International Songwriting Competition Announces Winners, U.S. Musician Grabs Grand Prize
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has announced the
winners for the 2012 edition of the contest. ISC's Grand Prize was
awarded to Joshua Hanson of Irvine, California, USA, for his song
"Monsters With Misdemeanors," which was entered in the
Folk/Singer-Songwriter category.
That grand prize win nets Hanson $25,000 in cash (US) and an
additional $40,000 in merchandise and services. You might recognize the
grand-prize winning Hanson as the frontman and songwriter for the
award-winning indie folk/rock trio Yellow Red Sparks.
A total of 68 winners from 119 countries worldwide were selected from
over 20,000 entries, and for the first time this year, more than half of
the winning submissions originated from outside of the U.S. Past
winners of the contest include Gotye, The Band Perry, Kasey Chambers,
Amanda Palmer, Gin Wigmore, King Charles, Kimbra, Passenger, Andrew
Bird, and numerous others.
Winners were selected by a panel of judges drawn from both the creative
and business side of the music industry. The list of judges includes Tom
Waits; Nas; Janelle Monae; Martina McBride; Susan Tedeschi & Derek
Trucks; Black Francis; Avicci; Tegan & Sara; Susan Vega; Richard
Stumpf (President, Imagem Music US); Bruce Iglauer (Founder/President,
Alligator Records); Alison Donald (Co-President, Columbia Records UK);
Dan McCarroll (President, Capitol/Virgin Label Group); Steve Lillywhite
(Producer) and Monte Lipman (President, Universal Republic Records)
among others.
The complete list of ISC 2012 winners is as follows.
Grand Prize
Monsters With Misdemeanors – Joshua Hanson (Yellow Red Sparks) – Yellow Pine, Idaho, USA
AAA (Adult Album Alternative)
First Place
Love Letter – Clairy Browne, Darcy McNulty, Steven Schram (Clairy Browne
& The Bangin’ Rackettes) – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Second Place
Brother – Matt Corby – Sydney, NSW, Australia
Third Place
Whispers – James David – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Adult Contemporary (AC)
First Place
K.I.S.S. – Lara Johnston, Robbie Nevil, Mike Krompass – Novato, CA, USA
Second Place
Drums – Alexander Gow (Oh Mercy) – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Third Place
What Makes Me Happy – Jehangir Aziz Hayat – Peshawar, Pakistan
Americana
First Place
Love Inside A Jar – David Garnham (David Garnham & The Reasons To Live ) – Darwin, NT, Australia
Second Place
You Might Come Around – Dale Boyle – Dorval, QC, Canada
Third Place
When You’re Dreamin’ – Ed Romanoff, Josh Ritter – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Blues
First Place
How Long To Heal – Nico Wayne Toussaint – Bayonne, France
Second Place
Don’t Blow My Cover – William Troiani, Haykon Haye, Ian F. Johannessen, Alexander Pettersen (Billy T Band) – Oslo, Norway
Third Place
High Gas Prices – William Morganfield (Big Bill Morganfield) – Stone Mountain, GA, USA
Children’s Music
First Place
Always Be A Unicorn – Helen Austin – Comox Valley, BC, Canada
Second Place
Wag More Feat. Indigo Girls – Franklin Bunn (Boxtop Jenkins), Glenn Matullo – Atlanta, GA, USA
Third Place
Fairy Tale Love – Lisa Sniderman (Aoede) – San Francisco, CA, USA
Comedy/Novelty
First Place
Handjob, Blandjob, I Don’t Understand Job – Kate Micucci, Riki Lindhome (Garfunkel and Oates) – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Second Place
Mom Worked The Farm – Pat Godwin – Dallas, PA, USA
Third Place
There’s A Picture – Eric Schwartz – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Country
First Place
This Ain’t A Love Song – Denis Dufresne, Lynae Dufresne (Pear), Bryan Wayne – Calgary, AB, Canada
Second Place
Anonymous – Rachel Honza – Nederland, TX, USA
Third Place
The Suitcase – Liz Hengber, James Dean Hicks, Anthony Smith – Franklin, TN, USA
Dance/Electronica
First Place
Crystallize – Lindsey Stirling, Marco Glodolja – Gilbert, AZ, USA
Second Place
Unity – Thierry Matrat (Funk Embassy) – Montreal, QC, Canada
Third Place
Urban Daemon – Jose Gustavo Gallo Aranibar (THEREMYN–4) – Lima, Peru
Folk/Singer-Songwriter
First Place
Golden Hearts – Teejay Terblanche (Black Handed Kites) – Cape Town, South Africa
Second Place
Blood And Bone – Wes Carr (Buffalo Tales), Eric Silver – Sydney, NSW, Australia
Third Place
Festival Song – Tim Easton – Nashville, TN, USA
Gospel/Christian
First Place
All Things New – Alan Thomas – Little Rock, AR, USA
Second Place
Cross Of Love – Derek Henbest (The Waiting Kind), Phil Wickham – Boise, ID, USA
Third Place
Chasing Me – Joseph Pfeifer, Jimmy Robeson – San Diego, CA, USA
Instrumental
First Place
Auctioneering Everything – Jaron Freeman-Fox (Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite Of Everything) – Toronto, ON, Canada
Second Place
New Life – Valters Puce (DaGamba), Richard Cerenkov – Riga, Latvia
Third Place
Remembrance – Jens Olav Haugen – Akkerhaugen, Norway
Jazz
First Place
Angustia – Omar Sosa – Camagüey, Cuba
Second Place
Benny’s Tune – Lionel Loueke – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Third Place
Black Lace Freudian Slip – René Marie – Warrenton, VA, USA
Latin
First Place
Ultimo Aire – Montserrat López Ros (Montse), Néstor Alejandro Martínez Lara – Mexico City, Mexico
Second Place
Isabela – Oscar Jimenez – Sydney, NSW, Australia
Third Place
Hasta Que Te Vi – Oscar Olavarria – Santiago, Chile
Lyrics Only
First Place
I Wanted New York – Leonie Casanova – London, England
Second Place
Grace Me With Your Love – Sukanya Sreedhar – New Delhi, India
Third Place
The Boulevard – Richard Dames (Endless Naps) – New York, NY, USA
Music Video
First Place
Honey – Kahn Morbee (The Parlotones) – Johannesburg, South Africa
Second Place
Follow Me – Maïa Vidal – Ithaca, NY, USA
Third Place
Building Houses – Wesley Jensen (Wesley Jensen And The Banquet) – Redding, CA, USA
Performance
First Place
Separated – Stijn Cole (Stan Lee Cole) – Antwerp, Belgium
Second Place
Fire Escape – Matthew Mayfield, John Paul White – Birmingham, AL, USA
Third Place
Mr. No Regrets – Yohan Sung (John Sung) – Manila, Philippines
Pop/Top 40
First Place
Good Intent – Kimbra Johnson (Kimbra), Francois Tetaz – Auckland, New Zealand / Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Second Place
Lay Down Your Ghosts – Stephen Hughes, Ed Carlile, Andy McConkey, Leon Rossiter (MoRo) – London, England
Third Place
Reaction – Acres Of Lions – Victoria, BC, Canada
R&B/Hip-Hop
First Place
Battle Scars Ft. Lupe Fiasco – Guy Sebastian, Lupe Fiasco – Sydney, NSW, Australia / Chicago, IL, USA
Second Place
Jay-Z Stole My Girl – John Davenport – Memphis, TN, USA
Third Place
A Happy Day – Kaindu Chiluba (Blaze Blackheart) – Cape Town, South Africa
Rock
First Place
Cold Heart – Tyler Bryant (Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown), Jaren Johnston – Nashville, TN, USA
Second Place
Let It Live Free – Robert Kolar (He’s My Brother She’s My Sister) – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Third Place
Six Months In A Cast – Thomas Calder (The Trouble With Templeton) – Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Teen
First Place
You Would Know – Louis McDonald (Five Mile Town) – Auckland, New Zealand
Second Place
Drift Away – Victoria Celestine – San Antonio, TX, USA
Third Place
Backs Of Our Eyelids – Matt Jaffe (Matt Jaffe & The Distractions) – Mill Valley, CA, USA
Unsigned Only
First Place
Misdiagnosed – Harry Hookey – Cowwarr, VIC, Australia
Second Place
Swimming With Sharks – Ilya Lagutenko (Mumiy Troll) – Vladivostok, Russia
Third Place
Broken Bones – Tommy Ashby – Peebles, Scotland
World
First Place
Bahlawan-Acrobat – Mira Awad – Rameh, Israel
Second Place
Sofrimento – Waldemar Bastos – Los Angeles, CA / Luanda, Angola
Third Place
Boom Boom – Dachee – Maplewood, NJ, USA
People’s Voice Award
Coming Home – Paul Cowderoy, David Carter, Jane E Robertson – Brisbane, QLD, Australia
