield, IL
2. Zipcode by Charles Edmund Carter, Terrell, TX
3. That Christmas by Mack Reynolds, Northfield, IL
3. Floating On a Ball by Wayne Gathright, Austin, TX
POP/ROCK
1. My Beautiful Calliope by Philip Ipsan, Pompano Beach, FL
2. Remember by Luke Jones, Howrah, TAS, Australia
3. I’ll Never be a Falling Star by Steve Ledford, Garland, TX
SINGER SONGWRITER
1. ONE SMALL STEP by Bobby McCormick, Westchester, PA
2. True As Love by James Tristan Redding, Craig Hendricks, Nashville, TN
3. Cool Jazz by Kendall Yancey, The Colony, TX
HM Come to My Senses by Will Townsley, David Banning, Arlington, TX
