July 2005 Results

July's winners and finalists include songwriters from Japan, The Netherlands, Canada, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, South Africa, The United Kingdom, St. Lucia, New Zealand, and The United States. 

 

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Adult Contemporary

Winner

Jacob Grenz  - To Be Me (Fort Collins, Colorado)

Finalists

Yoshika Murakami - Illusion (Towaco, New Jersey) Diamond York - The Choice is Yours (Orlando, Florida) Haiti Harrison, Dave Harrison, Michael Thompson - Fall (Woodland, California) Michael Junchaya - Spell (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Folk

Winner

Lori Kester - Shadow (La Jara, Colorado)

Finalists

Jennifer Adan - Daddy Don't Go (San Mateo, California) Mica Lee Williams (Really Don't Mind the Rain (San Francisco, California) Kirk Boland - And Have You Ever Known (Smoaks, South Carolina) Laurie Clark - ABC Poetry (Banff, Canada)

Lyrics

Winner

Andrey Russanov  - One Day in Heaven (Almaty, Kazakstan)

Finalists

Beth Walker - Sometimes Bad is Good (Flemington, New Jersey) Tommy Keeler - Another Red Light Day (Woodstock, Virginia) Mike Peacock - One Family (Franklin, Massachusetts) William Stacey - False Attraction and Action (Hawkes Bay, New Zealand) .

Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

J Songs - Free (Los Angeles, California)

Finalists

Ayana Baker - Are you Curious (Houston, Texas) Allison Wright - Y Do U Say It  (Denver, Colorado) Shorty B - The Down Low (Oolitic, Indiana) Raheem Bennett - I Like To (Aloha, Oregon)

Rock

Winner

Dhani Marshall - Dandelion (Ontario, Canada)

Finalists

Sam Jaffe - Change the Rules (Los Angeles, California) Gary Olsen - Songs For Me (Rockwood, Michigan) Eva Marshall & Tom McGrath -Summer Jam (New Cumberland, Pennsylvania) Michael Drost - Goodbye (Arlington Heights, Illinois)

Country

Winner

Kevin Shaw - John (Port Richey, Florida)

Finalists

Janine Rivers - In Between (St. John, Virgin Islands) Bill Schereck - A Dance or Two (Dallas, Texas) Brett Rock - My Favorite Girl (Ontario, Canada) Olivia Francis - Half of a Woman (Weatherford, Texas)

Instrumental/Jazz/World

Winner

Mariette Otten - Missing You (Loosdrecht, The Netherlands)

Finalists

Russell Allen - Wrong Side (Fresno, California) Jun Ishikawa - Nothing Left to Say (Japan, Tokyo) Chantilly Lace - Jazzin Down Franklin (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) Michael Weiss - Ojai (Agoura Hills, California)

Pop

Winner

Indiana Gregg - Oh Me Oh My (London, United Kingdom)

Finalists

Rebekah Edmonds - Turnaround (Gauteng, South Africa) Aleksandr Chazov - Don't Give Up Yet (Staten Island, New York) Adam Wexler - All Night Long (Brooklyn, New York) Corby Thomas - Pick Me Up (New York, New York)

Christian/Gospel

Winner

Jim Vilandre - When Love Rules Your Heart (Devils Lake, North Dakota)

Finalists

Elra Ermay - All They Need - (Castries, St. Lucia) Barb Murrin - Wash Me Now (Alberta, Canada)  David Chong - Don't Give Up (Honolulu, Hawaii) Barbara Long - Real Love

Electronic

Winner

Din-OZ - Plastic Heart (Limassol, Cyprus)

Finalists

Pamela Messick- Already Fired (Rensselaer, New York) Mark Baysa - Return To Wonderland (Phoenix, Arizona) Geralynn Giagnorio - So Fine (Chicago, Illinois) Nathan Seth - Burning Up (Norwalk, Connecticut)