2017 SONG CONTEST NOW CLOSED

Eight Song Categories

1. Christian/Inspirational

2. Country

3. Americana/Folk/Bluegrass

4. Pop/Rock/RnB/Alternative

5. Love Songs/Easy Listening

6. Children's/Novelty

7. Singer/Songwriter (songwriter is the performer)

8. Instrumental

Multiple Winners In Each Category

Entry Fee $25

Deadline: Extended to Monday, Oct 2nd, 2017

Submissions Close at Midnight. 

Enter Online 
at DSA's Song Contest Submission Partner:

Broadjam.com

To Enter Online, you Must Join Broadjam by

Receiving a Free 90 Day PROMoB Membership.

OR ON DSA'S WEBSITE

https://dallassongwriters.org/dsa-annual-song-contest/

OR ENTER BY MAIL, 

download the contest form here.

Mail your check and entries to:

Dallas Songwriters Association

2013 Song Contest Director

Sammons Center For The Arts

3630 Harry Hines Blvd. #20

Dallas, Texas 75219

(voicemail) 214-750-0916 x1

e-mail: DSA SONG CONTEST

MAIL IN ENTRIES MUST BE POST MARKED BY Sept 30th.

 or you can mail you entry form and CD and pay online at our DSA store with credit card or Paypal.

Each entry is entered into the drawing for an IPOD

Drawing held Oct 10!

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: Extended to Oct 2, 2017
Drawing For Free Ipod: Oct 10, 2017
Semi-Finalists Announced: Nov 7, 2017
Finalists and Grand Prize Winners Announced: Dec 8, 2017

GRAND PRIZE

a Casio PX-350 Privia Piano

Grand Prize Winner, and

1st and 2nd Runner Up Receive:

1 Yr. Broadjam Primo MoB Membership

($199.95 Value) 
Includes Artist Website, 1 Yr. Hosting

Additional Prizes

1st Runner Up Receives:

1 Day of FREE high quality recording on one song,  and a night in

Merlin's Cabin at RIVER SOUNDS on the Llano River in the Texas Hill Country.

2nd Runner Up Receives:

Song Critique from Barbara McMillen, Associate Professor of Songwriting at Collin College

and recording time at Joe Musik Studio

1st and 2nd Place in Each Category Receives:

$50
A 1 year Broadjam MoB Membership ($49.95 value)

Every Winner Receives:
DSA Membership ($50.00 Value)

Judges

Rules

Need More Info?

Click Here for Song Contest FAQ -

Winners will be announced on-line

at www.dallassongwriters.org

DSA 2014 Song Contest Now Open - Deadline Sept 16th

Eight Song Categories

1. Christian/Inspirational

2. Country

3. Americana/Folk/Bluegrass

4. Pop/Rock/RnB/Alternative

5. Love Songs/Easy Listening

6. Children's/Novelty

7. Singer/Songwriter (songwriter is the performer)

8. Instrumental

Multiple Winners In Each Category

Entry Fee $25

Deadline: Tuesday, Sept 16th, 2014

Submissions Close at Midnight. 

Enter Online 

at one of two DSA Song Contest Submission Partners:

Broadjam.com

To Enter Online, you Must Join Broadjam by

Receiving a Free 90 Day PROMoB Membership.

or

Sonicbids.com

To Enter Online, you can submit on Sonicbids

and receive a 30 Day Free Trial through your submission

Sonicbids is the leading matchmaking site for emerging bands and music promoters. Its community of 325,000 registered artists use the site to connect with 25,000 music promoters - ranging from some of the world's largest music festivals and conferences, to clubs, colleges, music supervisors and other people looking to book or license music.

New to Sonicbids? Sign up to submit your band to sonicbids.com/dsa and get a free trial, plus 25 "Tokens" to submit to 25 Token Gig Listings at no additional cost. Previous Sonicbids members can reactivate their membership for only $1!

OR ENTER BY MAIL, 

download the contest form here.

Mail your check and entries to:

Dallas Songwriters Association

2013 Song Contest Director

Sammons Center For The Arts

3630 Harry Hines Blvd. #20

Dallas, Texas 75219

(voicemail) 214-750-0916 x1

e-mail: DSA SONG CONTEST

MAIL IN ENTRIES MUST BE POST MARKED BY Sept 16th.

 or you can mail you entry form and CD and pay online at our DSA Kagi store with credit card or Paypal. Click here to enter our Kagi store.

Each entry is entered into the drawing for an IPOD

Drawing held July 9!

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: Sept 16, 2014
Drawing For Free Ipod: Oct 14, 2014
Semi-Finalists Announced: Nov 11, 2014
Finalists and Grand Prize Winners Announced: Dec 9, 2014

GRAND PRIZE

Premier Demo By

Beaird Music Group, Inc

A Premier Nashville Recording Service
(List Value $705.00)
Beaird Music Group recorded the demo of Lady Antebellum's "I Run to You" which was just voted as the Single of the Year at the CMA Awards.

See recording demo here

and a Casio PX-350 Privia Piano

Grand Prize Winner, and

1st and 2nd Runner Up Receive:

1 Yr. Broadjam Primo MoB Membership

($199.95 Value) 
Includes Artist Website, 1 Yr. Hosting

1 Yr. Sonicbids Membership

Additional Prizes

1st Runner Up Receives:

1 Day of FREE high quality recording on one song,  and a night in

Merlin's Cabin at RIVER SOUNDS on the Llano River in the Texas Hill Country.

2nd Runner Up Receives:

Song Critique from Barbara McMillen, Associate Professor of Songwriting at Collin College

and recording time at Joe Musik Studio

1st Place in Each Category Receives:

$100
A 1 year Broadjam MoB Membership ($49.95 value)

2nd Place in Each Category Receives:
$50
A 1 year Broadjam MoB Membership ($49.95 value)
A 1 Yr. Sonicbids Membership

Every Winner Receives:
DSA Membership ($50.00 Value)

Judges

Rules

Need More Info?

Click Here for Song Contest FAQ -

Winners will be announced on-line

at www.dallassongwriters.org

2013 WINNERS ANNOUNCED

GRAND PRIZE WINNERS

1. Do You Believe by Jay Gallagher, Philadelphia, PA

2. Looking Glass by Rick Webster, Perth, Australia

3. 3, 2, 1 by Jay Gallagher, Philadelphia, PA

SEE THE COMMENTS FROM THE GRAND PRIZE JUDGE

CATEGORY WINNERS

Listen to the whole playlist on Soundcloud at:

https://soundcloud.com/dallassongwriters/sets/dsasc2013winners

Americana

Cook a Chicken by Whitley Hill, Nashville, TN

2. Old Grim by Eric Bettencourt, Portland, ME

3. Carla Moore by Brian Kalinec, Houston, TX

Christian / Inspirational

1. He Did His Best Work On Wood by T Edwin Doss, Silver Spring, VA

2. First Church of The Last Chance by Brent Benton, Plano, TX

3. Point Me Home by Stephen McWhirter, New Albany, IN

Country

1. Guitar Players Get The Girls by Debra Gussin and Marty Dodson, Los Angeles, CA

2. Dancing on Dandelions by Roger Kaye, Glens Fallas, NY

3. Driftwood You and Me by Kevin Reardon, Riverside, CT

Instrumental

1. Looking Glass by Rick Webster, Perth, Australia

2. Dogs In Paradise by Charlie Hill, Tulsa, OK

3. Warrior by Arek Religa, Chicago, ILWarrior

Love

1. A New Love Song by Nitanee Paris Lawson and Jonathan Bluth, Malibu, CA

2. When Did You Know by Glen Naylor, Bright, Australia

3. So Beautiful by Katie Hardyman, Pampoolah, Taree, NSW, Australia

Novelty / Childrens 

1. Down To Earth by Kate Diaz, Chicago, IL

2. The Christmas Song No One Knows by Renee Safier, Andy Hill and James Vermilya, Redondo Beach, CA 

3. Dig Into Reading by Randy Sauer, Hays, KS

Pop/Rock/Alt/RnB

1. Do You Believe by Jay Gallagher, Philadelphia, PA

2. 3, 2, 1 by Jay Gallagher, Philadelphia, PA

3. Like They Do It In The Movies by Nitanee Paris Lawson, Malibu, CA

HM. So Long by Maureen Fichten, Manalapan, NJ

Singer / Songwriter

1. Smoke & Ashes by Denise Rosier, Lake Forest, CA

2. Smallest Act of Kindness by Cal Scott, Portland, OR

3. Trans-Pecos Serenade by Eddie Lott, Dallas, TX

2013 SEMIFINALISTS

Americana

1. Carla Moore by Brian Kalinec, Houston, TX

2. Parting Song by Melissa Bandura, Richmond N., BC, Canada

3. Possum Trot Road by Richard Mack Harrell, Boca Raton, FL

4. Memory Museum by Mark Stepakoff, Wellesley, MS

5. Circle Back by Michael Henchman, Vancouver, WA

6. Screen Door by Martin Flannagan, Baton Rouge, LA

7. Cold Blood by Mark Stepakoff, Wellesley, MS

8. The Twilight Years by Roy Williams, Woodbridge, ONT, Canada

9.  Lost Angel by Eric Stone, Boulder, CO

10. Old Grim by Eric Bettencourt, Portland, ME

11. Lonely at the Bottle by Tom Biles, Keller, TX

12. Cook a Chicken by Whitley Hill, Nashville, TN

Christian / Inspirational

 1. When A Soldier Comes by Kevin Reardon, Riverside, CT

2. Spirit's Hymn by Denise Rosier, Lake Forest, CA

3.The Sky Is The Limit by Lanny Sherwin, Santa Barbara, CA

4. He Did His Best Work On Wood by T Edwin Doss, Silver Spring, VA

5. Point Me Home by Stephen McWhirter, New Albany, IN

6. Snowflake by Randall Brown, Mineola, TX

7. Sing It by Carl Peterson, Paw Paw, MI

8. A Dance With Angels by Rob Cariddi, Fort Mill, SC

9. First Church of The Last Chance by Brent Benton, Plano, TX

10.  Sweet Communion by Brent Benton, Plano, TX

Country

1. All Part Of Our Love by Kevin Reardon, Riverside, CT

2. Already Gone by Wyler Delray, Creve Coeur, IL

3. Dancing on Dandelions by Roger Kaye, Glens Fallas, NY

4. Dear John Letter Again by Roger Kaye, Glens Fallas, NY

5. Driftwood You and Me by Kevin Reardon, Riverside, CT

6. Guitar Players Get The Girls by Debra Gussin and Marty Dodson, Los Angeles, CA

7. Headstone by Roger Kaye, Glens Fallas, NY

8. I Knew by James Hoppe, Aliso, CA

9. I Miss Someone All the Time by Wyler Delray, Creve Coeur, IL

10. I'll Meet You In Dallas by Krystan Bellows, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

11. If You Were My Girl by Roger Kaye, Glens Fallas, NY

12. Professional Help by T Ediwn Doss, Silver Spring, VA 

13. The Point of No Return by Wyler Delray, Creve Coeur, IL

14. Your Memory's Never Done Me Wrong by Brent Benton, Plano, TX

Instrumental

1. Backlash by Lou DeAdder, Whitby, Canada

2. Dogs In Paradise by Charlie Hill, Tulsa, OK

3. Friday Night Chant by Tomer George Cohen, Latin, Israel

4. Jazzy by Lou DeAdder, Whitby, Canada

5. Looking Glass by Rick Webster, Perth, Australia

6. Warrior by Arek Religa, Chicago, IL

Love

1. A New Love Song by Nitanee Paris Lawson and Jonathan Bluth, Malibu, CA

2. Caught by Stephanie Krawiee, Bloomfield Hills, MI

3. I Keep On Wanting You by Andre Kerek, Miami, FL

4. A Paris August Moon by Glen Naylor, Bright, Australia

5. So Beautiful by Katie Hardyman, Pampoolah, Taree, NSW, Australia

6. The Very Best In Me by Jordan Spivack, Nanuet, NY

7. When Did You Know by Glen Naylor, Bright, Australia

8. Where The Willows Weep by Glen Naylor, Bright, Australia

Novelty / Childrens 

1. Echo The Gecko by Jordan Spivack, Nanuet, NY

2. Cat In My Hoody by Robert Stelmach, White Rock, BC, Canada

3. Rockin' THe Kazoo by Randy Sauer, Hays, KS

4. The Christmas Song No One Knows by Renee Safier, Andy Hill and James Vermilya, Redondo Beach, CA 

5. Down To Earth by Kate Diaz, Chicago, IL

6. Jasper's Worst Christmas by Whitley Hill, Nashville, TN

7. Jonathan Baker by Robert Graham, Toronto, Canada

8. Dig Into Reading by Randy Sauer, Hays, KS

Pop/Rock/Alt/RnB

1. 3, 2, 1 by Jay Gallagher, Philadelphia, PA

2. Do You Believe by Jay Gallagher, Philadelphia, PA

3. Ice Cream by Stephanie Krawiee, Bloomfield, MI

4. Like They Do It In The Movies by Nitanee Paris Lawson, Malibu, CA

5. Lucid Lover by Jessi Teich, Philadelphia, PA

6. Museum Day  by Patrick Bisaillon and Marc Bourbonniers of Plead Guilty, Mirabel, Quebec, Canada

7. River by Heidi Zettl, Allen, TX

8. Shade of Grey (Starlight Mix) by James Hoppe, Aliso Viejo, CA

9. So Long by Maureen Fichten, Manalapan, NJ

10. Story Of A Broken Heart by Stephanie Krawiee, Bloomfield, MI

Singer / Songwriter

1. Trans-Pecos Serenade by Eddie Lott, Dallas, TX

2. Open a Vein by Martin Flannagan, Baton Rouge, LA

3. Smallest Act of Kindness by Cal Scott, Portland, OR

4. Hands of Angels by Steve Schultz, Poughkeepsie, NY

5. Shadow by Steve Schultz, Poughkeepsie, NY

6. Nicer Here by Davis McGee, Orlando, FL

7. Beautiful Like You by Davis McGee, Orlando, FL

8. Smoke & Ashes by Denise Rosier, Lake Forest, CA

9. Honey Pie by Nitanee Paris Lawson, Malibu, CA

10. Empty Space by Sebastien Parentin, Loudrefing, France

11. Slow Work in Progress by T Ediwn Doss, Silver Spring, VA 

12. On A Cold Cold Christmas Day by T Ediwn Doss, Silver Spring, VA 

13. Philadelphia by Eric Colville, Ipswich, MA

DSA SONG CONTEST IN THE JUDGING PHASE - IPOD DRAWING WINNER ANNOUNCED

Category judges are busy listening to the entries and picking the winners.

 At the July Second Tuesday Meeting, our guest speaker, Kathy Baldwin, drew song entry number 196, Sweet Communion. The songwriter of the winning entry is Brent Benton from Plano, Tx. Brent wins an IPOD shuffle, from the Apple Store, his choice of color.