American Songwriter 2023 Song Contest Finalists Announced

American Songwriter is excited to announce the Official 2023 Song Contest Finalists. Congrats to all of these talented artists & songwriters listed below for this incredible accomplishment.

We hope to announce the Top 25 Songs and the Overall + Category Winners as soon as we can. In the meantime, enjoy listening to these amazing songs. 

Please Note: Finalists are sorted alphabetically by Song Title.

“SONG TITLE” BY SONGWRITER(S)

“Act Your Age” By Kayliann Lowe and Skylar Springer

“Ain’t My First Rodeo” By India Ramey

India Ramey · Ain't My First Rodeo

“Alive” By Ceri Earle, Ava Paige

“All My Exes’ Moms” By Brooke Greenberg, Will Jay, Jxndren, De’La

“Another Kind of Love” By Madilyn Paige, Aaron Kellim, Jay Denton, Ariel Lask

“Baseline” By Caroline Dare, Cam Becker, Anna Hamilton

“Better Days” By Simon Burke

“Billy” By Daniel Herr

“Black Market Bubblegum” By Ilja Amnell, Mikko Ahokas, Oliver Henriksson, Mikael Tujula, Pekka Pirinen

“bop it” By Shelby Benjamin

“Boulder” By Matt Jordan, Jarrett Hartness, Dustin Herring

“Comeback Kid” By Joey Hendricks, Andy Albert, Zach Abend

daschent® · Comeback Kid (demo)

“Confuse My Love” By Katie James, Gomey (Michael Gomes)

“Dating Isn’t Fun” By Sade Frame, Kayliann Lowe, Jordan Sapp

“don’t you have to go?” By Jonny West

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“DRAMA” By Leshaun Nash

“Drunk in Paris” By Connor Pledger

“Fever” By Viktoria Reitan, Vincent Stefansson

“Fight for This” By Ryan Innes, Tim Myers

“Flee Steppa” By Jamal Hall

“For Such A Time As This” By Amanda Nolan, Kayliann Lowe, Doug Lowe

“Giddens – Dreaming’ Big” By Edgar Peters

“God Who Sees Me” By Jon Myles, Amanda Hammett

“Good Things Never Stay” By Connor Austin

“hiraeth” By Chelsea Gilliland

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“HOLD PLEASE” By Ella Collier, Sam Vendig

“House by the River” By Sarah Vitort, Scott Gilmore, Greg Holden

“Human” By Sarah Johansen, Patrick Thomsen, Lucas Hjøllund

“I Think I Like It” By Daniel Read

“i was a virgin (on drugs)” By Halo Kitsch

“i’m not in love with you” By Lydia Frutig, Alex Nobile, Nate Sander, Wesley Henry

“If a tree falls in love with a river” By Lau Noah

“If I Die Today” By Brett Matthews, Classified

“Joy In The Battle” By Major Johnson Finley, Joaquin Bynum

“London’s Song” By Matthew Hartke

“Look What God Has Done” By Harley Rowell, Baily Hager, Sharon Byrd

“Lost In The City” By Jordan Johnson, Solomon Crook

“Love of A Good Man” By Cassidi Hesdon, Cara Anderton, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson

“Made For Loving” By Georgia Lines

“Margot” By Sala Elassir

“Masochist” By Sophie Levine, Michael Blum, Michelle Ray

“Matador” By Micah Smith, Nadia Vaeh

“May Flowers” By Charlie Brennan, Theo Kandel

“Meet Me At The Record Store” By Pa Sheehy, Chris Breheny, Antoinne Cotton

“Meet You At The Light” By Desirée Dawson, Francis Arevalo, Olivia Quan

“No Mud No Lotus” By Bob Sima

“Obvious” By Jake Melles

“OH GOD” By Lily Hain

“Paris” By Phoebe Katis

“Permanent Resident” By Skyler Mayes

“Picking up After You” By Gary Wayne Robbins

“pink moon spring” By Belle Shea

“president” By Nuria Martínez Nouvilas

“Sad Bird Still Sings” By Eloise Alterman, Dan Henig

“Saline” By Lydia Luce

“Shine” By Ricky Duran, Eric Paslay

“someone, please come help” By Dylan Stiles, Zachary Munn

“Stardust” By Meg McRee

“Suburbs” By Miranda Fling

“Suwannee County” By Burton Collins, Andrew Combs

“Sweet Talker” By Kaiya Gamble, Spencer Cheyne, Justin Kudding

“The Devil” By Jessica Mazin

“The Devil, The Dealer, and Me” By Brooke Stevens, Vinnie Paolizzi

“The Right Reasons” By Carla Geneve

“twenty one” By Cate Tomlinson

“Van Gogh” By Ashlyn Wolfe

“Walking Through Your Memory” By Derek James, Carin Fradin

Derek James · Walking Through Your Memory

“We’ll Figure it Out” By Jennifer Fiedler, Trey Smith, Adam Wood, Emily Landis

“What A Shame” By Struan Shields, JohnLuke Lewis

“What Do I Wear To A Breakup” By Saylor Brasseaux, Emily O’ Neal, Toni Clare

“What’s It All Mean?” By Christian Gates-Bahlhorn

“Whatever” By Cassie Henderson, Joe Farris

“Whisper” By Asher Hinton, Lars Jensen

Asher Hinton · Whisper

“With You” By Mauricio Jimenez

“yellow year.” By Emmy Castner