Song of the Year songwriting contest December's Top Songwriters Runner Ups   Runner Ups are based on the point system alone. The judges each month are given forms to rank the songs they receive on elements like structure, melodies, music, lyrics, etc......    This is what the Winners and Finalists are selected by. The Runner Ups are based on high scores from the judges. The Runner Ups are the highest ranked songs that did not make it into the top five picks.

Alessandro Matalon Andreas Kaitis Andrew Digga Avery Stafford Beth Walker Bjorn Vang Vang Brandon MacDonald Brian Edwards Carine Ulano-Firestone Carol M. Doorish Carolyn Benoit Carolyn McCormack Carrie Wade Chicks With Hits Darcy Andersohn David Murray David Paul David E Wilcock Dayna Varga

Deandre Harmon Dennis Sy Edward Rohan Edward Turton Elman Authement Eric Schoon Eric Roberts Felice Keller Florence Vinger Fred Ferraro Garry Segal Gary Luther Gene Ober George Weeks Geraldine Oravets J.D. Boucharde Jami Templeton Jason Hatfield Jeff Coffey Jennifer Brantley

Jennifer Mangum Jerry Audley Jim Wyly John Lardieri John Rodriquez Josh Voreau Julia Lucafo Karen Rush Keith Rhea Lateefah Milton Lee Wanaselja Linda S Saslove Lynette Brehm Magnus Thor Sigmundsson Manuel Engel Maria Hadjiafxenti Marie-Genevieve Morin Mark S. Ludes Markus Rill Martha Morrison

Matthew Fitzgerald Mavis Michael Hettesheimer Michael Barnes Dodds Michele McTierney Michelle Sanders Nafsica Nelson Navarrete Njacko Backo Owen Critchley Pam Hollahan Panagiotis Pediaditis Paul James Paul Tomlin Paul Deiss Paul Borgese Pearl Future Peggy Atwood Peter Dunstan Polina Goudieva

Polina Dzhuriy Preston Dalton Rebecca Pink Richard Itskovich Richard Gannaway Robin Rues Rockelle Morris Ron Myers Rosemary Pooley Sascha Dupont Sergio Suarez Shamus O'Kane Solomia Stephen Linturn Steven Strobel Suzanna Young Suzanne Paschall Tim Tully Val Del Prete Wakene Bailey Wayne Donovan