John Lennon Songwriting Contest

Session I - OPEN
Open - February 15, 2013
Deadline - June 15, 2013 - 11:59PM PT
Winner Announcement -
September 1, 2013
12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each category)

Session II - CLOSED
Open - June 16, 2013
Deadline - December 15, 2013 - 11:59PM PT
Winner Announcement -
March 1, 2014
12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each category)

12 Lennon Awards
Winner Announcement -
May 1, 2014
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.

Song of the Year
Winner Announcement -
July, 2014
The 12 Lennon Award Winners will compete for the Song of the Year and $20,000.

NAMM 2013
January 24th - January 27th
SXSW (Music)
March 11th - March 17th
Warped Tour
June 15th - August 4th 2013

Lennon Award Voting

The Grand Prize Winners from the 2012 contest are listed below, please vote as they 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 April 5th - April 29th and the 12 Lennon Award Winners will be announced on May 1st, 2013. Each of the 12 Lennon Awards winners win $1000 in Mackie and Ampeg products along with 1000 custom CD's printed in full color jackets courtesy of Disc Makers worth $799! Then all 12 Lennon Awards Winners are eligible to win a Mackie Mixer, a pair of Mackie Studio Monitors AND the $20,000 Song of the Year!

Rock Session I Dovetail "Julie" Session II American Authors "Feels Like Yesterday"	Pop Session I The Royal "Freaks" Session II Purlie & Håvard Rosenberg "Summer Revolution"	Hip Hop Session I Eastern Sunz "I Am The Walrus" Session II Breeze Embalm "My People"

R&B Session I Ashleigh Eymann "Look to the Water" Session II Larry G(EE) "Yo Mama"	Electronic Session I Daniel Robinson & Mark Zubek "The Last" Session II Lunic "War"	Country Session I Scarlett Affection "05:49" Session II Jim Bennett & Morgan Frazier "All We Never Had is Gone"

Folk Session I Jonas Friddle and the Majority "Belle de Louisville" Session II Raven Cliffton "Tough Cookie"	Children's Session I Helen Austin "All The Letters" Session II Melissa Green "Sing Loud"	Jazz Session I Yuko Yamamura "Rove Over" Session II Rick Webster "Fade Away"

World Session I Shiko Mawatu "Manu" Session II Kina Zoré "Va Gumulelana (No More War)"	Latin Session I Sandra Lilia Velasquez "Nueva York" Session II Adan Pedroso "Yo Soy el Son"	Gospel / Inspirational Session I Monica Phillips "The Love You Song" Session II Millie Hansen "Come Emmanuel"