Play MPE Congratulates the Winners of American Songwriter’s 2024 Song Contest
As a proud prize partner, Play MPE is pleased to share that American Songwriter recently announced the overall winners of the 2024 Song Contest!
The Grand Prize Winner, as well as the First and Second Place Category Winners were selected by an esteemed panel of judges which included artists such as Jason Mraz, Katie Gavin, Lauv, MarcLo, Quinn XCII, AJ McLean, Tiera Kennedy and many more.
“This Is Where” Drew Schueler Takes the Grand Prize
It’s official, “This Is Where” by Drew Schueler, Nell Maynard, Claire Flyntby took home the Grand Prize this year. A massive congratulations to Drew Schueler!
Play MPE is pleased to provide Drew with a comprehensive music promotion and radio tracking package which includes an International Radio Format Bundle, plus the Global Music Supervisors and Global Music Bloggers Packages for up to a full album release. A 3 month MTR radio tracking plan is also included for all songs on the release.
You don’t have to wait to win a song contest to start promoting your music to verified music industry contacts in radio, media and more – sign up for Caster to get started today.
The First Place Music Category Winners are…
The First Place Winners of every music category will also receive music promotion and radio tracking packages from Play MPE for one single each. For a list of all of the First and Second Place Winners, (and to check out the songs) head here.
Americana First Place Winner:
“Bones” By Mark Shiiba
Blues First Place Winner:
“I Can’t Make You Understand” By Eric Fortaleza, Natalie Layne, Summer Joy (Moga Family Band)
Children’s Music First Place Winner:
“Harmony” By Harold Simmons, Aura Simmons, Deanna Hawkins (Fyütch)
Christian Music First Place Winner:
“Forever Holy” By Montel Moore, Terrian Woods, David Spencer (Terrian)
Country First Place Winner:
“5 o’clock Shadow” By Natalie Otto, Philip Morgan
EDM First Place Winner:
“Goodbye” By Sara Costa Sanches, Genemo (Saralia)
Folk/Singer-Songwriter First Place Winner:
“What A Ghost” By Isaac Sign
Hip-Hop/Rap First Place Winner:
“Who The Man” By Jessica Carter (J.Lauryn)
Indie First Place Winner:
“you.” By Marlhy Murphy, Michael Kamerman (Marlhy)
Instrumental First Place Winner:
“Time Is Not What You Think It Is” By Ryan David Green
Jazz First Place Winner:
“Time Is Not What You Think It Is” By Ryan David Green
Latin Music First Place Winner:
“Una Vida Pasada” By Juan Munoz (Avi)
Pop First Place Winner:
“Capture Me” By Thomas Stringfellow
R&B/Soul First Place Winner:
“Twelve Out of Ten” By Gabe Baker, Shane Weisman
Rock First Place Winner:
“Lemon Bars” By Noah Brandt (Jazzmen Suites)
Teen First Place Winner:
“Billboard City” By Summer Brennan
World Music First Place Winner:
“Emancipation” By Caleb Hart
Song Contest Winners’ Music Coming Soon to Player
Attention radio programmers, media, bloggers, music supervisors and curators – make sure to stay tuned for forthcoming releases from these incredible songwriters and artists in Player!
Artists & Songwriters, the 2025 Song Contest is underway and open for submissions! Make sure to enter your song for a chance to win music promotion and radio tracking prize packages from Play MPE and more from American Songwriter’s other prize partners. Details on all of the prizing from Play MPE for the 2025 contest, and more, very soon.
Click here to read all about the 2024 Winners, and head here to enter the 2025 edition of the American Songwriter Song Contest.