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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 Grand Prize Winners Finalists
  Session I Session I
  Session II
 		 Session II
2026 Finalists - Session I
The Session I Finalists are listed below.
 
Children's
“Love Bug”
Josh Shriber
Wellesley, MA
Love Bug		 “Just the Way You Are”
Katie Kai
Chicago, IL
Just the Way You Are		 “Rainbow Heart”
Wendy and DB
Evanston, IL
Rainbow Heart
 
Country
“Leaver”
Elaina Christina
Nashville, TN
Leaver		 “Just Another Tattoo”
Adam Byrd, Sarah Motes Ashley
Mt. Vernon, OH / Maryville, TN
Just Another Tattoo		 “Where Justice Dies”
J.V. Ambrose
Beacon, NY
Where Justice Dies
 
Electronic
“Sticky Bomb”
Shengxuan Mao
Shanghai, China
Sticky Bomb		 “Self-Control”
Leyla Romanova
Baku, Azerbaijan
Self-Control		 “Green-Eyed Girl in an AI World”
Ryan Kaiser
Hebron, KY
Green-Eyed Girl in an AI World
 
Folk
“She”
Douglas Nelson
Boulder, CO
She		 “Cornerstone”
Paul Griffin
Birmingham, U.K.
Cornerstone		 “How Do You Know?”
Debra Gussin & Marty Dodson
Los Angeles, CA
How Do You Know?
 
Gospel/Inspirational
“Dissolve”
Nathan Hjelmberg
Minneapolis, MN
Dissolve		 “Believe”
Steven Bliss
Thompsons Station, TN
Believe		 “Mirror Assignments”
Justin Wilfong
Los Angeles, CA
Mirror Assignments
 
Hip-Hop
“It's All Good”
Kweku Hopkins
Richmond, VA
It's All Good		 “How We Flow”
Darin Behan
West Harwich, MA
How We Flow		 “Hip Hop Eternal”
J.V. Ambrose
Beacon, NY
Hip Hop Eternal
 
Jazz
“When Life Gives Me Lemons”
JUNG RANA
Gaithersburg, MD
When Life Gives Me Lemons		 “The Guardians”
Jonathan Saraga
New York, NY
The Guardians		 “Quantum Fields”
Michelle Thomas
Cincinnati, OH
Quantum Fields

Latin
“El Puñal”
Luisa Mar
Medellin, Colombia
El Puñal		 “Amor Tranquilo”
Laura Lizcano
New York, NY
Amor Tranquilo		 “No Me Hagas Bailar Sola”
Justin Wilfong
Los Angeles, CA
No Me Hagas Bailar Sola

Pop
“Stereotype”
Katie Costello
Tampa, FL
Stereotype		 “Potential”
Tyler Shamy
North Hollywood, CA
Potential		 “Ain't Nobody”
Wala Reza Mohajer
Frechen, Germany
Ain't Nobody
 
R & B
“We Had Love”
Dawn Adjei
New York, NY
We Had Love		 “Move”
Zoey Madison
New York, NY
Move		 “I Create My Own Reality”
Michelle Thomas
Cincinnati, OH
I Create My Own Reality
 
Rock
“New Moon”
Ryan Nagle
Dillon, CO
New Moon		 “Fire”
Adam Flanders
Sarasota, FL
Fire		 “Together”
Late Cambrian
Brooklyn, NY
Together
 
World
“EIRE”
Stefano Uberti
Genova, Italy
EIRE		 “Ilu'inu'iwui'ku”
David VonderBurg
Winston-Salem, NC
Ilu'inu'iwui'ku		 “Peregrino de Tu Cielo”
Alejo García
Medellín, Colombia
Peregrino de Tu Cielo

 

 

 

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