Congratulations to all our Winners and Highly Commended award recipients!
The ACMF would like to congratulate each and every entrant of our National Songwriting Competition. It was an incredibly year of young talent, making it very difficult for our esteemed judging panel to choose a winner.
Please see below the Winners and Highly Commended award recipients from this year’s National Songwriting Competition.
K – 2 Category:
1st Place: Free Range Chicken by Zara White
Highly Commended:
The Perfect Christmas Day by Jordan Kharbat
I Can Fly by Indigo Loki Aurora
I Don’t Know What To Write by Gabrielle Bouwhius, Lucy Carlos, Amelia Coppin.
Year 3 & 4 Category
1st Place: Best Friend by Aya Sayed Ahmad
Highly Commended:
Rock to Infinity – Oscar Del Vecchio
Year 5 & 6 Category:
1st Place: Differences by Coco and Levi Dwyer
Coco and Levi are brother and sister and have been playing together for 2-3 years. The song “Differences” is about people seeing the world in different ways but still trying to get along.
Highly Commended:
A Song for Alice by Shailani Thomas
Listen To My Warning by Grade 4/5/6 from Main Arm Upper Primary School
Super Hero – Tallulah Katherine Jakins
The Land I Love – Celine Penny and Charlize Dershow
Primary Instrumental:
1st Place: Snowy Winter by Anton Pokryshevsky
Highly Commended:
Ghosts at Midnight by Eric Bai
Searching for Answers – Liam Broeksteeg
Year 7 & 8 Category
1st Place: Ain’t About Boys by Kaitlyn Thomas
Kaitlyn is a young country singer from Victoria. Kaitlyn felt that a lot of her peers would spend the majority of their days at school, following, caring and practically stalking the boys. Upset with the situation and knowing that there is more to life than boys, she put her feelings down in a song. ‘Aint About Boys’ tells us that life shouldn’t revolve around 1 thing in life.
2nd Place: Lullaby by Alfie Wall
Alfie Wall is a young singer/songwriter and regular busker from Sydney. He is an only child but the song “Lullaby” is written about a pretend brother or sister.
3rd Place: The Stand In by Joely and Micaela Osfield
Highly Commended: Today by Amethyst Gration
Year 9 & 10 Category
1st Place: Bleeding Lines by Caitlin Gardner
Caitlin is a Year 10 Student from South Australia. Caitlin is the recipient of the 50 Songs in 5 Days Songwriting Camp prize and will be attending the camp this week.
2nd Place: Back To The Stars – Frank Dixon
Frank Dixon is 15 years old and has been writing original songs since the age of 9. He has been recognised internationally for his music.
3rd Place: Tracks by Priyanka Franciss
Highly Commended:
Good Intentions by Matilda Pungitore
Year 11 & 12 Category:
1st Place: Mirror Mirror by Alana Patmore
2nd Place: Something Blue by Damon Langley
Damon Langley is an 18 year old student from South Australia. After playing saxophone for many years, he moved in the realm of guitar and songwriting and found his passion.
3rd Place: Stepping Stones by Brittney Kahl
Highly Commended:
Teja’s Boyfriend by Miles Robert Elkington
Miles’ band ran a competition to have a song written about them. The winner of the competition was the girlfriend of the band’s drummer.
Highly Commended: Wanderlust Adventures by Shanae Masters
Classical Instrumental:
1st Place: Sonata for String Quartet in C Minor by Nayeem Halim
2nd Place: Caldera by Joel Launder
3rd Place: Nautilus by Naomi Ng
Highly Commended: For Glory by Glen Bussey
Contemporary Instrumental
1st Place: It Gets Better by Glen Bussey
2nd Place: Peace by Michael Rawlings
3rd Place: Dawn by Ethan French
Highly Commended: Rhubarb by Elijah Bradbury
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR PLACE AND HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARD RECIPIENTS!
