The 2003 International Songwriting Competition was a songwriting competition

Songwriting competition

A songwriting competition is a contest whereby musicians submit original music to a third party or forum, generally to win a prize or some other benefit. Songwriting competitions have existed long before the advent of the Internet, but today many are conducted through websites or musician forums...

 held in 2003

2003 in music

-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...

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Pop/Top 40

First place

"Latin Queen" – Graciela Alvarado

Second place

"Love Replaces Love" – Robert Baier

Rock

First place

"We Were Stars" – Tara Slone

Tara Slone

Tara Slone is a Canadian rock vocalist.Born in Montreal, Quebec, and raised in Nova Scotia, Slone began pursuing classical voice training at the age of 12 with the goal of becoming an opera singer. At the age of 18, she attended Concordia University to pursue a degree in music...

 and Jordon Zadorozny

Jordon Zadorozny

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Second place

"Without" – Christopher Sernel

Folk/Singer-songwriter

First place

"Blowing This Candle Out" – Jane Taylor

Jane Taylor (musician)

Jane Taylor is a Bristol-based guitarist, pianist, songwriter and vocalist. Jane won the UK and International Songwriting Competition in 2003 with her song "Blowing This Candle Out".-Early career:...

Second place

"Hey Mister" – Suzanna Choffel

AAA/Roots/Americana

First place

"Dark As The Night" – Doug Burr

Second place

"Tennessee" – Alison MacLean and Stella Panacci

Dance/Electronica

First place

"Hero" – Mike McFarland

Mike McFarland

Michael Charles McFarland is an American voice actor, ADR Director, Script, and Line Producer at Funimation Entertainment. He also did work with ADV Films, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, New Generation Pictures and Okatron 5000...

 and Shannon Savoie

Second place

"Fire!" – Donny B. Lord and Paco

World music

First place

"Forbidden Love" – Ishay Amir

Second place

"Bifurcacoes" – Toti

Blues

First place

"Riley Wants His Life Back" – Rick Fines and Alec Fraser

Second place

"Strong Medicine" – Peter Gelling

Jazz

First place

"The Heckler" – Ben Castle

Ben Castle

Ben Castle is a British jazz musician, the son of the late television actor and entertainer Roy Castle . He placed first in the Jazz category of the 2003 International Songwriting Competition with his song "The Heckler"....

Second place

"Line Game" – Steve Kirby

Steve Kirby (musician)

Steve Kirby is an American jazz bassist.Kirby was born in Maumee Valley, Ohio, and his family moved to St. Louis when he was two. He picked up guitar and electric bass while stationed at Fort Bragg, and following this he attended Webster University, receiving his BA in 1985...

Gospel/Christian

First place

"All That I Know" – Peter LawlorStiltskin

Stiltskin

Stiltskin is a Scottish post-grunge/rock band, who first achieved widespread popularity in the mid 1990s. Currently, Stiltskin's only original member is vocalist Ray Wilson...

Second place

"I Was Carried" – Roma Waterman

R&B/Hip-hop

First place

"Remind My Soul" – Jared Bridgeman

Second place

"Rufus" – Yewande Austin

Country

First place

"Let Me Out Here" – Cindy Kalmenson and Lisa Carver

Second place

"Tomorrow Tonight" – David Rivers, Sue Fabisch, and Steve Christopher

Lyrics only

First place

"Skylight" – Paul Brill

Second place

"Longshot" – Kate Dwyer and Scott Johnson

Scott Johnson (composer)

Scott Johnson is an American composer known for his pioneering use of recorded speech as musical melody. He was the recipient of a 2006 Guggenheim fellowship.- John Somebody :...

Teen

Best song

"Wounded Spirit" – Rachel MacGregor

Best lyrics

"Memories" – Mihad Ali