John Lennon Songwriting Contest

Session I - CLOSED
Open - January 15, 2008
Deadline - June 15, 2008
Winner Announcement -
September 1, 2008
12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each category)

Session II - OPEN
Open - June 16, 2008
Deadline - December 15, 2008
Winner Announcement -
March 1, 2009
12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each category)

12 Lennon Awards
Winner Announcement -
May 1, 2009
Grand Prize Winners of Session I and Session II will compete head-to-head in an online voting battle to become the Lennon Award Winner in their respective category.

Maxell Song of the Year
Winner Announcement -
July, 2009
The 12 Lennon Award Winners will compete for the Maxell Song of the Year and $20,000.

The Veronicas
Kaci Brown
Bob Weir
Al Jarreau
The Bacon Brothers
Jesse Harris
Vernon Reid
Pat Metheny

Winter NAMM
January 17 - 20
Battle of the Bands
February - November
NAB Show
April 11 - 17
Summerfest
June 26 - July 9

Lennon Award Voting

The Grand Prize Winners from the 2007 contest are below and will now compete head to head to determine the 12 Lennon Award Winners.
Click on each box to cast your vote in each category. You may vote once per category per day. Voting is open March 19 - April 26th. The 12 Lennon Award Winners will be announced on May 1st and then go on to compete for the Maxell Song of the Year and take home $20,000 and an Apple Computer with Cinema Display and Logic Pro software, a Mackie Mixer and a pair of Mackie Studio Monitors.

Rock Session I Marae "The Capital and The Civilian" Session II Colourslide "Wake Up Call"	Pop Session I Alejandro Manzano "All The While" Session II LittleHorse "I Want Your Love"	Hip Hop Session I GAGE "Destiny" Session II Kevin Jack "Dreaming of Darfur"

R&B Session I Crazy "Porche Smith" Session II House of Echo "Maybe It's Love"	Electronic Session I Risa Kaparo "The Bible Before" Session II Acoustic Chatter "Sky Turns Red"	Country Session I Jesse Terry Dan Murph "What You've Been Missing" Session II Zane Williams "Hope Is A Flame"

Folk Session I Marianne Allison "This World" Session II Bettina Schelker "The Honeymoon is Over"	Children's Session I Cooper and Bounds "Jack Rabbit" Session II Thaddeus Rex "I Will Always Follow You"	Jazz Session I Jeremy Zmuda "On Standby" Session II Kate Schutt "How Much in Love?"

World Session I Joshua Lebofsky "The BRISS" Session II Suba Sankaran "Heavy Traffic"	Latin Session I Francisco Rodriguez "Vive" Session II Victor Maldo "Tu"	Gospel / Inspirational Session I Carmen Calhoun "Life" Session II Greg Sczebel "Homeland"