2024 Session I - CLOSED
Open - February 15, 2024 Deadline - June 30, 2024 - 11:59pm PST Winner Announcement - September 1, 2024 12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and
36 Finalists (three in each category)
2024 Session II - OPEN
Open - July 1, 2024 Deadline - December 31, 2024 - 11:59pm PST Winner Announcement - March 1, 2025 12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and
36 Finalists (three in each category)
2024 Lennon Awards
Winner Announcement -
May 1, 2025 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.
2024 Song of the Year
Winner Announcement -
July, 2025
One of the 12 Lennon Award Winners will win Song of the Year and $20,000.
New York, NY (July 30, 2013) --- Jonas Friddle & The Majority, a 7-piece Folk band from Chicago, IL was announced winner of the coveted "Song of the Year" of the 16th annual John Lennon Songwriting Contest for their original song "Belle de Louisville". As Song of the Year Winners, Jonas Friddle & The Majority won $20,000 in cash in addition to prizes from Avid, Mackie and Digital Media Academy in addition to a ton of other prizes they've taken home throughout 2012.
Jonas Friddle & The Majority is composed of music teachers from Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, IL where they all met and became a band. They would describe themselves as "orchestral-folk music" and the group is comprised of a string section, brass, organ, banjo and drums and their songs are deeply rooted in the string band and blues traditions of American Roots music.
A total of over $300,000 in cash and prizes will be distributed this year by the year-round contest open to both amateur and professional songwriters. Visit www.jlsc.com for more information on the contest and to enter for your chance to become our next Song of the Year winner.
