The NATIONAL SONGWRITER AWARDS recognise the BEST SONGS & SONGWRITERS released in Australia. The awards are OPEN to all country songwriters and are judged by highly qualified judges selected from outside the country music community to ensure quality judging without bias or prejudice.
Come On Home - Shaza Leigh/Rick Ferret
Cravin’ Country - Richard Scholl/Larry Cann
Just When I Needed A Friend - Wendy Wood & Ray Price
Kind Of A Bloke Thing - Heidi Luckhurst
Last Train From Central - John Littrick/Neil McCann
Lipstick & Boots - Sandee Facy/Michael Saleta/Lyn Wilbanks
Rodeos To Rainbows - Shaza Leigh
That’s My Way Of Life - Peter Salata
Viking - John Littrick/Neil McCann
What Would I Say To Jesus - Tina Pettaras
Southern Sky - Clayton Saunders
Stranger Strings - John Littrick/Neil McCann
The Jumping Jackaroo - Shaza Leigh/Anthony Baxter
Tuckers Farm - John Littrick/Neil McCann
Under Burdekin Skies - Shaza Leigh
Another Piece Of You - Kath Stewart
For Just A Little While - Dale Ralph
His Normality - Lola Brinton/Jason Vorherr
Smoking Craters - Lola Brinton/Duncan Hill
That’s Where Billy Lays - Anne Fraser
Bugle In His Mind - Kath Stewart/Christine Eccleston
Three Dollars and Fifty Cents - Anne Fraser/Greg Champion
Uluṟu - Clayton Saunders
Wildflowers On The Outback - Alice Benfer/Greg M Dillon
Would I Change Anything - Cheryl Hann-Woodlock
A Summer Christmas Down Under - Lady Marguerite
Back Up Plan - Simon Harrison
Conversations - Kath Stewart
Dance To Music - Kath Stewart
End Of First Love - Kath Stewart
Fun & Games - Arabella Starling
Into The Sunset - Molly Harrison
Revenge - Carly Drysdale
Still So Far Away - William Charles
Waiting On The Rain - Jack Gregory
Last Train From Central - John Littrick / Neil McCann
Under Burdekin Skies - Shaza Leigh
That’s Where Billy Lays - Anne Fraser
Dance To Music - Kath Stewart
Waiting On The Rain - Jack Gregory
Behind Closed Doors - Shaza Leigh
Best One Yet - Sandee Facy/Micheal Saleta
Lost - Shanleigh Rose Carey
Old Felt Hat - Alice Benfer/Gregory M Dillon
Safety In Their Arms - Shaza Leigh
The Olden Days - Heidi Luckhurst
The One That Got Away - Mark Bonnici
The Troubadour - Keri McInerney
This Heart - Mark Bonnici
We’ll Remember You - Shaza Leigh
Christmas Day At Hanging Rock - Shaza Leigh
El Toro - Peter Salata
PS Emmylou - Shaza Leigh
Scalability - Mark Rigney
Tropical Daydream - Shaza Leigh
My Mother’s Favourite Chair - Anne Fraser/Kath Stewart
The Longest Country Mile - Alan Gilmour
The Troubadour - Keri McInerney
There Will Be Days - Kath Stewart/Melanie Gray/Michelle Walker
Where Banjo Wrote Matilda - Shaza Leigh
Back On The Road Again - Jack Gregory
Old Man And A Railway Track - Ken Sutton
Queen Of Hearts - Faith Williams
Someone Like You - Kathy Carver
The Old Tyre Swing - Kylie Moss
Back On The Road Again - Jack Gregory
Hold On - Lucy Beveridge
Little Bird - Lucy Beveridge
Old Rocking Chair - Lucy Beveridge
Wild Child - Lily-Grace Grant
Desert Rose - Terry Bennetts/Keith Lethbridge
Diesel Smoke - Paul Hudnott
How We Love Before We Leave - Shaza Leigh
I Call Australia Home - Craig Lloyd
Local Hero - Peter Campbell/B Smoother/D Murphy
Out On The Clay - Peter Campbell
Tamworth Gold - Allan Caswell/Larry Cann
Time To Fly - Shaza Leigh
Why I Love December - Shaza Leigh
Widgee Widgee Station - Alice Benfer/Kevin Bennett
Butts Boogie - Lindsay Butler
Fraser Island - Shaza Leigh
Two Chords - Shaza Leigh/Rick Aitchison
Where Our Heart Lives - Shaza Leigh
Wiga - Pixie Jenkins
A Fiddle & A Steel - Andrew Ryan
Ned's Songbird - Anne Fraser/Faith Julija Kristensen
How We Love Before We Leave - Shaza Leigh
The Great Outback - Shaza Leigh/Ken Knuth
Chasing Rabbits In Her Sleep - Terry Bennetts
Child Of The Lord - Tina Pettaras
Constellation - Jenny Schneider/Bruce Schneider/Susan Newton
Out Where Dreams Are Free - Kylie Moss
Two Cultures - Donna Atkins
Why Don't You Let Me Go First - Kylie Moss
Beautiful World - Shanleigh Rose Carey
Boy Next Door - Shanleigh Rose Carey
Country Strong - Kassidy Jewell
The Road - Amy Ryan
When Will I Be Enough - Lucy Beveridge
Beauty Of The Bush - Andrew Ryan
Hear The Angels - Shaza Leigh
I Love This Rodeo - Allan Caswell/Lindsay Waddington
In The Wattego - Andrew Ryan
Lawson’s Legacy - Shaza Leigh/Billy Wye
One Reason Why - Shaza Leigh/Bella Dior
Proud To Call You Dad - Lloyd Back
Surrounded By Love - Shaza Leigh
The Dinner Tree - Terry Bennetts
The Willow Weeps For Me - Kylie Adams-Collier/John Seers
Bunyip Bounce - Shaza Leigh
La Chica Bella - Lindsay Waddington
Rabbit Flat Polka - Terry Bennetts
Tassie Tango - Lindsay Butler
Tenterfield Sunset - Lindsay Butler
A Saddle There For Me - Christine Eccelston
Drunk From The Same Canteen - Russell Leeming
Rosary & Crucifix - Russell Leeming
Think Of Me - Terry Bennetts
When The Murrumbidgee’s In A Hurry - Christine Eccelston
Even God Had A Dog - Dean Winchester
How Can This Bn Randall
The Old Hills Hoist - Owen Smith
Two Hearts Beat Better Than One - Tina Pettaras
We’re Already There - Dean Winchester
As I Ride - Amy Ryan
Diamantina Dreaming - Amy Ryan
Fly Away - Klancie Freebody
Our Land - Amy Ryan
Wasn’t Me - Klancie Freebody
Magpie - Aurelle Brunjes
Fees Like Home - Becci Nethery
I Like Your Truck - Faith Julija
Rivers Reborn - Greg Williams
The Baker's Daughter - Louise Bruce
Just Get Better - Allan Caswell/Lindsay Waddington
Love You When I Can - Allan Caswell/Lindsay Waddington
1868 - Matt Scullion
Our Family Rock - Shaza Leigh
The Old Home's Gone - Shaza Leigh/Billy Wye
Instrufundamental - Lindsay Waddington
Tamworth Express - Shaza Leigh
Wattle In The Spring - Shaza Leigh
Kimberley Winds - Shaza Leigh/Lindsay Butler
Calling Of The Heart - Terry Bennetts
3 Little Street - Brooke Seabrook
The Fullness Of My Life - Brooke Seabrook
Side By Side - Christine Eccleston
Youngie - Allan Caswell/Lindsay Waddington
Claire's Homestead - Sam Burgess
Lucky - Brett Rostron
Broken Voices, Broken Hearts - Brooke Seabrook
Thousand Miles From Nowhere - Christine Hardy
Rise of The Phoenix - Nick Nicolas
A Place I Call Home - Tayla Clavarino
My Way Out Of The Dark - Bailey Peerie
Stuck - Bailey Perrie
Let Go - Dennis Comino
Paper Town - Ella Powell
I'm Off To Tamworth - Jake Murdoch
The Greatest Show On Earth - Alan Percy
She Said What - Della Harris
Dance In The Rain - Levena Stewart/Bella Mackenzie
A Country School - Lindsay Waddington/D.Oliver/Sharon Heaslip
Are They Ever Leaving Home - Lloyd Back
Old Boots - Lloyd Back
Walking The Wall - Michael Lehnen
Cutting Gems Out Of Stone - Shaza Leigh
Dawning Of The New Age - Shaza Leigh
The Bush Is Still The Same - Shaza Leigh
Bush Bashin' - Lindsay Butler
Lonely Heart - Lindsay Waddington
Tanami Track - Lindsay Waddington
Desert Dreaming - Shaza Leigh
Call Of Kakadu - Shaza Leigh
Poppies In The Hall - Christine Eccelston
Downsizing - Eric Read
Red Dirt Rising - Floyd Black
Nan's Wise Words - Jacinta Read
Born To Be Free - Shaza Leigh/Billy Wye
Means To Him - Alison Jensen
A Touch Of Old Spice - A.Tenace/V.Witherden
Little Sparrow - Aurelle Brunjes
Why Did I Fall For You - Briana/Ken Dinsdale
Spinnin' - Tayla Clavarino
Overthinking - Bella Mackenzie
Evaline - Briana Dinsdale
Misty Idol - Lily Grace
Without Me - Mackenzie Lee
Do It Again - Sari Abbott
Collided - Ben Mawdsley
I Wanna Be That Man - Brett Clarke
If We Could Return - Michelle Russell/Shaza Leigh
Slanguage - Matt Scullion
Traces Of Doubt - Shaza Leigh
Pushing Time Again - Lex K
Nullabor - Lindsay Waddington
El Gringo - Peter Salata/Lindsay Waddington
Bless The Blarney - Shaza Leigh
Scrubby Creek - Terry Bennetts
Big Man Boots - Christine Eccleston
Lindsay Butler, I Salute You - Kerry Hodge
Jimmy Webster, Mate Of Mine - Kerry Hodge
True Bush Balladeers - Lex K
Pictures On The Wall - S.Leigh/A.Brooks/G.Pearson
River Run Dry - Annalisse Thiedeke McHugh
Mango Trees - Aurelle Brunjes
Kalgoorlie Dreaming - Garry Jones
Working On The Land - Garry Jones
Floodline - Ken Dinsdale
Green - Bella Mackenzie
This Is Not The End - Brianna Dinsdale
Bring On The Rain - Chandler Jay
Summers Here - Freddy Bailey
Hey Mr DJ - Mackenzie Lee
It’s Not Quite A Ghost Town - Brian Stitt
Yahoo - Emma Jene
Swing From The Chandeliers - Rachel Summerell
As My Memories Fade - Shaza Leigh/Emma Jene
Land Of Our Kin - Shaza Leigh
Huntah’s Melody - Anthony Baxter
Nullabor - Lindsay Waddington
Hill Of Tara - Shaza Leigh
Mist On The Murray - Shaza Leigh
Chicken Pickin’ - Terry Bennetts
Dust Off The Drovers - Christine Eccleston
Ghost Train - John Cauchi
Where The Earth and Sky Collide - John Stretton
Love Songs and Memories - Lex K
Back Where I Use To Live - Lorena Quinlivan
Birdsong - Aurelle Brunjes
Barbed Wire and Bullets - Jim Van Fleet
I Don’t Know - Jim Van Fleet
I Say You Don’t - Julie Prowse
Mr Majestic Smile - Shane Butterworth
Falling Apart - Amira Hamze
Dear Future Me - Briana Dinsdale
Help Me Meet The Lord - Briana Dinsdale
Road Called Life - Felicity Dowd
When The Rains Come - Freddie Bailey-Cook