2018 TCMA Songwriter Contest Finalists

Thanks so much to everyone who entered their songs.  They were ALL fabulous and it was so difficult for the judges to choose the top 10 Finalists!  We have some very talented songwriters in Texas, and you're all winners in our opinion.  But but the judges had to do their job of filtering them down to only 10 in each category, so here they are in ALPHABETICAL order.  Now the songs are presented to the Final Round Judges, and the Overall Winner, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th runners up as well as 5 honorable mentions will be announced at the 2018 Texas Country Music Awards on October 15 at the Will Rogers Auditorium in Fort Worth!


Country Category 

Christian Country Category 

2018 TCMA COUNTRY SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR FINALISTS

Billy Holloway - Texas Moon

Cameran Nelson,Greg Bates & Aaron Scherz - Home Wasn't Built In A Day

Hannah (Hannah Kay) Blackwell & Jerry Flowers - Cuz I Ain't

John Thibodeaux - Don't Want To Love Her Any More

Justin Todd Herod - 100 Proof

Justin Tod Herod - Red White & Blue Ain't Black & White

Kelly Kenning & David Chamberlain - The Heart Knows

Madison (Madison Paige) Urbanowski - Stand Tall

Steve Mays, David Glass, Justin Glass - She Don't Love Him Anymore

Will Carter & Shane Stevens - House of Cards

2018 TCMA CHRISTIAN COUNTRY SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR FINALISTS

Allison Gilliam - Just Wait For The Morning

Justin Todd Herod - Sometimes Good People Happen To Bad Things

Kayla Iutzwig & Kelli Iutzwig - Believe

Kelly Kenning - All In The Family

Kelly Kenning - Jesus Is My King

Michael Knight - I Got Saved

Michael Ryan - In Your Pasture

Scott Tecca - I Believe

Scott Tecca - I Will Follow You

Trinity Wennerstrom & Corey Lee Barker - Shine Big Shine Bright