EDITORIAL COMMENT ABOUT THE 2026 FWSA SONG CONTEST:
“Well, folks, the contest entry deadline has passed, and we want to thank all of our memberss for their participation in this annual event! This is our beggest years since the ‘Pre-Covid" years’!"
More information is provided in the September Monthly Newsletter
FWSA SONG CONTESTS ARE FOR MEMBERS ONLY
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
Please note that for this year's FWSA song contest AI generated recordings were allowed; however, contest entrants had to certify that neither the melody nor lyrics were “substantially generated” using an AI program, such as ChatGPT, Suno or other similar sources. This certification was on the “honor system”, and we trust that the FWSA members abided by these guidelines.
As the FWSA Newsletter Editor stated so eloquently in the August Newsletter, "now that you have the information needed to start working on the songs you'll want to enter in the 2026 song contest, please take note: The contest opened on July 1st, with an entry dealine of midnight, August 31st.
2026 Songwriting Contest is now history!
Category winners will be announced at the annual FWSA Christmas Party in December 2026: More info to follow.
24 FWSA SONGWRITERS SUBMITTED A TOTAL OF 96 SONGS FOR THE 2026 SONG CONTEST!
2025 CONTEST RESULTS:
RYAN ROGERS was awarded the 2025 FWSA Songwriting Grand Prize (a six (6) hour block of recording time at the SG Studios - Fort Worth; Greg White - Owner/Producer (817-246-8590 text or leave message)—Ryan was chosen by a random drawing from the individual category winners. As a reminder, the categories for the 2025 contest were:
LOVE SONGS - STUDIO PRODUCE (SP)
LOVE SONGS - BARE BONES (BB)
BREAKUP SONGS - STUDIO PRODUCED (SP)
BREAKUP SONGS - BARE BONES (BB)
HOME/FAMILY SONGS - STUDIO PRODUCED (SP)
HOME/FAMILY SONGS - BARE BONES (BB)
OPEN SUBJECT CATEGORY SONGS - STUDIO PRODUCED (SP)
OPEN SUBJECT CATEGORY SONGS - BARE BONES (BB)
LET'S PARTY/DRINKING SONGS - STUDIO PRODUCED (SP)
LET'S PARTY/DRINKING SONGS - BARE BONES (BB)
WEATHER THEME SONGS - STUDIO PRODUCED (SP)
WEATHER THEME SONGS - BARE BONES (BB)
SPIRITUAL/GOSPEL - STUDIO PRODUCED (SP)
2025 Songs placing first in each category are listed below in alphabetical order by song title (CW=Co-Writer):
“Avarice Starr Rides Due West”: (BB) Love Songs - Ryan Rogers
“Big Dark Wall”: (SP)Spiritual-Gospel Songs - Ryan Rogers
"Disconnected": (BB) Breakup Songs - Wayne Willingham
“Drinking with Friends”: (SP/BB) Let's Party/Drinking Songs - Rick Tate
“Fire in My Soul”: (SP) Love Songs: - John Terry & CW James DeBorde
“I Only Sing Sad Songs Now”: (SP) Breakup Songs - Ryan Rogers
“One Hell of an Angel”: (BB) Love Songs - John Terry & CW - Bobby Terry
“Poor Man's Mexico (SP) - Open Subject Category - Allan Peterson & CW - Bernie Nelson
“Refuse to Sink”: (BB) Spirituals - Gospel Songs - Geri Green
“The Bicycle Song”: (BB) Home-Family Songs - Geri Green
“When the River”: (SP) Home-Family Songs - Ryan Rogers
FIRST PLACE SONG Will PLAY AUTOMATICALLY & RANDOMLY AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.