American Songwriter is excited to announce the Official 2024 Song Contest Semi-Finalists. Congrats to all of these talented songwriters listed below.
In the coming weeks, we will be announcing the Finalists, the Top 25 Songs and the Overall Winners + Category Winners from the contest. Stay tuned for those announcements.
Please Note: Semi-Finalists are sorted alphabetically by Song Title.
“SONG TITLE” BY SONGWRITER(S) (ARTIST NAME)
“13 Reasons” By Sam Schummer (Teddy Marquee)
“18 Moving South” By Van Isaacson (Allison Mahal)
“27 Club” By Sierra Heiny, Tory Grace Beridon (Sierra Annie)
“5 o’clock Shadow” By Natalie Otto, Philip Morgan
“A Little Goes A Long Way” By Emma Seslowsky, Kayla Jo Pichichero (Emma Jayne)
“A Long Goodbye” By James Hall, Jeff Silbar (Jimmy Hall)
“A Song For Jennie” By Robin Spielberg, Louis-Anthony deLise
“Adonai” By Josh Adams
“Adore Him” By Sam Thomson (The Praise Project)
“All My Days” By Ian McGuinness (Side Saddle)
“All Pressure” By Keviyonna Smith (HNKAYYY)
“Almost Had It Good” By Jenny Kern, Rich Tuorto
“American Portrait” By Douglas Romanow, Sam Hatmaker, Benita Hill
“Americana” By Diego Panasiti, Alexis Patiño Patroni, Alvar Escriba-Bou, Jason Burns, and Juan Miranda (Bomba Fried Rice)
“Angel” By India Thieriot
“Angel Hanael’s Joy” By Karen Salicath Jamali
“Anyone Else” By Sydney Jacobson (Sydney Dale)
“Apple Pie” By Mary Broussard
“Baby, Let Me Be Your Santa Claus Tonight” By Gary Kraen, Samuel Weedman (BOOMTOWN SAINTS)
“Back to Jesus” By Alisha Eich, Kevin Anthony, Lloyd Nicks
“back to the start” By Gloria Kim
“Bad Days” By Olivia Bolin (Olivia James)
“Bad Taste” By Chloe Papandrea, Sierra Deaton, Eric Leva (CXLOE)
“Bae Mi Olraet” By Grant Wilson (Wilz)
“Baila” By Monica Rodriguez (Monica Lionheart)
“Ballad of Biscay” By Arianna Shamy (Ari Shamy)
“Be Alright” By Gus Jeffers, Ryan Matthew Tedder, Kaitlyn Velez and Aaron Karsh
“Be Alright” By McKinley Vaughan, Drew Shalka
“Be Different” By Mark Thales (Evening Shades)
“Beer Cans” By Angel Ramirez Jr, Jaece Simon
“believe” By Miguel Angel Gonzalez Galvez (The Sand)
“Better” By Ray Aley, Frankie White
“Better State of Mind” By Anna Mezentseva (Halover)
“Better Than Mine” By Avery Kern
“Bigger in Texas” By Bri Fletcher, Emily Kroll, Dan Harrison, Elysse Yulo
“Bigger Man” By Sofia Gobbi
“Billboard-City” By Summer Brennan
“Black & Blue” By Adri Maiella (screenager)
“Black Its Blue” By Zenaya Semple
“BLACK OUT” By Mr Adassa, Dinco (PARTY CRASHA’S)
“Blank Check” By Tanner Sparks, John Roberson
“Bones” By Mark Shiiba
“Bones” By Sonny Luca
“Break The Band Up” By Alix Page, Andy Seltzer, Cameron Hale
“Brother” By Hayley Warner
“Burn The Boats” By Jesse Terry
“Butterflies” By Shaquille Rayes (Shaq Rayes)
“Cadence (Cole’s Song)” By Michael Burrows (Michael Dalton)
“Caffeine & Gasoline” By Scott Voelkerding, Steve Smentek, Kelly McKay
“Can We Agree” By Lisa Marie Simmons, Marco Cremaschini
“CANCELLED” By Brooke Azzopardi (Brooke Stilla)
“Capture Me” By Thomas Stringfellow
“Chartered Territory” By Ann Gray Golpira
“Chasing Sunsets” By Jérémy Plante, Martin Aubin, Albert Chambers (Blue Ridge Band)
“Chillo” By Jeff Dayton
“Choking On My Love” By Julian Murray-Sibby (Julian Forest)
“Christmas Is Nearly Here” By Laura Schein, Ben Zeadman (Zeadman & Schein)
“CHURCHES & DIVE BARS” By Maxwell McMahon (Maxwell Luke)
“Cigarettes Anger And Wine” By Seth Walker (Seth James)
“Classical Ending” By Max Cinnamon
“Clementine” By Nate Daviau
“Coal” By Emma Oshea (The Spine Stealers)
“Cold” By Danielle Yother
“cold bitch” By Anika Krause, Henning Sommer, Lorenz Schütze (being anne)
“cold september” By Christina Munsey (Christina)
“Collarbone” By Zia Victoria, Philip Clem, Lucas Santos
“Come on Over” By Michael McDermott (Red Medicine)
“Como tú” By Olivia C. Dacal
“Complicated Man” By J.M. Clifford, Ron Pope
“consistently” By Elenee Maria Young, Amanda Kinner
“Contradiction” By Eliza Harrison Smith
“Cry Over You” By Julia Gomez
“Cuatro Caminos” By Gabriela Sepulveda, Diana Sepulveda
“Curious” By Patrick Barclay (Stephan)
“Daydream” By Zia Victoria, Bridget Kearney
“Daydreams” By Zach Maurer (Mavry)
“De Santiago” By Brian Henriquez, Kelvin Polanco, Santiago Robledo Betancourt (Tr3ppy)
“Deathmatch, Baby” By Maggie Miles
“Deeper Shade of Blue” By George Altziebler (Son of the Velvet Rat)
“Demise” By Hannah Heil, Doug Schadt, Jake Libasi, Lucas Sim (Hannah Hill)
“Devil Teasin’ Me” By Renan Yildizdogan (The Commoners)
“Difé en case la” By Stan Galouo, Juan, Lazer Red (Pacho Buscadoro)
“Do You Think About Me?” By Hayley Warner
“Dolla and change” By Eddie Smalls
“Dollar and A Dream” By Dayseana McNeal (Songbird The Goddess)
“Don’t Know Why I Love” By Gregory Ackerman
“Don’t Tell Me What to Play” By PJ Ferguson
“Don’t Want a Body” By Skylar Gutman, Hannah Diones, Sara Bares (Skylar Lee)
“Douceur” By Marine Futin
“Dream Home” By Kiersten Rummell, Kate Zickler, Courtney Marie (Kiersten Rae)
“DRIVER” By Montserrat Vilaplana Mendez (Fitasha)
“Drown” By Julia Gentile (VILIVANT)
“Dunning Kruger (It’s Killing Me)” By Michael Van Wagoner, Sajan Nauriyal, Cameron Becker, Adriano Faletti (Mykyl)
“Echo” By Marshall Perkins, Jalil Rasheed (Mrshll Wyne)
“Elephant in the Room” By Benjamin Masterson, Brittany Masterson (MASTERSON)
“Emancipation” By Caleb Hart
“Empires Fall” By Marshall Perkins (Mrshll Wyne)
“Empty Motive” By Grace Mason (Hello Sister)
“Escape from the Monsoons – Pirates” By Dario Rodighiero
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“Eternity” By Greg Shilling
“Everything in between” By Billie Zizi Watchel
“Exercise” By Tekena Ogoh, Jayden Brown (TkTheArtist)
“Expire” By Lottie McLeod
“Faded” By Henrh Cornell
“falling in love in a field” By Madeleine Anderson, Jake Etheridge (Madeleine)
“familiar feeling” By Katie Donnelly (kate the dreamer)
“Far Afield” By Miles Zurawell
“FAST PASS” By Ayden Warren, Keegan Bumpus, Kevin Lankford (ELZABAD)
“Fire Escape” By Matthew Mayfield, John Paul White
“Flight Risk” By Chloe Papandrea, Eric Leva (CXLOE)
“Flowers” By Dolly Ave
“For One Day” By Jermaine Fleur
“Forest Fire” By Suzannah Fiskum (Zan Fiskum)
“Forever Holy” By Montel Moore, Terrian Woods, David Spencer (Terrian)
“Fortress” By Chris McQuistion, Jonathan Turner, Jonathan Jackson
“Freakin Out” By Peter Schmitz, Maya Fadeeva (Pat Anthony)
“Ghost” By Joe Ragosta, Lukas Klingensmith, Jordan Harvey
“Ghost” By Sonny Luca
“Give You All My Love” By Alex Fitzkee, Drew Fitzkee
“God & Good News” By Jake Bush, Jesse Raub Jr, Jacob Boyd
“Good Liar (Radio Edit)” By Avery Tompkins
“Goodbye” By Sara Costa Sanches, Genemo (Saralia)
“Gravity” By Lauren-Michael Sellers
“Guilty Pleasure” By Ariana Figueiredo (Ariana Fig)
“Half Of What You Need” By Abigail Carey
“Happy That I Met You” By Drew Schueler, Kendall Grayson Brower Goodman, Savannah Sanabia
“Harmony” By Harold Simmons, Aura Simmons, Deanna Hawkins (Fyütch)
“Hate the Goosebumps” By Jenna Kohut, Devesh Dayal (køhvt)
“He Understands” By Russell Mohr (Russ Mohr)
“He Would” By Mackenzie Johnson, Mikey Slowey
“Head in the clouds” By Polly Geringas, Lily Hormel, James McKernan (Jozephine)
“Holy Water” By Jada Dale (Jada Lee)
“Homesick” By Antwane Sonneveldt (Antwane Tyler)
“Honda” By Dolly Ave
“Honest” By Lauren Sampino (Lovlee)
“Hurt or Heal” By Jolie Waterhouse (L.i.E)
“Hurt We Know” By Lydia Dall, Peytan Porter, Chase McDaniel
“I Can’t Make You Understand” By Eric Fortaleza, Natalie Layne, Summer Joy (Moga Family Band)
“I Don’t Belong” By Tyrone Crawford
“I ENJOY YOU” By Claude Kelly, Chuck Harmony (LOUIS YORK)
“I FEEL SO GOOD TODAY” By David Brooks, Charles Davids (DPB)
“I Hope You Feel Terrible” By Ariel Allen-Lubman (Boy Jr.)
“i think i might be in love” By Nate Benson (bnsn)
“I Wanna Go Home” By Trey Hill, Ryan Corn (Younger Sun)
“I’m Not Scary” By Madelyn Baier
“If Even Years Go By” By Carrie Brockwell
“If I Had Money” By Nick Costa
“If Love’s A Gun, I’m Better Off Dead” By Veronica Bianqui
“Insecure” By Christopher Roy (King Creole)
“Jaded” By Emory Anderson (Emory Arrowsmith)
“Kind Love” By Sam Heselwood
“Kingdom” By Leor Manelis (Sun Way Street)
“Kiss The Sky” By Samuel Luria, Alisa Xayalith, Harry Charles (Rita Mae)
“Kitchen” By Kerie Smith (Prestyn Smith)
“La muerta” By Erwing Pereira (Sebaztian Pereira)
“Late” By Alondra Vega Pacheco
“Laura” By Isabella Ghassemi (Bella Marcy)
“Left Behind” By Joshua Rinne
“Lemon Bars” By Noah Brandt (Jazzmen Suites)
“Levi Jean Queen” By Jason Gall, Jordan Gall, Elias Brevik (The Brothers G)
“Light Up” By Katie Johnson (Trapheauxly)
“Little Light” By Grace Baldridge (Semler)
“Live Your Life” By Dion Isaiah Hargrave, Michael Kabia, Isak Nygaard
“London’s Song” By Matt Hartke
“Love of Your Life” By Sydney Schmier (Syd Taylor)
“Lovely Day” By Lila Coley (Lila Blue)
“Mandela Effect” By Holden Miller
“Mangrove Forest” By Alex Brown
“Match Made in Custody” By Carson Petocz (Afterthoughts)
“Memory of a Broken Wing” By Enrique Ponce
“Men Cry” By Joel Sundkvist, Ariel Lask
“Merengue Atrevido” By Eduardo Alvarez Vasquez (Ed Varez)
“midnight snack” By Hillary Bernstein, Karan Pandav (Kiran + Nivi)
“Miss Manhattan” By Jake Wildhorn
“Momma” By Suzannah Fiskum (Zan Fiskum)
“Moon” By Serge Lacasse (Prof. Lacasse)
“Moon On Earth” By Maria Martins, Bellsavvy (MARIAH)
“Mrs Claus lament” By Sandra O’Reilly, Scott Gordon-Macey
“Multiverse” By Maya Bennett (Maya Manuela)
“My Brand New Love” By Wyatt Easterling, Robby Hecht
“Nice Things” By Jarrod Allen (THE MOB)
“No Good” By Lilly Chuman
“No One’s Coming” By Brooklynn Stanberry
“Nobody’s Tired” By Clara Gutterman (Clara Lars)
“Nonetheless” By Leshaun Nash (Napalm Nash)
“Northern Wind” By Pawarin Phiken (Lanna New Decade (band))
“Not Alone” By Meredith Keller, Joshua Cockerham
“Ocurrencias” By Tomas Jonsson
“Oh, the places we will go” By Michael Martinez (Meekoh)
“Old New York” By Patrick Berlinquette (Pat Berlinquette)
“ON & ON” By Minchan Kwon, Ian Kim (Sad Nudes)
“One More Night” By Tessa Dalton, Phoebe Vandeman
“Oranges are hard” By Joseph Waters
“Out of my mind” By Jahque Mccaskill (J.1.DA)
“Outsource It” By Brianna Nelson, Nell Maynard
“Paper Perfect” By Tayler Buono
“Papillon agile (Nimble butterfly)” By David Bérubé
“Playback” By Carson Petocz (Afterthoughts)
“Pony Express” By Garrett Owen
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“Pot in the Latkes” By Abby Dorsey (MC Flow)
“Price Of Getting Older” By Jed Jones, Isabel Dumaa
“prizes” By Marisa Galdino, Zachary Manno, Haley Mae Campbell (Marisa McKaye)
“Rainbow Love Song” By Kelli Caldwell (Kelli Welli)
“Rainbows” By Robinson Treacher
“Rainy Blues” By JP Hennessy
“Reaching” By Scott Gossen (Go Son)
“Reaper” By Joey Miceli, Santino Cardinale
“Reflect HD” By Anthony Fonseca (Ant40oz.)
“Reindeer Rebellion” By Ava Della Pietra, Shane Stevens, Nash Overstreet
“Remember Me” By Brittany Masterson, Josh Ronen, Brittany Pfantz (MASTERSON)
“Remember You” By Aaron Konzelman
“Reminiscing” By Cathy Swan
“Right In the Memories” By Karli Chayne, Porter Howell, Adam Wheeler (Karli & James)
“Romanticizing Poets” By Theo Kandel
“Rubber Knees Since August” By Chad Courtney
“Run Me Over” By Lasse Meling
“Running Free” By Zoya Naumchik, Jake Warren, Jesica Yap, Moana Avvenenti (ZØYA)
“S C A R S” By Niesje Lenae Kroll, Anna Golden, Bede Benjamin-Korporaal (NIESJA)
“Safe In The Sound” By Nhlanhla Majozi, Greg Abrahams (Majozi)
“Save Me” By Joseph Morse
“Scrooge” By Paulina Villalon
“Seasons” By Chris McQuistion, Jonathan Jackson, Leslie McKee
“Self Love” By Jayson Cornelius (Jayson Lyric)
“Señorita” By Kevin Embleton (Embleton)
“Será” By John A Finbury, Caro Pierotto, Grecco Buratto
“Setback” By Tess Considine, Madison Renner (Tess Clare)
“she’s lying to me” By Michael Duncan
“Shit List” By Chloe Schwartz, Jon Buscema, Sissy Smith, Evan Cline (Chloe Rose)
“Sidelines” By Bruce D Gertz
“Silence” By Steve Topouzakis (Steve Toppa)
“Silver” By Seth Endelman (Jah Frida)
“Silver Lining” By Ryan Spitzel
“Silver Lining” By Elliott Willis (Sunday Honey)
“sincerely,” By Yuri Kil, Megan Coffey
“Singing to a Different Song” By Pedro Henrique Cordeiro (Pedro)
“Sinking Feeling” By Carol Duboc, Anna Duboc, Juan Ariza
“So Much Better” By Lottie McLeod
“Sofa bed” By Sam Lethbridge (Parker)
“Someone Else” By Matt Grandbois
“Someone To Love” By Sammy Vaughn, Michael Taylor (CHIEF)
“Something Bout U” By Kevin Gonzalez, Jason Ariel Bobadilla (Luna Luna)
“Spilled My Guts” By Kiki Halliday, MacKenzie Leigh Halliday, Nicole Beubien
“Spin Cycle” By Rob Goff (feedtherightwolf)
“Stay” By Harrison Goodell
“strangers” By Katie DeMartini, Victoria Skie
“strangers” By Nate Benson, Darby Spears (bnsn)
“Subasta” By Santiago Montoya (EME)
“Subconscious Love Connections” By Merryn Boller
“Sun Go” By Greg Shilling
“sweet” By Abby J Hall
“Synthesis” By Jessica Jackson (Anaria)
“Table Of One” By Natalie Jones (natalie jinju)
“Talk Dirty” By Damian Malnar (Lost Stars)
“Tears of an Albatross (Parts 1-3)” By Nick Stone
“Tears Of Humanity” By Peter Xifaras
“Tell Him About Me” By Preston LeMacks, John Strandell, Jessica LeMacks
“The Bed’s Too Big Without You” By Seth Power, Elizabeth Mencel, Thomas “Tawgs” Salter
“The Fight” By Leslie Jordan, Sandra McCracken
“The Girl I like to see” By Benjamin Robey (Ben Railway Robey)
“The Heart Is Strange” By Dylan M Frederick
“The Hinterland” By Nicholas Coetzee
“The Leavin’” By Dayna Bee
“The Loop” By Brian Parker (Ruven)
“The Momma Llama Dance” By Benjamin Graham, Walter Riggi (Momma Llama & Friends)
“The Only Way” By Steve Thompson (Steve Everett)
“The River” By Malorie Peck (Malorie)
“The Sisterhood” By Mackenzie Johnson
“The Smiling Ghost” By Christopher Mc Cullagh (Chrisy Mc Cullagh)
“The Star You’ve Always Been” By Matt McKinnon, Nate Lawrence, Brian Leguay (VELZY)
“The Truth” By Zach Lupetin (Dustbowl Revival)
“The Venom” By Andrew Bojanic, Dan Murphy, Andrew Bojanic, Elizabeth Hooper, Miles Franco, Tim Spier (All Good Things)
“These Are the Memories” By Emma Campbell, Ryan Mondak (Emmaline)
“This Ain’t What I Had In Mind” By Daniel Lovelace
“This Is Where” By Drew Schueler, Nell Maynard, Claire Flynt
“This Moment” By Dave Tate
“Throw Caution To The Wind” By Wyatt Easterling, Thomas Anderson
“Time Is Not What You Think It Is” By Ryan David Green
“Timeless” By Rosaura Aranda, Carlos Montes, César Ricalde, David Meléndez (Bluesomn)
“Tired Of Us” By Skyler Cocco
“Together” By Lauren Moore
“Too good to let go” By Rhyan Shirley, David Thulin (Ri-An)
“Trees” By Lonnie Rott
“Triste Despedida” By Janette Mata
“Try” By Matt Brewster, Salvatore Manalo, Rain Pollock (Hiroki)
“Twelve Out of Ten” By Gabe Baker, Shane Weisman
“Twist Your Arm” By Carly Bannister, Taylor Leonhardt
“Una Noche De Estas” By Gabriel Melgarejo, Michael Rincon, Julián Bernal, Geovannis Alcantara (La Bendición)
“Una Noche Mas” By Jose Miguel Cabrera
“Una Vez Mas” By Kevin Gonzalez, Alan Vega (Luna Luna)
“Una Vida Pasada” By Juan Munoz (Avi)
“Unapologetically” By Sharin Attamimi, Calvin Bennett
“Under My Skin” By Jake Hays, Kurt Creger (Maudlin Strangers)
“Unlove You” By Jackie Therrien
“Waiting Here for You” By Sofia Hunter-Monge (Sofia Alejandra)
“Walk Fast” By Michelle Etwaroo (Ron Jackson)
“Way Down” By Craig Hanson, Ralph Patlan (KREGG)
“We’re All Gonna Die Young” By Thomas Baldwin
“Weightless” By Jake Kulik (Sunny Hallow)
“What A Ghost” By Isaac Nigus (Isaac Sign)
“What Are We” By Maddi Overy, Matt Bronleewe, Grace Bronleewe (daughter)
“What Love Can Look Like” By Gracie Nash, Emma Jayne Seslowsky (Miss Tutti And The Fruity Band)
“What You Deserve” By Jewel Bell (Influence)
“Whatever They Like” By Donald Clemons (PharaohFresh)
“When U Wake Up” By Kimberly June Warren, Cameron Stymeist
“When We Work Together” By Nick Gill
“WHERE DO U GO ?” By Dafna Margalit (Dafna)
“Whiskey River” By Mel Washington, Olivia Burnette
“Whiskey Sour” By Dan Harrison, Elysse Yulo, Bill O’Hanlon
“Who The Man” By Jessica Carter (J.Lauryn)
“Wild Party” By Darrelle London
“Winters Alone” By Ty Stuart (Radio Flower)
“Wish You Were Here” By Jack Johnson (Jack Moss)
“Wonder Wonder” By Justin Serrao, Bianca Blanc
“Worthy” By Morales Smalls, Kennis Clark, Greg Williams
“You Don’t Waste A Thing” By Russell Mohr, Cole McSween (Russ Mohr)
“You Still Feel Like Home” By Eloise Alterman, Dan Henig
“you.” By Marlhy Murphy, Michael Kamerman (Marlhy)
