UK Songwriting Contest 2008 Results    Back to Home Page

  

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Contestants
Enter your name in the search box to see a list of all the songs that you entered with category, judges score and position. Or enter the song title for specific songs. Sonicbids and Broadjam entrants may need to enter their first name only or search by song title. Winners and runners up in each category are listed below. In the search results click on Get Certificate next to your result to print your certificate for that song.

For tips on printing your certificates click here.  For an explanation of the scoring system click here.

Industry and Press
Winners and runners up are listed below. The full finalists list has already been sent to all our media and industry contacts. To verify positions please use the search box. If further verification is needed or if you require more details about the contest or a particular songwriter or song please contact us through the usual channels.

General Contest Information
In this contest there are TEN WINNERS each year - one for each of the ten categories. Each of these ten winners receives promotion to the media and music industry and has their song featured on the UKSC music industry winners album, they also receive Winners Certificates, free song copyright registration at ISCA, a free professional music website, Honorary Music Diplomas in Songwriting from the World Music Foundation, music software from Virtual Studio Systems and one year's free membership of the Guild of International Songwriters and Composers. There are 30 runners up, three in each category, who each receive Runners Up Certificates, free song copyright registrations and promotional and media support. All 300 finalists receive Finalists Certificates, free song copyright registration and media support. There are also Semi Finalist Certificates and Commended Entry or Participation Certificates for all contestants and all contestants receive free Broadjam memberships and ISCA song copyright registration discounts that together with the main prizes provide a total prize fund value of approx £60,000 (US$120,000). There were over 6,200 entries in 2008.

 

2008 WINNERS & RUNNERS UP BY CATEGORY   

 

POP

 
JOINT WINNERS
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Avril O'Neill
 Belle Humble

RUNNERS UP

Dream Come True

All That She Wants

I Won't Break

Sapphire

Carl Harris

Clare Reynolds

 

 

ADULT CONTEMPORARY

 

WINNER

Better Part Of Me

Steve Williams

RUNNERS UP

I Know That You'll Be There Your Excuse Bite The Bullet
Jono Fosh Dave Burn and Andy Fleet Claire Ward
 

URBAN

 

WINNER

Night Out

J-CLX

  

RUNNERS UP

Not Mine Maybe Tonight  She Knows It
Provokal Kevin Kaczmarczyk and Terry Sanks Stefan Eliades 
 

OPEN

 

WINNER

Benedictus

Paul Barker

RUNNERS UP

Contradicao Europe - Hymn & Duty Surrendering To Love
Rogerio Maudonnet Demetrios Katis The Pikoul Sisters
 

ROCK / INDIE

 

WINNER

I'm Saying That I Love You

Julia Audretch & Caitlin Evanson

RUNNERS UP

Rock Star Clone Am I On Your Mind? The Future Is Ours

Jamie and Angela Strange

Sue McMillan

Sophie Bass and Paul Buono
 
 

JAZZ  & BLUES
  

WINNER

New York Visionaries

Billy Playle and Crissie Patient

RUNNERS UP

Keepin' Away From The Blues Andrea Way Down Homeless Blues
 Frank Lefevre Diego Ramirez Steve Romig

 

FAITH / CHRISTIAN / GOSPEL

 

WINNER

Shepherd

Mike Roberts

RUNNERS UP

How Long He's Alive Not A Lie With Stillness
McDaniel and Rodin Evangel Ric Lapore Gordon Francis
 
 

FOLK / COUNTRY

 

WINNER

To Be Repaired

Sue McMillan

RUNNERS UP

Live In A Tree Bad Tattoo Sad Boy
Fiona MacKenzie Jerry Holthouse and Tony Seibert Warren Cole

 
 

INSTRUMENTAL

 

WINNER

Twinkle Variations

Tony Matthews

RUNNERS UP

Elegy For An English Summer Jules Verne's 'Autor de la Lune' Italy
Tim Knight Mario Cunha Olinto Filho  Giulio Carmassi
 

LYRICS  ONLY

 

WINNER

Wait For Me

Crissie Patient

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RUNNERS UP

The Magpie Music Like Origami

Shane Cullinan

  Jacqueline Gordon Karen Pailing
 

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TIPS ON PRINTING CERTIFICATES

Every browser/computer and printer combination is different and you may need to make adjustments to get the certificate to print the way you want. Read the following tips for advice and ideas.

1. Click the "Certificate" link next to your song listing to see and print your certificate.
2. You won't want the web page details to appear on the top and bottom of the page when you print the certificate so in "Print Preview" and "Page Set Up" click on "Remove Header and Footers", or delete these yourself manually, to remove these webpage details.
3. In "Print Preview" and "Page Set Up" use the Margin controls to adjust the margins, and centre the certificate if this is necessary. Every printer browser combination is different and you may need to adjust these settings to get the certificate to appear exactly as you wish.
4. Print on the paper of your choice.

PAPER: Try using different types of paper for different effects. There are many special certificate papers available in stores and some have very attractive borders pre-printed onto the paper. We have kept our border very simple so that this will not clash with these designs. Please note that we have made the certificates so that it is possible for you to remove or change the border and even change colours and other details by saving and editing in Word.

LAYOUT PROBLEM? In some cases where there are unusual computer settings or where the name(s), song title etc are longer than average, this may effect the layout and you may need to use the "Resize" facility in Print Preview. Try resizing to 90% or experiment with different sizes.

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EXPLANATION OF THE JUDGES SCORING

Most songs receive a score of either 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. Very few songs will receive a low score of 1 or 2 and very few will receive a high score of 8 or 9. The score of 10 is not used during the judging and is reserved for the winning song in each category.

A score of 1 or 2 indicates that your song was considered to be poorly written in comparison to other songs in the contest. It indicates that in the judges opinion the song needs either almost complete re writing or, especially in the case of a score of 1, abandoning.

A score of 3 indicates that this is an acceptable composition and that it follows the accepted standards of song form, pesentation, melody, metre etc. Although the song would almost certainly benefit from re working and re writing it clearly shows songwriting ability and talent.

A score of 4 or 5 indicates that this is a good song and it will receive a Commended Entry Certificate. A score of 5 indicates that the song very nearly made the semi finals. All songs with a score of 4 and 5 are considered for the semi finals.

A score of 6 or 7 indicates that the song made the semi finals panels and is one of the stronger songs in the contest. All these semi finalist songs are considered by the selection panels for the finals and a score of 7 indicates that the song was a borderline finalist and almost made it through to the finals.

Songs with a score of 8 or 9 are finalists and are all considered for the winning and runner up positions. All runners up have a score of 9 and these few high scoring songs are all very carefully considered for the winning position in their respective categories. The winning songs in each category receive a score of 10.   

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