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2026 Contest Schedule

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

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

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2025 Awards Announcements

2025 Lennon Awards
Winner Announcement -
May 1, 2026
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.

2025 Song of the Year
Winner Announcement -
July, 2026
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 II
The Session II Finalists are listed below.
 
Children's
“Glow”
Rick Robles
Santa Barbara, CA
Glow		 “I'm a Turkey (Hip Hop for Birds)”
Mr. Elephant
Cleone, CA
I'm a Turkey (Hip Hop for Birds)		 “A Fishy Tale”
Heather White Luckow
Montreal, Canada
A Fishy Tale
 
Country
“Take a Turn”
Ryan Kaiser
Cincinnati, OH
Take a Turn		 “Villain”
Alivia Hadfield
Lehi, UT
Villain		 “Showing Me You”
Jayne Sachs
Dayton, OH
Showing Me You
 
Electronic
“Space”
Kai Ono
Irvine, CA
Space		 “Wish You Well”
Abi Muir
Cairns, Australia
Wish You Well		 “How Smooth”
Shauvik Sharan
Santa Clarita, CA
How Smooth
 
Folk
“VW Bus”
John Mueller
Sherman Oaks, CA
VW Bus		 “It Moves Me”
Sean Magwire
Oxford, MA
It Moves Me		 “Look Me In the Eye”
Edie Yvonne
Los Angeles, CA
Look Me In the Eye
 
Gospel/Inspirational
“Such a Time As This”
Tyler Kuntz
Fort Wayne, IN
Such a Time As This		 “Don't Let Pain Be Your Prison”
Carol Yu
New York, NY
Don't Let Pain Be Your Prison		 “Heaven Take Me Home”
Lauren Griffith
Del Mar, CA
Heaven Take Me Home
 
Hip-Hop
“Geisha”
Evangelina Herrmann
Landau, Germany
Geisha		 “WIN”
Tennille Amor
Los Angeles, CA
WIN		 “Why Do I Feel This Way”
Nickelis Vincent
Olympia, WA
Why Do I Feel This Way
 
Jazz
“Worm in a Book”
Lisa Marie Simmons
Soiano del Lago, Italy
Worm in a Book		 “For Luna”
Aubrey Johnson
Brooklyn, NY
For Luna		 “Cloud”
C480
Provo, UT
Cloud

Latin
“Otra Vez Yo”
Omar Jesus Montes
Toronto, Canada
Otra Vez Yo		 “California”
Nicolas Montalvo
Fillmore, CA
California		 “En Un Rincón (feat. Carlota Soto)”
Gonzalo Fraga
A Coruña, Spain
En Un Rincón (feat. Carlota Soto)

Pop
“What Fun”
ellakate
Atlanta, GA
What Fun		 “Existential”
Summer Brennan
Newport Beach, CA
Existential		 “Ten Tons”
Jim Vilandre
Devils Lake, ND
Ten Tons
 
R & B
“Porch Nights”
Edie Stringfellow
Boston, MA
Porch Nights		 “I Been”
Kayla Krilove
Los Angeles, CA
I Been		 “To Be Loved By You”
Kayla Krilove
Los Angeles, CA
To Be Loved By You
 
Rock
“How Strange”
Shufang Deng
Düsseldorf, Germany
How Strange		 “Better Man”
Rich Alden
Chipping Norton, U.K.
Better Man		 “Shadow”
Teghan Devon
Myersville, MD
Shadow
 
World
“Amira”
Amira Lombardi
Pistoia, Italy
Amira		 “Shola Nigaahen”
Ramalingam Sankaran
Navi Mumbai, India
Shola Nigaahen		 “Drops of Poison (Kapi otrova)”
Primoz Rebernik Ribic
Slovenia
Drops of Poison (Kapi otrova)

 

 

 

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