ASG announced the winners of the Fall Song Contest, along with the new Songwriter of the Year for 2017, at the annual ASG Songwriters Symposium in January. Read on to learn who won.
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR 2017 – RICHARD HOWARD!
AMERICANA
1. CLAUDIA GIBSON – TROUBLE
2. RICHARD HOWARD – LIGHTNING STRIKES
3. RICHARD HOWARD – ADDICTION
HM RICHARD HOWARD – GOD ONLY KNOWS
HM SUE YOUNG – SAN ANTONIO HONEYMOON
BAREBONES
1. CLAUDIA GIBSON – THE DAYS
2. RICHARD HOWARD – GOD ONLY KNOWS
3. VOLNEY CAMPBELL – TELL ME WHY
HM TROY TUCKER – I COULD DO THIS ALL NIGHT
HM JENNIFER MORGAN – STOMPING THROUGH PUDDLES
BLUES/JAZZ
1. RICHARD HOWARD – THAT MISSISSIPPI
2. WAYNE GATHRIGHT – GRAVEYARD BLUES
3. CRAIG IRVIN – MURDER IN YOUR HEART
HM CRAIG IRVIN – HARD TIMES SETTLE IN
HM ERIC L SEIBEL – BACK UP
COUNTRY
1. RICHARD HOWARD – LIGHTENING STRIKES
2. RICHARD HOWARD – ADDICTION
3. PATTI DIXON – RAINING SUNSHINE
HM RICHARD HOWARD – ST. PETER’S DILEMMA
HM SUE YOUNG – SHADOW ON THE WALL
HM CHRIS CAVELLO – OLD ON YOU
FOLK / PROTEST/ SOCIAL JUSTICE
1. PATTI DIXON – HOW OUR STORY GOES
2. CRAIG IRVIN – WHERE I MAY GO
3. JOHN BEELER – BETTER PART OF TOWN
HM CLINT LAWRENCE – OH AFRICA
HM SUE YOUNG – FAMILY
GENERAL
1. WAYNE GATHRIGHT – RILEY AND HIS MARCHING BAND
2. CLINT LAWRENCE – THE NIGHT NIGHT SONG
3. CRAIG IRVIN – THREADGILLS BLUES
3. WAYNE GATHRIGHT – MY CLICHES JUST DON’T CUT IT ANYMORE
