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2026 Contest Schedule

2026 Session I - NOW CLOSED
Open - February 17, 2026
Deadline - June 30, 2026 - 11:59pm PT
Winner Announcement -
September 1, 2026
12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each category)

2026 Session II - NOW OPEN
Open - July 1, 2026
Deadline - December 31, 2026 - 11:59pm PT
Winner Announcement -
March 1, 2027
12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each category)

2026 Song of the Year
Winner Announcement -
July, 2026
One of the 2026 Grand Prize winners will win Song of the Year and $20,000

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Song of the Year Lennon Awards Grand Prize Winners Finalists
    Session I Session I
    Session II
 		 Session II
2017 Finalists - Session I
The Session I Finalists are listed below.
 
Childrens
“A Million Stars”
Frances Catherine Ihling
Princeton, NJ		 “I Can Be”
Margaret Bernstein
New York, NY		 “Butterfly”
Anna Anawalt
Logan, UT
 
Country
“Ugly Is the New Beautiful”
Jayne Sachs
Trotwood. OH		 “From the Outside”
Gina Brooklyn
Wadsworth, OH		 “The Last Remaining Payphone in L.A.”
Logan Metz
Chicago, IL
 
Electronic
“A Different Dress”
Big Black Bugs
Los Angeles, CA		 “Cold Right Now”
Letters From Pluto
Edmonton, Alberta, CAN		 “Some Love”
Fox Lima
Ogre, Latvia
 
Folk
“Great Day To Be Alive”
7th & Hope (Patricia Bahia)
Santa Monica, CA		 “Brighter in the Dark”
Mouths of Babes
Atlanta, GA		 “Blood is Thicker Than Water”
Campbell Woods
Halifax, Nova Scotia, CAN
 
Gospel/Inspirational
“If Heaven Had a Phone”
Louie Cate
Alexandria, VA		 “Let Your Faith Be Greater Than Fear”
Grace Giebler
Omaha, NE		 “Burn Like Fire”
Nadia
Los Angeles, CA
 
Hip-Hop
“Lines”
Brandon Thompson
Canton, OH		 “Eastside ft. Malwand”
Sherif Mattar
Arlington, VA		 “Tears of God”
Juan Cristiani
Brentwood, NY
 
Jazz
“Silly Lion”
Denielle Bassels
Toronto, Ontario, CAN		 “Little Boats”
Denielle Bassels
Toronto, Ontario, CAN		 “Seesaw”
Alison Lewis
Los Angeles, CA

Latin
“Solo Me Importas Tu (I Only Care About You)”
Pedro Alava
Davie, FL		 “Lo Que Te Quiero Yo”
Chaylin Sanchez
Chengdu, Sichuan, China		 “Hoy Me Sabe A Libertad”
Waldemar Reyes
Van Nuys, CA

Pop
“This Time Around”
Kim DiVine
Encino, CA		 “Get It”
Pamela Kate (Pamela Gaylord)
Lake Grove, NY		 “More”
Sarah Barrios
Torrington, CT
 
R & B
“Next to You”
Matt Cusson
Adams, MA		 “Ruthless”
Nia Imani
Los Angeles, CA		 “Raindrops”
Nichole Coleman
Mt Lebanon, PA
 
Rock
“So Irreversible”
Lou Yoelin
La Grange Park, IL		 “Now”
Peach
Derby, England, GBR		 “No Longer Yours”
High Love
Vancouver, BC, CAN
 
World
“I Ain't No Brian Wilson (I Was Made For These Times)”
Gentleman Brawlers
Ridgewood, NY		 “Bang Bang”
Eljuri
New York, NY		 “Bolingo (Love)”
Alain Konda
Immenstadt, Bavaria, Germany

 

 

 

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