Winners of American Songwriter's 2024 Song Contest

24 April 2025 - Press release

The Grand Prize Winner, as well as the First and Second Place Category Winners were selected by an esteemed panel of judges which included artists such as Jason Mraz, Katie Gavin, Lauv, MarcLo, Quinn XCII, AJ McLean, Tiera Kennedy and many more.

It's official, “This Is Where” by Drew Schueler, Nell Maynard, Claire Flyntby took home the Grand Prize this year. A massive congratulations to Drew Schueler!

Play MPE is pleased to provide a comprehensive music promotion and radio tracking package which includes an International Radio Format Bundle, plus our Global Music Supervisors and Global Music Bloggers Packages for up to a full album release. Three months of MTR radio tracking is also included for all songs on the release.

 

First Place Category Winners
The First Place Winners of every music category will receive an International music promotion package and radio tracking for one single each from Play MPE.

Americana First Place Winner:
“Bones” By Mark Shiiba

Blues First Place Winner:
“I Can’t Make You Understand” By Eric Fortaleza, Natalie Layne, Summer Joy (Moga Family Band)

Children's Music First Place Winner:
“Harmony” By Harold Simmons, Aura Simmons, Deanna Hawkins (Fyütch)

Christian Music First Place Winner:
“Forever Holy” By Montel Moore, Terrian Woods, David Spencer (Terrian)

Country First Place Winner:
“5 o’clock Shadow” By Natalie Otto, Philip Morgan

EDM First Place Winner:
“Goodbye” By Sara Costa Sanches, Genemo (Saralia)

Folk/Singer-Songwriter First Place Winner:
“What A Ghost” By Isaac Sign

Hip-Hop/Rap First Place Winner:
“Who The Man” By Jessica Carter (J.Lauryn)

Indie First Place Winner:
“you.” By Marlhy Murphy, Michael Kamerman (Marlhy)

Instrumental First Place Winner:
“Time Is Not What You Think It Is” By Ryan David Green

Jazz First Place Winner:
“Time Is Not What You Think It Is” By Ryan David Green

Latin Music First Place Winner:
“Una Vida Pasada” By Juan Munoz (Avi)

Pop First Place Winner:
“Capture Me” By Thomas Stringfellow

R&B/Soul First Place Winner:
“Twelve Out of Ten” By Gabe Baker, Shane Weisman

Rock First Place Winner:
“Lemon Bars” By Noah Brandt (Jazzmen Suites)

Teen First Place Winner:
“Billboard City” By Summer Brennan

World Music First Place Winner:
“Emancipation” By Caleb Hart