John Lennon Songwriting Contest

Session I - OPEN
Open - January 15, 2010
Deadline - June 15, 2010
Winner Announcement -
September 1, 2010
12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each category)

Session II - CLOSED
Open - June 16, 2010
Deadline - December 15, 2010
Winner Announcement -
March 1, 2011
12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each category)

12 Lennon Awards
Winner Announcement -
May 1, 2011
Grand Prize Winners of Session I and Session II will compete head-to-head in an online voting battle to become the Lennon Award Winner in their respective category.

Maxell Song of the Year
Winner Announcement -
July, 2011
The 12 Lennon Award Winners will compete for the Maxell Song of the Year and $20,000.

The Veronicas
Al Jarreau
The Bacon Brothers
Jesse Harris
Vernon Reid
Pat Metheny
Regina Belle

Battle of the Bands
February - November 2010
The 2010 NAMM Show
January 14 - 17
TEDActive 2010
February 9 - 13 2010

Lennon Award Voting

The Grand Prize Winners from the 2008 contest are below and will now compete head to head to determine the 12 Lennon Award Winners.
Click on each box to cast your vote in each category. You may vote once per category per day. Voting is open March 19 - April 27th. The 12 Lennon Award Winners will be announced on May 1, 2009, and then go on to compete for the Maxell Song of the Year and the chance to take home $20,000 and an Apple Computer with Cinema Display and Logic Pro software, a Mackie Mixer and a pair of Mackie Studio Monitors.

Rock Session I Dawn Over Zero "Catapult" Session II Run The Red Light "In Too Far"	Pop Session I Andrew Stonestreet "Pretty Girl" Session II Erin Austin "You Let Me Down"	Hip Hop Session I Riders Against The Storm "Speak The Truth" Session II Jerome Brisbane,Jr. "The Years"

R&B Session I H2 Presents The Odd Squad "Get Away" Session II Chase Allen "Lying Awake"	Electronic Session I Bignic "V2" Session II Color Theory "If It's My Time To Go"	Country Session I Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers "Fly" Session II The Lovell Sisters "Distance"

Folk Session I David Llewellyn "Take Us Down" Session II Abbie Gardner "The Mind Of A Soldier"	Children's Session I Gustafer Yellowgold "Mint Green Bee" Session II Daniel Flannery "One Wasn't Enough"	Jazz Session I Andrea Wilhelmi "Miserable Thing" Session II Matt Cusson "One Of Those Nights"

World Session I Mamadou and Vanessa "Ay Masilan" Session II La otra banda "Indigenas"	Latin Session I Avelino "Camina" Session II Beca Perfecto "Pa' que Te Quedes"	Gospel / Inspirational Session I Generation Letter "Jesus My Glory" Session II David Gungor "Illuminate"