FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (Top40 Charts/ USA Songwriting Competition) - Jordan Zevon wins the Overall Grand Prize of the 2008 USA Songwriting Competition along with co-writers Jordan Summers & Morty Coyle. His winning song home will be on the USA Songwriting Competition's compilation CD this year. Jordan is a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles won 1st Prize in the 2006 USA Songwriting Competition but was not placed in the Overall Grand Prize, Overall 2nd Prize and Overall 3rd Prize at that time. This year Jordan improved to the Top position. He is signed to New West Records. His 2006 winning song "The Joke's On Me" is the first track on his debut album "Insides Out" with New West Records. He has also appeared on TV's "Late Night with
David Letterman".
Nathan Brumley, a singer-songwriter from Nashville, TN won the Overall Second Prize with his song "Breath of My Soul". Hanneke Cassel, a violinist/composer from Boston, MA won the Overall Third Prize with her song "A Shadow And A Thought".
FIRST FROM ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST TO WIN
Yasmin Levy, became the first songwriter from Israel & the Middle East to ever win First Prize at the USA Songwriting Competition. She won the First Prize in the World category with her song "Me Voy".
Onno Krijn, Jeroen Zijlstra & Jeroen Kramer also became the first in their country (The Netherlands) to ever win first prize. They won the the Children's Category. Other first prize winners include: Jorge Lan, Madrid, SPAIN (1st Prize, Latin), Joey Avalos (1st Prize, Rock/Alternative), Pepper Mashay & Corey White (1st Prize, Dance/Electronica) and Lucy Wainwright Roche (1st Prize - Folk).
TEEN PHENOM WINS HONORABLE MENTION AWARD TO CLINCH YOUNGEST WINNER
Sam Plotkin broke Kate Voegele's youngest record to win an award at the USA Songwriting Competition at just 15 years old. Kate was 18 years old when she entered the USA Songwriting Competition and won.
MOST SONGS IN THE FINALS
Helle Hansen (DENMARK) holds the record of having the most number of songs placed in the finals for the second consecutive year, with 3 songs. She also won an honorable mention award. She is also one of the most consistent winners we had. She has won an honorable mention award each year since 2002.
Here is the complete winners' list:
OVERALL GRAND PRIZE:
Home - Jordan Zevon, Jordan Summers & Morty Coyle; Los Angeles, CA
OVERALL 2nd PRIZE:
Breath of My Soul - Nathan Brumley; Nashville, TN
OVERALL 3rd PRIZE:
A Shadow And A Thought - Hanneke Cassel; Boston, MA
FIRST PRIZES IN 15 INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES
1st Prize - LATIN
Las minifaldas - Jorge Lan; Madrid, SPAIN
1st Prize - LYRICS
If I Had A Daughter - Terri Hendrix; Austin, TX
1st Prize - DANCE/ELECTRONICA
Does Yo Mama Know (You're A Freak) - Pepper Mashay & Corey White; Los Angeles, CA
1st Prize - POP
Home - Jordan Zevon, Jordan Summers & Morty Coyle; Los Angeles, CA
1st Prize - ROCK/ALTERNATIVE
Get Over It - Joey Avalos (Stars Go Dim); Broken Arrow, OK
1st Prize - R&B
Brand New Woman - Crystal Anderson; Mt. Vernon, NY
1st Prize - FOLK
Snare Drum - Lucy Wainwright Roche; New York, NY
1st Prize - COUNTRY
Month of Mondays - JD Dohnal & Mark Schaffel; Nashville, TN
1st Prize - GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL
Breath of My Soul - Nathan Brumley; Nashville, TN
1st Prize - INSTRUMENTAL
A Shadow And A Thought - Hanneke Cassel; Boston, MA
1st Prize - JAZZ
Samba Do Espiao - Jason Wellington Black; Virginia Beach, VA
1st Prize - CHILDREN
Water - Onno Krijn, Jeroen Zijlstra & Jeroen Kramer; Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
1st Prize - NOVELTY/COMEDY
Redneck Wannabe - Sherri Gough; Nashville, TN
1st Prize - HIP-HOP/RAP
Kingdom's Takin Over - Aaron Rodgers and Melvin Grice (NevaLukeWarm); Anchorage, AK
1st Prize - WORLD
Me Voy (I'm Leaving) - Yasmin Levy; Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
20 Honorable Mention Awards
1. Lost In The Music - Tom Watson (Transparent); AUSTRALIA
2. Mi Regalo - Martha de Quesada; Miami, FL
3. You Were Right - Sam Plotkin; Somers, CT
4. Underdog - Sherry St Germain; Toronto, CANADA
5. One - Jesse Dold (The Daylights); Dover, NH
6. Disintegrate - Andrew Mitchell (Sixpin); Lockport, NY
7. Believe It - Danny Stringer Jr, Brandi Womack, Cheyenne Womack (Babysister); Los Angeles, CA
8. All You've Got To Lose - Brigitte DeMeyer; Burlinggame, CA
9. You Were Drunk - Rose Polenzani; Boston, MA
10. My Own Hand - Jack Sundrud & Randy Handley; Nashville, TN
11. Backwards - Bill DiLuigi & Lonnie LeVelle; Nashville, TN
12. Hold Me - Laura McGreevey - Ridgefield, WA
13. You Believe In Me - Dan Yessian & Kurt Schreitmueller & David Barrett
14. Winter Flower - Shao Ying Low; SINGAPORE
15. All In Good Time - Heather Combs; San Francisco, CA
16. Honey Don't - Helle Hansen; Copenhagen, DENMARK
17. The Easter Bunny - Richard P Geere; Rowland Heights, CA
18. Morning Wood - Pat Sloan; Stafford, TX
19. 1 Step Away - Tom Prater; Hidden Valley Lake, CA
20. Contradicao - Rogerio Maudonnet; Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
For more information on the 14th Annual USA Songwriting Competition, visit: https://www.songwriting.net
