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, Marty 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, Dale Effren, Los Angeles, CA
NOVELTY/CHILDREN
1. We Need More Santas by Mack Reynolds, Nick Deutsch, Eli Alger. 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
Certificates posted on this page: https://dsasongcontest.blogspot.com/p/dsa-2025-song-contest-certificates.html
DSA SONG CONTEST 2025 Awards Program was virtual on Zoom where the winners were announced on Jan 17 - Semifinalists
performed and our judges appeared to give the awards. View the program
on Facebook in the rough. (You can hear all the crew getting started in
the beginning so stay with us to get to the program. https://www.facebook.com/barbara.mcmillen/videos/743101492203012 We plan to edit this for Youtube.
