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2025 Contest Schedule

2025 Session I - CLOSED
Open - February 17, 2025
Deadline - June 30, 2025 - 11:59pm PST
Winner Announcement -
September 1, 2025
12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each category)

2025 Session II - OPEN
Open - July 1, 2025
Deadline - December 31, 2025 - 11:59pm PST
Winner Announcement -
March 1, 2026
12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each category)

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2024 Awards Announcements

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.

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Song of the Year Lennon Awards Grand Prize Winners Finalists
    Session I Session I
    Session II
 		 Session II
2025 Finalists - Session I
The Session I Finalists are listed below.
 
Children's
“Mista Banana Balloona Mana”
Marky Monday
Toronto, CanadaMista Banana Balloona Mana		 “I’m Still Waiting for My Snack”
Bret Turner
Albany, CA
I’m Still Waiting for My Snack		 “Hey Little Rockstar”
Jesse Friedberg
Cleveland, OH
Hey Little Rockstar
 
Country
“Ain’t It Easy to See”
Moses Patrou
Staten Island, NY
Ain’t It Easy to See		 “Cowboys Church”
Megan Barker
Nashville, TN
Cowboys Church		 “Crazy Ol Feeling”
Michael Shapiro
Redondo Beach, CA
Crazy Ol Feeling
 
Electronic
“Escape”
Zeo Yin
White Plains, NY
Escape		 “Hymn to Freedom”
C480
Provo, UT
Hymn to Freedom		 “Journal Entry”
Annabella Gelmetti
Nashville, TN
Journal Entry
 
Folk
“Cornfields”
Laura Teed
Saint Andrews, Canada
Cornfields		 “Rise”
Neil Black
Denbigh, U.K.
Rise		 “Want It All Back”
The January Lanterns
Columbia, MO
Want It All Back
 
Gospel/Inspirational
“You Have My Heart”
Emily Rizuto
Denver, CO
You Have My Heart		 “Nothing But Your Love”
Andrea England
Toronto, Canada
Nothing But Your Love		 “It's Broken”
Alejandro García Vélez
Medellín, Colombia
It's Broken
 
Hip-Hop
“Side by Side”
Jonathan Harvey
Lake Worth Beach, FL
Side by Side		 “Hero”
Joe Ekutshu
Fort Worth, TX
Hero		 “Ball to Win”
Shirley Goines
Houston, TX
Ball to Win
 
Jazz
“Shower”
C480
Provo, UT
Shower		 “Singing in the Bath”
Charlene Connell
Darwen, U.K.
Singing in the Bath		 “When Autumn Calls”
Sandra-Mae Lux
London, U.K.
When Autumn Calls

Latin
“Despacio”
Andrés Ramos
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico
Despacio		 “Arturro”
Paul Mahalek
Chicago, IL
Arturro		 “Frio Como NYC”
John Briner
Chilliwack BC, Canada
Frio Como NYC

Pop
“One of One”
Bruce Ede
Pleasanton, CA
One of One		 “If I Had Loved You More”
Anne-Louise Sterry
Milwaukie, OR
If I Had Loved You More		 “I Like Her”
Rue Vega
Walnutport, PA
I Like Her
 
R & B
“Cocoon”
Alannah Burford
Perth, Australia
Cocoon		 “Like the Rain”
Avery Raquel
Toronto, Canada
Like the Rain		 “Rinse and Reprise”
Ella Pilcher
Perth, Australia
Rinse and Reprise
 
Rock
“Disaster”
Jonathan Lane
Los Angeles, CA
Disaster		 “Winter's Kisses”
Maria Timchenko
Waipahu, HI
Winter's Kisses		 “Erase Me”
Sara Zeng
Palm Coast, FL
Erase Me
 
World
“Ay Xuda”
Agreen Dilshad
Erbil, Iraq
Ay Xuda		 “Saara Zamaana”
Ramalingam Sankaran
Navi Mumbai, India
Saara Zamaana		 “Inquire Within”
Annabella Gelmetti
Nashville, TN
Inquire Within

 

 

 

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