Vanda And Young Songwriting Competition - MusicNSW

The finalists have been announced for the 2013 Vanda And Young Songwriting Competition. This year there were 3300 songs submitted by 1900 different artists. First prize is $50,000, second prize is $10,000 and third prize wins $5000.

The finalists are as follows:

Alexander Wildwood  Summer Skin ALEXANDER WILDWOOD
Amy McGruther
Running AMY ROSE
Asta Binnie 
I Need Answers ASTA
Bertie Blackman
Mercy Killer BERTIE BLACKMAN
Bertie Blackman
Stella BERTIE BLACKMAN
Claire Wan
Josephine’s Amazing Get A Life Machine CLAIRE WAN
Courtney Barnett
History Eraser COURTNEY BARNETT & THE COURTNEY BARNETTS
Danielle Caruana 
Red Wood River MAMA KIN
Darryl Beaton 
Back 2 Now DARRYL BEATON
Emma Lobb 
Boy EMMA LOUISE
Imogen Clark 
Ceaseless Goodbye IMOGEN CLARK
Isabella Manfredi
Is This How You Feel THE PREATURES
James Lyell 
Claire de Lune FLIGHT FACILITIES FEAT. CHRISTINE HOLBERG
Jasmine Nelson
Keep Her Close JASMINE NELSON
Jaye Kranz 
Come And Go BRIGHTER LATER
Josh Pyke 
Leeward Side JOSH PYKE
Katie Scott 
Living The Dream KITTENS OF THE INTERNET
Lex Burton 
Rabbit Suit KID ZEUS
Lilian Kendall
Blind Eyes LILI KENDALL
Luke Bertoz
Shades TALES IN SPACE
Maddy Hay
Glamorous MADDY HAY
Martha Marlow 
Dust MARTHA MARLOW
Max Sharam 
Permanent Resident MAX SHARAM
Michael Best
One In Front Of The Other BIG CREATURE
Nicolas McKenzie
Girls DEEP SEA ARCADE
Pat Kennedy
Forrest CASTLECOMER
Penelope Phillips
Danger Zone PENELOPE AUSTIN
Peter Harding  
Closer THIEF URBAN
Robert Conley
Paper Thin ROBERT CONLEY
Romy Hoffman
Archery ROMY
Rose Wintergreen 
Feet in the Sand ROSE WINTERGREEN
Sanjeev Veloo
Strange Condition EMPRA
Thelma Plum 
Breathe In Breathe Out THELMA PLUM
Timothy Nelson
Caroline TIMOTHY NELSON & THE INFIDELS
Tom Kline
Hold On TOM KLINE

Artists are required to pay $50 to enter the competition, all of which is donated to Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia. This year’s competition has raised $166,000 for the organisation. Awesome!