Finalists announced for 2016 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition

Client Liaison, Emma Louise (pictured), Gordi, and King Social are among multiple nominees for this year’s Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition.

In celebration of APRA AMCOS’ 90th year, 90 songs have made the shortlist of diverse songwriters all up for $50,000 courtesy of ARPA AMCOS and Alberts.

Seven artists including Client Liaison, Emma Louise, Gordi, Katrina Burgoyne, King Social, Louis Schoorl and Oh Pep, each have two songs nominated for the prize.

Other notable names include Sampa The Great, Josh Pyke, Jarryd James, Middle Kids and recent triple j Unearthed High winner Gretta Ray.

Supported by APRA AMCOS and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia (NRMTA), the prestigious prize will be awarded on the October 27.

The second prize winner will receive $10,000 from AMPAL (Australasian Music Publishers Association) and third prize is $5,000 courtesy of AEG Ogden, with all winners taking home a microphone set from Shure.

The judging panel narrowed the field from 3,934 songs submitted by 2,412 applicants from 20 different countries. The eldest applicant was 82-years-old, with the youngest being only 11-years-old.

Entry fee for the competition was $50 per submission with all money raised going to Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia. The competition raised a total of $200,000 including donations.

Find the full list of finalists below:

Abbe May – Seventeen

Alesa Lajana – Birds Don’t Sing In Nashville

All Our Exes Live in Texas – Tell Me

Anders – As Before

Andrew Cavanagh – Is That Too Much To Ask

Aurelia – Chest

Auto – Brother Coda (Electric)

Ben Drysdale – Skid Row

Birdz feat. Jimblah – Rise

BRUVVY – Dire Love

Buchanan – Pressure in an Empty Space

Charlz – West LA

Citizen of the World – Setting Out

City Calm Down – Your Fix

Clea – Dire Consequences

Client Liaison – World Of Our Love

Client Liaison – A Foreign Affair

Deep Sea Arcade – Learning To Fly

Drax Project – Cold

Dustin Tebbutt – First Light

Elki – Soho

Emma Louise – Underflow

Emma Louise – West End Kids

Faint Capsule – Rancid

Finlay Tate – I Want

Fragile Animals – Signals

Frank Society – October

Future Jr. – Tell Me That I’m Wrong

Generations: Mike & Aleksi Glick – The Hallway of My Heart

What So Not feat George Maple – Gemini

Georgia Fair – Slave to Nothing

Good Boy – Transparency

Gordi – Nothing’s As It Seems

Gordi – Can We Work It Out

Gretta Ray – Drive

Gypsy & The Cat – Inside Your Mind

Haarlo – Love’s Gone

Hannah Robinson – Half Past Ten

Holy Holy – Darwinism

J Motor – Meet In The Sky

Japanese Wallpaper feat. Airling – Forces

Jarryd James – Claim My Love

Jordie Lane & The Sleepers ft. Lollies – America, Won’t You Make My Dreams Come

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Josh Pyke – Be Your Boy

Just A Gent feat. Lanks – Heavy As A Heartbreak

Katrina Burgoyne – When I’m Broken

Katrina Burgoyne – Tryin’ To Get To Georgia

Tigertown – Lonely Cities

King Social – Hypocrite

King Social – It Goes Around

Kirsty Lee Akers – Take me back

Lavers – Coast to Coast

L-FRESH The LION – 1 In 100,000

Lisa Crawley – Up In The Air

Lizzie Flynn – Prisoner in My Own Town

Lost Woods – Secrets in our Sleeves

Louis Schoorl – No More

Louis Schoorl – All This Time

Lucy Neville – Tease

Phazes feat. Thief – Hold Me Down

Maddy Rodriguez – Man Overboard

Matt Gresham – Survive on Love

Michael Walker – Dreams – Could take you somewhere

Middle Kids – Edge of Town

Mild Things – Good Girls

Morgan Bain – Why Don’t You Stay

NGAIIRE – House On a Rock

Oh Pep! – Doctor Doctor

Oh Pep! – The Race

Panama – The Highs

Rachel Maria Cox – Zips, Netflix & Dinner For Six

Ruby Boots – Wrap Me In A Fever

Ruel – Golden Years

Ruva Ngwenya – Me And You ~ #BLM

Sammi Constantine – The Game

Sampa The Great – Blue Boss

Shake Your Blood – Fox Amongst Bears

Sheppard – Sorry

Starley – Call On Me

Taasha Coates/The Audreys – When I Die

Tash Sultana – Notion

Jordi White – I’ll See Her Again

The Brown Wunda – It’s Our Time

The Creases – Impact

The Lulu Raes – Burnout

The Paper Kites – Revelator Eyes

Tia P. – 4 Seats From Beyonce

Tinpan Orange – Ordinary Lives

Urthboy – Daughter Of The Light

Why We Run – Hallway