Songwriting Contest

 The TMF Songwriting Contest is an annual event.  Each year a theme is chosen and applicants are encouraged to write a song based on the theme.  Recorded songs are submitted by the songwriter prior to the festival and are pre-judged.  Ten songs are selected to be performed on Saturday afternoon in front of a live audience and a panel of judges.  The top three winners will receive prizes and there will also be a people's choice award.  See "Applications" tab for application and full details.



First place will receive $300 and the 2017 Tumbleweed Songwriting Contest trophy. The winning song will be featured during the Saturday evening concert.
Second place will receive $150.
Third place will receive $75.
People's Choice will receive $50.

The 2017 Songwriter Finalist
Megan Cronin- Lullaby
Ron Dalton - Easy to Harmonize
Jen Hajj- Love is Everywhere
William B. Merlin - Perfect Harmony
Steve Nebel - They Have Harmony
Sig Paulson- Country in Harmony
Mike Skalstad - You Are My Song
Leslie Van Winkle - A Place Called Harmony
Betsey Wellings - Song for Auntie
Mark Williams - A Song For Harmony


The theme for the 2017 Festival is "Harmony"

Past Songwriting Contest Winners
2016- Amanda Winterhalter
2015- James Nason
2014 - Jeff Knoch "Only A Game"
2013 - Mike Murray - Cicero's Hands
2012 - Jeff Knoch - Crossroads
2011 - Tracy Spring - The Weaver's Loom
2010 - Tracy Spring - Long Time Gone
2009 - Mike Murray - Grandpa Held the Snakes
2008 - Karena Prater - Arlea's Lament
2007 - Chris Roe - The Gates of Troy
2006 - Wes Weddell - Carry On
2005 - Art Hanlon - Last Sunday
2004 - Joe Jencks - On Belay
2003 - Joe Jencks - Rise as One
2002 - Larry Murante - It Just Looks that Way
2001 - Groovesmith Collective (Songwriters: Jim Coleman, Mary Hartman, Janet Humphrey, and Gary White)- Power Puzzle
2000 - Bill Davie - Lone Ranger on the Moon
1999 - Six Legged Frog - To the Other Side
1998 - Larry Murante - By the Water's Edge
1997 - Six Legged Frog - Ride the Tumbleweed

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