{"id":589,"date":"2017-08-26T17:06:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T21:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosegardenfolk.com\/music\/?page_id=589"},"modified":"2026-04-06T20:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:28:40","slug":"contest-past-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rosegardenfolk.com\/music\/contest-past-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest – Past winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winners of our Performing Songwriter Competition<\/strong><\/h2>\n

2025: Charlotte Morris<\/a><\/strong> (finalists: Thomas Charles Clukey<\/a> and Dan Cloutier<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2024:<\/strong> James Lee Baker<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(finalists: Chris LaVancher<\/a> and Allison Rose<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2023:<\/strong> Erin Ash Sullivan<\/a><\/strong> (finalists John Coleman Bennett<\/a> and Peter Carriveau<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2022:<\/strong> Carole Wise<\/strong><\/a> (finalists Nick Carter<\/a> and Abby Rose<\/a>) – our 30th!<\/p>\n

2021: Matt Marshak<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(finalists Erin Ash Sullivan<\/a>\u00a0and Robinson Treacher<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2020<\/strong>: Doug Farrell<\/strong><\/a> (finalists Kathy Bennett<\/a> and Michael Carpenter<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2019: Kala Farnham<\/a><\/strong> (finalists Mark Stepakoff<\/a> and Timothy Sawyer<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2018: Kim Moberg<\/a><\/strong> (finalists Dave Falk<\/a> and D.B. Rielly<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0Abbye West Pates<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(finalists:\u00a0Ric Allendorf<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Rob Flax<\/a>) – our 25th!<\/p>\n

2016:\u00a0Seamus Galligan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(finalists:\u00a0Joanne Lurgio<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Ian Meadows<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2015:\u00a0Dan Weber<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(finalists\u00a0Christine DeLeon<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Tom Smith<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2014:\u00a0Zoe Mulford<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(finalists\u00a0Lara Herscovitch<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Mike Laureanno<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2013:\u00a0Paddy Mills<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(finalists\u00a0Jane Fallon<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Hugh O’Doherty<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2012:\u00a0Martin Swinger<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(finalists\u00a0Ashley Jordan<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Dan Cloutier<\/a>) – our 20th!<\/p>\n

2011:\u00a0Ron Carlson<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(finalists\u00a0Tom Gizzi<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Charlie Loesel<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2010:\u00a0Larry Murante\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(finalists\u00a0Jim Colbert<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Chris Elliott<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2009:\u00a0Garrison Doles<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(finalists\u00a0Lynne Hanson<\/a>\u00a0and Chris Elliott<\/a>)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2008:\u00a0Chuck Hall<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(finalists\u00a0Jenny Goodspeed<\/a>,\u00a0Brian Kalinec<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2007:\u00a0Mike Morris<\/a><\/strong> (finalists Dan Gonzalez, Peter Verity) – our 15th!<\/p>\n

2006:\u00a0John Schindler<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(finalists Jay Mankita, Dave Potts)<\/p>\n

2005:\u00a0Arlon Bennett<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(finalists Joe Crookston, Kate Redgate)<\/p>\n

2004:\u00a0Jud Caswell<\/a> <\/strong>(finalists Susan Levine, Ned Massey)<\/p>\n

2003:\u00a0Cadence Carroll<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

2002:\u00a0Michael Troy<\/a><\/strong>– our 10th!<\/p>\n

2001:\u00a0Dan Pelletier<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

2000:\u00a0Richard Berman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1999:\u00a0Jean Bratman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1998:\u00a0Darryl Purpose<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1997:\u00a0Michael Hsu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1996:\u00a0Carl Cacho<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1995:\u00a0Max Cohen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1994:\u00a0Steve Hurl<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1993: Rick Tarquinio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Winners of our Performing Songwriter Competition 2025: Charlotte Morris (finalists: Thomas Charles Clukey and Dan Cloutier) 2024: James Lee Baker\u00a0(finalists: Chris LaVancher and Allison Rose) 2023: Erin Ash Sullivan (finalists John Coleman Bennett and Peter Carriveau) 2022: Carole Wise (finalists Nick Carter and Abby Rose) – our 30th! 2021: Matt Marshak\u00a0(finalists Erin Ash Sullivan\u00a0and Robinson Treacher) 2020: Doug Farrell (finalists Kathy Bennett and Michael Carpenter) 2019: Kala Farnham (finalists Mark Stepakoff and Timothy Sawyer) 2018: Kim Moberg (finalists Dave Falk and D.B. Rielly) 2017:\u00a0Abbye West Pates\u00a0(finalists:\u00a0Ric Allendorf\u00a0and\u00a0Rob Flax) – our 25th! 2016:\u00a0Seamus Galligan\u00a0(finalists:\u00a0Joanne Lurgio\u00a0and\u00a0Ian Meadows) 2015:\u00a0Dan Weber\u00a0(finalists\u00a0Christine DeLeon\u00a0and\u00a0Tom Smith) 2014:\u00a0Zoe Mulford\u00a0(finalists\u00a0Lara Herscovitch\u00a0and\u00a0Mike Laureanno) 2013:\u00a0Paddy Mills\u00a0(finalists\u00a0Jane Fallon\u00a0and\u00a0Hugh O’Doherty) 2012:\u00a0Martin Swinger\u00a0(finalists\u00a0Ashley Jordan\u00a0and\u00a0Dan Cloutier) – our 20th! 2011:\u00a0Ron Carlson\u00a0(finalists\u00a0Tom Gizzi\u00a0and\u00a0Charlie Loesel) 2010:\u00a0Larry Murante\u00a0\u00a0(finalists\u00a0Jim Colbert\u00a0and\u00a0Chris Elliott) 2009:\u00a0Garrison Doles\u00a0(finalists\u00a0Lynne Hanson\u00a0and Chris Elliott)\u00a0 2008:\u00a0Chuck Hall\u00a0(finalists\u00a0Jenny Goodspeed,\u00a0Brian Kalinec) 2007:\u00a0Mike Morris (finalists Dan Gonzalez, Peter Verity) – our 15th! 2006:\u00a0John Schindler\u00a0(finalists Jay Mankita, Dave Potts) 2005:\u00a0Arlon Bennett\u00a0(finalists Joe Crookston, Kate Redgate) 2004:\u00a0Jud Caswell (finalists Susan Levine, Ned Massey) 2003:\u00a0Cadence Carroll 2002:\u00a0Michael Troy– our 10th! 2001:\u00a0Dan Pelletier 2000:\u00a0Richard Berman 1999:\u00a0Jean Bratman 1998:\u00a0Darryl Purpose 1997:\u00a0Michael Hsu 1996:\u00a0Carl Cacho 1995:\u00a0Max Cohen 1994:\u00a0Steve Hurl 1993: Rick Tarquinio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-589","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","post-inner"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 11:28:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosegardenfolk.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosegardenfolk.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosegardenfolk.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosegardenfolk.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosegardenfolk.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/rosegardenfolk.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2620,"href":"https:\/\/rosegardenfolk.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/589\/revisions\/2620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosegardenfolk.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}