FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Texas Country Music Association Announces

2024 TCMA Songwriter Contest Winners

Country and Christian Country Songwriter of the Year Announced

FORT WORTH,  (September 24, 2024) -- The Texas Country Music Association announced today that the 2024 TCMA Songwriter Contest’s Final Round Judges have named the overall winners in both the Country and Christian Country categories.

The 2024 Songwriter of the Year in the Country category is Ryder Grimes for his song, “In My Boots”. The 2024 Songwriter of the Year in the Christian Country category is Aaron Loy & Jim Hawkins for “Pew For You”. Each songwriter will have the opportunity to perform their song on stage at Billy Bob’s Texas on November 10^th as part of the 2024 Texas Country Music Awards ceremonies.

The 2024 TCMA Country Songwriter Contest Winner, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th Place, and Honorable Mentions are:

Winner – Ryder Grimes for “In My Boots”

1^st Runner Up – Brett Hendrix for “Stay With Me”

2^nd Runner Up – Will Carter & Jude Dyllan for “Had It All Wrong”

3^rd Runner Up – Dusty Moats & Kyle Fambro for “Fender Bender”

Tie for 4^th Runner Up – Hadlie Jo Pritchard & Jamie Lin Wilson for “This Ole Guitar”

Tie for 4^th Runner Up – Jesse Watson & Kate Watson for “My Crowd My Friends”

Honorable Mention – KC Johns, Brett Trout & and Tim Angsten for “Rodeo Queen”

Honorable Mention – Charlie McCabe for “Let Me Down”

Honorable Mention – Dennis Duff for “Life In The Slow Lane”

Honorable Mention – Ty Wilson & Andrew Parton for “The Last Sip”

 

The 2024 TCMA Christian Country Songwriter Contest 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th Place, and Honorable Mentions are:

 

Winner – Aaron Loy, Michelle Henegar & Jim Hawkins for “Pew For You”

1^st Runner Up – Jed Seneca & Tim Johnson for “Old Book New Page”

2^nd Runner Up – Trey Calloway, Andrea Renfree & Steven Cade for “Backroad Believer”

3^rd Runner Up – Trey Calloway, Cody Kelley, JP Williams & Doc Lewis for “Horses In Heaven”

4^th Runner Up -  Megan Barker, Elmer Knable & Kimberly Dawn for “Cowboy’s Church”

Honorable Mention – Allan Peterson for “What I Need To Do”

Honorable Mention – Zebb Rogers for “Only The Blood”

Honorable Mention – Allison Gilliam for “In These Boots”

Honorable Mention – Jacob Wheeler for “Scars on His Hands”

Honorable Mention – Tara Tinsley for “Future”

 

Each runner-up and Honorable Mention’s name will be called out during the 2024 Texas Country Music Awards’ pre-show, and they will be able to pick up their award from the hostess side-stage or have it mailed to them if they are unable to attend.

According the TCMA President Linda Wilson, there were 432 total songs submitted in both categories and all entries were original works. Preliminary and Final Round Judges scored each song on creativity, lyrics, melody, arrangement, originality, and overall technique. The Final Round Judges scores were averaged determining the Winner, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th Place, and Honorable Mentions in each category.

“All I can say is ‘Wow’ again.  All of the songs were so awesome and so many great songwriters are members of the Texas Country Music Association and from our great state of Texas and they all deserve recognition.  It is our job as the only Trade Organization for the Texas Country Music industry to support and encourage each and every one of them, and work on their behalf to help them as much as possible.” says Linda Wilson.

TCMA Executive Vice President, Richard Wilson says, “The annual songwriter contest is evidence that songwriters pour their hearts into their music. It was certainly difficult for judges to choose only 10 in each format and then judge those 10 to determine the winners, runners-up, and honorable mentions. It actually took them a little longer this year for them to get all their final scores together, and we did have one tie!”

Tickets are on sale now to the 2024 Texas Country Music Awards at www.billybobstexas.com. For more information about the Texas Country Music Association and the 2024 Texas Country Music Awards, visit www.texascountrymusic.org.

 

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MEDIA CONTACT (For media use only – do not print):

Linda Wilson, President

Texas Country Music Association, Inc.

tcma@texascountrymusicassociation.org