2025 Rocky Mountain Songwriting Contest Finalists -

2025 Contest Finalists

Twenty-five talented songwriters are heading to Red Lodge, Montana for the 2025 Rocky Mountain Songwriting Contest at the 9th Annual Red Lodge Songwriter Festival, June 19-21, 2025.

This year’s finalists, chosen from over 100 entrants representing 26 states and 4 countries, will compete for the top spot. Join us on June 21 at 10 am at the One Legged Magpie in Red Lodge to hear all these great songs.

Best of luck to the finalists and thanks you to all the songwriters that competed in this years contest. You are truly great musicians and story tellers.

Lynne Hanson (Ottawa, CA) – “Long Way Home”

Sara Beth Go (Nashville, TN) – “Wish I Was A Tree”

Kaylyn Sahs, Jason Blaine, Benji Cowart (Brentwood, TN) – “Wine About It”

Tai Shan (Madison, TN) – “How It Flew (The Kite Song)”

Meagan Allen (Nashville, TN) – “Love Lies”

Morgan Powers (McGregor, TX) – “Blue As Bonnets”

Nathan K (Nashville, TN) – “Boundaries”

Cheyloe Martin (Bessemer, AL) – “It Was You”

Scarlett Egan (Nashville, TN) – “Loose Ends”

Ethan Phillips (Hermitage, TN) – “Montana”

Miss Leo Williams (Los Osos, CA) – “Winter Frost”

Karen Dahlstrom (Brooklyn, NY) – “Last Of My Line”

Tiffany Williams (Hermitage, TN) – “Ammunition”

Steve Obermiller and Hilary Tipps (Fort Worth, TX) – “Fort Worth”

Mary McGuinness (Nashville, TN) – “Keep Dreaming”

Russ Glenn (Dripping Springs, TX) – “Half Life”

Remi Goode (Nashville, TN) – “Typecast

Allison Asarch (Nashville, TN) – “Big Red Apple”

Brett Anthony (Maple Valley, WA) – “Coal Dust Devil”

Bobby Jo Valentine (Portland, OR) – “Trading In”

Alison Tucker (Austin, TX) – “Carousel of Colors”

Sammi Accola (Nashville, TN) – “Mona Lisa”

Chris Nurthen (Germantown, TN) – “Funny Money”

Jaryn Jones (Franklin, TN) – “Woman”

Ted Nunes (Fresno, CA) – “Shadows Of The Past”