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2026 Contest Schedule

2026 Session I - NOW CLOSED
Open - February 17, 2026
Deadline - June 30, 2026 - 11:59pm PT
Winner Announcement -
September 1, 2026
12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each category)

2026 Session II - NOW OPEN
Open - July 1, 2026
Deadline - December 31, 2026 - 11:59pm PT
Winner Announcement -
March 1, 2027
12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each category)

2026 Song of the Year
Winner Announcement -
July, 2026
One of the 2026 Grand Prize winners will win Song of the Year and $20,000

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Song of the Year Lennon Awards Grand Prize Winners Finalists
    Session I Session I
    Session II
 		 Session II
2014 Finalists - Session I
The Session I Finalists are listed below.
 
Childrens
“Germs”
Joanie Leeds
Brooklyn, NY		 “1 2 3 4”
Alathea
Jonesborough, Tennessee		 “Hoola Hoop”
Montserrat Venegas
South Gate, CA
 
Country
“Hard Times”
Daughter & Son
New York, NY		 “Do U Miss The Heat”
Debra Gussin and Stacy Hogan
Los Angeles, CA		 “The Crossing Over”
Miles Calder & The Rumours
New Zealand
 
Electronic
“Waxed”
Clinton Smith
Los Angeles, CA		 “Brand New”
Layne Putnam
Los Angeles, CA		 “Still Here”
Sofia Insua
Guatemala City, Guatemala
 
Folk
“This Road With You”
Big Little Lions (Helen Austin & Paul Otten)
Cincinatti, OH		 “Run Back”
Jared Salte
AB, Canada		 “Sing You Home”
Timothy Ostdiek
Scottsbluff, NE
 
Gospel/Inspirational
“The Dream”
Savannah LiveOak
Lincoln Park, MI		 “What You Do To My Heart”
Zach Trandum
Auburn, WA		 “Light of Bethlehem”
Beka DeSantis
Memphis, TN
 
Hip-Hop
“Never Fall”
Amplified & Ian Janco
Santa Cruz, CA		 “A Pill 4 Peace”
Tia Parchman
Inglewood, CA		 “The Olympian”
Luke Gawne
Oak Park, IL
 
Jazz
“Paris Trance”
Patricia Vonne
Austin, TX		 “One of These Days”
Aram Sinnreich, Dunia Best & Todd Nocera
Montclair, NJ		 “New Perspective”
Rose Aguilar Barrascout
Guatemala

Latin
“Caminante Caminando”
David Lindes
Salt Lake City, UT		 “El Calor de tu Piel”
Gao Vilé
Weston, FL		 “No Me Digas Mañana”
Gustavo Galindo
Sacramento, CA

Pop
“Kick Drum”
Kaylee Johnston
Vancouver B.C. Canada		 “London Bridges”
Paige Bryan
Los Angeles, CA		 “Don’t Wanna Wake Up”
The Score
New York, NY
 
R & B
“One An' One An' One”
Robert Marino
Yorktown Heights, NY		 “Bad News Bears”
Vanessa Collier
Chadds Ford, PA		 “Panta Niwas”
Jordana Talsky
Toronto, Ontario, CAN
 
Rock
“This Time”
Landon Jett
Ben Wheeler, TX		 “Fighter”
Sumo Cyco
Bolton, Ontario, CAN		 “Keeping Score”
Canvas
Toronto, Ontario, CAN
 
World
“Cry”
Carolina Vasconcellos
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		 “Send for spring”
Kanako Takahashi
Kawasaki Kanagawa JAPAN		 “Subabona”
Apiwe Bubu
Boston, MA

 

 

 

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