We are honored to announce the Winners of the 2016 Hollywood Songwriting Awards.
Grand Prize Winner
Dancing With The Wrong Girl written by Lucy Parle
Adult Alternative
Best Adult Alternative Song: Factory Made written by Wyatt Brewer
Nominees
Out Of The Dark written by Chris Kelly & Nicole Gibson
Official Finalistss Dreams are Blueprints written by Colin Heckman
(All I Wanna Find) Yesterday written by Ben Skeie
You're Gone written by Michael Schmidt
Shattered Stars written by Tonni Riley
Desert Called Love written by John Incardona
Blues
Best Blues Song: Thanks (To Your Gift) written by Ramon Gallifa
Children’s Songs
Best Children's Song: Sing Like You Mean It written by Shaula Walko
Nominees CaCa: Happy Moods! Written by Angela En-Yu Lao
Sweet Flowers written by Scott Ennis
Treasures Under The Rocks written by Anna Antonova
Play The Drums written by Lorena Perez Batista
Sweet Child of My Eyes written by Ramon Gallifa
Betcha can't make me laugh written by Omar Hart
Morning Tears written by Ramon Gallifa
Classical
Best Classical Song: Flights of Childhood written by Daniel Gare
Nominees
Canzonetta di Alba written by Simonne Draper
The Dragon Apprentice written by Andreas Häberlin
The Keys written by Farid Itani
A Crescent written by Angela En-Yu Lao
Canzonetta di Aqua written by Simonne Draper
Country & Western
Best Country & Western: Heavens Got a Good One written by Whitney Lusk
Nominees Wrong written by Lucy Parle From The Outside written by Gina Brooklyn, Stephanie Lewis & Mike Shimshack
Always written by Lucy Parle
Official Finalists Im Through with It written by Kyle Daigle
I Won't Mind written by Wesley King
It Had to Be You written by Erick Manard
Tell Me How I'll Know written by Kerry Rogers
If it wasn't for the whiskey written by Eric Blossman
Reggae
Best Reggae Song: Waiting for What? written by Steve Bancroft
Folk
Best Folk Song: MAKS The Fox written by Kori Simonson
Nominees White Sails written by Daniel Heslop
The Colors You Make written by Hannah Cooper
Midwestern Sky written by Brandon Grafius
Anywhere Is Better Then Here written by Michael Schmidt
Politicwords written by Stephen Behar
Hip Hop
Best Hip Hop Song: Hope for Tomorrow written by Edward Barraza
Nominees
Generations Lost written by Zach Hetman
Holiday
Best Holiday Song: It's Christmas Time written by Chris Cook
Nominees CaCa: Happy Halloween! Written by Angela En-Yu Lao
Tomorrow is Christmas Morning written by Katie Garibaldi
Unsigned
Best Unsigned Song: Let's Ride written by James Tierney
Nominees England written by Andrew Holmes
Superman written by Kimberly Wolff
Drive By Town written by Rachel Louise Taylor
Reinvent written by Keegan Corbey
Counting on Love written by Jess Novak
Official Finalists No One Else Alive written by Stephanie Middleton
Dear Adam Dear Eve written by Andrew Huang
A Little Crazy written by Suzanne Kinsella
Ocean written by Robert Ouseley
Little Church written by Tonni Riley
Standing On The Edge Of Time written by Anthony Frizzell
Instrumental
Best Instrumental Song: Living with Bipolar: Fear, Despair, Elation written by Christina Lyons
Nominees Horsin’ Around written by Jesse G Shepherd
The Prophet written by Gavin Libotte
Canzonetta Ritmico written by Simonne Draper
Life written by Michele McLaughlin
Official Finalists A Night Alone written by Bellavia Alberto
The Dragon Apprentice written by Andreas Häberlin
Horsin' Around written by Jesse G Shepherd
SNF written by Bill Palmer
She Walks in Beauty written by Michael Dulin
Latin
Best Latin Song: Jy Kan written by Ricardo Alvarez
Lyrics Only
Best Lyrics: Butterfly Nets written by Julietta Zsofnyak
Nominees Friday night written by Dina Draz
Without You written by Mark Torres
Save Me written by DeQuana Quarles
Best Actor written by Debra Gussin
Official Finalists Hotter Than Hell (We Are At War) written by Debra Gussin
Broadway Lights written by Jason Lee
Today is gonna be my lucky day written by Joyce Cervantes
Sometimes written by Nia Moore
March written by Regina Chappano
Rock
Best Rock Song:Walk Into My Life written by XueRan Chen
Nominees Another House of Pain written by Nino Del Pesco Warrior written by Marisa Nikole
Spiritual
Best Spiritual Song: MTMTE (More Than Meets The Eye) written by Zach Hetman
Nominees Master Lead Me written by Paul Anderson
Microcosm to Macrocosm written by Exotic Dimensions
Soul/R&B
Best Soul/R&B Song: Olivia Rose Wallace written by Wallace Films
Nominees
Heart of Glass written by Omar Hart
Jazz
Best Jazz Song: Ancient Incense written by Shota Yamamoto
Nominees
Red Sea written by Darrell Katz, Rebecca Shrimpton & Paula Tatarunis
Teen
Best Teen Song: Into the Light written by Michelle C. You
Nominees
Hush written by Camryn Quinlan
Who Do You Think You Are written by Patricia Fitzgerald
Carry Me written by Ashley Fulton
Beating to My Drums written by Sherry Wang
Pop
Best Pop Song: Love is What We Need written by Meg Pfeiffer
Nominees Into the Light written by Michelle C. Yu
NOI written by The Red badnd, Video by Diego Fiori & Olga Pohankova
Tickling the Ivories written by John Paciga
Choose Life (feat. A) written by Mark Schmitz
Unbelieve written by Celeste Newman
Official Finalists Black and Blue written by Luna Keller
Love You A Little Longer written by Josh Ronen
Love is what we need written by Meg Pfeiffer
Kiss Me Again written by Michael Schmidt
Ghosts written by Paulina Vo
Performance
Best Performance Song: Another House of Pain written by Nino Del Pesco
Nominees
Will I written by Natalie Jean
World Music
Best World Music Song: Skye Island written by Txema Cabria
Nominees A Flower in Himalayas written by Exotic Dimensions
Skye Island written by Txema Cabria
Memory written by Ramon Gallifa
#OneSkyAbove written by Amen Ben Koussa (a.k.a Amen BK)