Congratulations to all the Semi Finalists in the 2022 songwriting contest for the TSA Song writer Salute Awards!

Finalists will be announced shortly … watch this space.

The Awards will be held in Tamworth, January 2023

Semi Finalists listed below in alphabetical order:

ALT COUNTRY

1823 … Dave Diprose
Australia … Ben Mitchell
Black Dress … Billie Copeland, Mitch Hagger
Blue Jeans … Sammy & Matt Hollier & Matt Wiles
Built Like Us  …  Felicity Dowd
Can’t Bring Back the Dead … Billie Copeland, Peta Cherae Peters
Consider Me Gone … Chloe Styler
Don’t look back … Brian Stitt
Everybody Knows Your Name … Lucie Tiger O’Connor
Flag at a Bull … Simon Drew
Fly to You … Patrick Kenny, Kelsey Berrington
Gabriel … Bradley Christmas, Richard Gosling
Heart Break Subway Train … Billie Copeland Peta Cherae Peters
High School Reunion… Kiara Rodrigues
Home … Billie-JoPorter, Pete Dyball, Sam Dyball
If You Could Only Find The Time … KylieAdams-Collier
I’ll Give You Heartbreak … Amy Ryan, Melody Moko
Let The Good Times Roll … Lucie Tiger O’Connor
Like Bob Said … Billie-JoPorter, Kelly Breuer
Living On Love … Lucie TigerO’Connor
Love Lies and Dirty Dishes … AndyPenkow, Allan Caswell
Mediocreville … Cathy Dobson
Now I Know … Dennis Comino
October Haze … Dennis Duigan
Sky Falls Out Of You … Susan Muranty, Sven Tydeman, Ritchie Neville
Slaying Ghosts … Billie Copeland, Peta Cherae Peters
Strong Enough … Anita Spring
Taking Bad with the Good … Alan Bruce, Geoff Zenner
The Cattle Truck … Jo Caseley
This Is Home … Ben Mitchell
This Is Your Captain Speaking … Ben Mitchell
Times Done Changed … Simon Drew
Too Many Bottles of Rum … Terry Bennetts, Keith Lethbridge
Too Much … Amber Kenny
Too Much Space … Sari Abbott, Cass Hopetoun, Blake Dantier
When She Gets Home … Blake Dantier, Michael Carpenter
Where We Stand … Chloe Styler

COUNTRY BALLAD

John And Judy Martin Commemorative Award

Beauty of the Bush … Andrew Ryan
Big Red … Virginia Hermel
California … Ian Burns
Don’t Say When … Blake Dantier
Driving Me Insane … Norman Crew
Dunolly Drover … AJ Leonard, Paul Neuendorf
Fallen Snow … Andy Penkow, Rip-Van Park
Four Hundred K’S … Mackenzie Lee Hall
From The Ashes … Matt Scullion, Col Finley
Hitting The Wall … Tony Kennelly
I Love This Rodeo … Lindsay Waddington, Allan Caswell
I Still Think About You … Sandy McNaughton, David Javier Sarmiento
I Wanna Write a Song … Shelly Jones, Lester Treuer
I’m Going OK … John Wright
Indiana Rose … Ron Osborn
Life In A Small Country Town … Dave Diprose
Little Shadows … Shaza Butler, Shaza Leigh, Kassidy Jewell
Love Me Through The Lonely … Wendy Wood
Lovesick … Esme Macdonald
Lucinda … Bradley Christmas
Mama You Should See This … Lily Grace, Jake Davey
Man With All The Charm … Toria Richings
My Turn Now … Della Harris, Clive Young
Never Want To Leave This Town … Dave Diprose
No Tomorrows … Susan Muranty, Damien Leith
Old Time Dances … Stan Lenz
On a Summer’s Night … Kylie Adams-Collier
Our Fallen Heroes … Brian Murray, Jeanne Murray
Place Like Home Lily Grace, Dakota Striplin
Please Make It Me … Willow .
Red Wine and Blue … Emily Hatton
So Far So Good … Wendy Wood
Steel Town … Alan Gilmour
Still In Love With You … Steve Montgomery
Take The Wheel … Craig Lloyd, David Carter, Merelyn Carter
Taking it all Away … Don Cowling
The Brumbies’ Fate … Jo Caseley, Richard Roberts
The Old Guitar … Andy Penkow
The Sky Is My Country Too … Susan Muranty, J Edna Mae
Time … Steve Montgomery
Troop Train … Peter Monaghan
Turquoise … Susan Muranty, Renee Jonas
What Can I Say … Alice Benfer, Sam Hawksley
When I Fall … Anita Spring, Allan Caswell, Lindsay Waddington
Wide Open Spaces … Dayle Alison Walker
Would You like to Learn to Fly … Steve Montgomery
Your Voice … Willow ., David Carter

 

COUNTRY ROCK

B & S Ball … Mark Rigney
Back Again … Greg Herbert
Better Than I am … Maddie Cail
Book Cover … Tracey Rowland, Sandy Robinson
Bucket Of Beers … Lucie Tiger O’Connor
Burn It Down … Lucie Tiger O’Connor
Country Boy … Jax Tonic
Every Day is Anzac Day … Benn Gunn, Andrew Cavanagh
Heart Like a Wheel … Tony Marks
I Got a Feeling … Cathy Dobson
I Just Want To Hold You … Wendy Wood
Journey of Your Life … PaulWhite, Craig Pinkney, Mick Burn, Bert Giancristafaro
Label Me A Killer … Billie Copeland, Peta Maree Richards
Livin’ Country Fun … Andrew Ryan
Love Yourself … Ross Webb
My Side of Town … Paul Ricketts
Never Tasted Dirt … Alice Benfer, Brendan Smoother
Out Of My Hands … Willow .
Raining Down on Me … Cathy Dobson
Right Down To The Wire … Lindsay Waddington, Allan Caswell
Right Next To You … Lucie Tiger O’Connor
Second-Hand Heart … Lily Grace, Lee Bowman, Paula Bowman
The Two Of Us Meet … Lily Grace, Chaise Flanders
The Outlaws … Ian Burns
Truth Juice … Della Harris, Clive Young
Twistin … Mark Rigney
Wish You Were My Beer … Blake Dantier
With Her … Craig Woodward

 

TRADITIONAL

Eric Watson Commemorative Award

A Song to Find Peace with Leaving … Teri Young
Ain’t Too Late (To Start Again) … TC Cassidy, Angus Gill
All Alone … ThomasLibreri, Annie June, LilyGrace, James Blundell
Arnhem Land Sunset … Jeff Aschmann
Big Bandy … Virginia Hermel
Concrete Cowboy … Ruby Jane Shirreff,  Catherine Britt
Crumbling Stones … Lola Brinton, Graham Howle
Don’t Sell Australia Out … Jason Carruthers, Chris Long
From A Migrants Pen … Lindsay Waddington, Allan Caswell
Honeycomb and Glue … Felicity Dowd
In The Valley … Kylie Adams-Collier
Lawson’s Legacy … Shaza Butler, Shaza Leigh, Billy Wye
Let’s Pretend … Alice Benfer, Sam Hawksley
Memories of My Old Town … Kylie Adams-Collier
Misty Mountains … IanBurns, Lachlan Bryan
Proceed With Caution … Shelly Jones, Lester Treuer
Proud to Call You Dad … Lloyd Back
Smoke and Perfume … Kim Copedo
Sons of the Saddle … Terry Bennetts
Stock Routes of Australia … Peter Dawson, John Davis, Colin DeFries
The Apron … Vickiree Melouney, Angus Gill
The Legend Of The Lamp … Matt Scullion
The Mountain … Barry Walker
This Little Town … Roger Corbett
West Of The Great Divide … Stan Lenz
You Don’t Have To Be A Hero … Michelle Little
You Don’t Mix Whiskey … Blake Dantier

 

BLUEGRASS

Bad Livin’ … Dave Diprose
Country Style Music … Chris Treuer, Kenny Gallagher
I’m Working … Dave Diprose
Lawman … Dennis Duigan
Not That Kind of Girl … Anita Spring, Allan Caswell, Lindsay Waddington
One Man Woman … Mark Rigney
Poor Boy … Stan Lenz
Rollin’ On … Dave Diprose
Sitting Pretty … Amy Ryan, M Stripp, J Mize, McCaw, L Milner
Stranger In My Home … Dave Diprose
The Land Up Over … Ben Mitchell
The Willow Weeps For Me … Kylie Adams-Collier, John Seers
This Town … Dave Diprose
True Love … Kylie Adams-Collier, Lola Patricia Brinton
Until This Song Ends … Lindsay Waddington, Allan Caswell
When Your Lies Come Down … David Javier, Sandy Louise

 

BUSH BALLAD

Bev Daniel Commemorative Award

Below Tamborine Town … Katelyn Newlands, Neil T Simpson
Beneath the Southern Cross Once More … Steve Roberts
Black North Queensland Snow … Lindsay Waddington, Allan Caswell, Manfred Vijars
In the Warrego … Andrew Ryan
It Goes To Show … Lloyd Back
Long Way Round … Peter Coad
Port Davey Track Anthem … Teri Young
Raining On The Plain … Ron Osborn
She Was a Cowgirl … Steve Montgomery
Sometimes It’s Your Job … Lindsay Waddington, Allan Caswell, Manfred Vijars
Special Things … Warwick Trant
Stand Up For Slim … Shaza Butler, Shaza Leigh, Dudley ‘Spud’ Corbett
The Dinner Tree … Terry Bennetts
The Drover … Clayton Saunders
The Fencing Line … Mark Griffin
The Goobragandra Packhorse Man … Brian Stitt
To Keep Family Alive … Ben Mitchell
Waler … Peter Monaghan

 

COMEDY/NOVELTY

Geoff Mack Commemorative Award

Aussie As … Mark Rigney
Bad Livin’ … Dave Diprose
Blue Grenadier … Don Cowling
I Don’t Drink Anymore … Lindsay Waddington, Allan Caswell
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em … Justin Standley
I’m A Serious Giggin’ Muso … Floyd Black
In the Neck … Thomas Libreri, Tessa Libreri
Modern Day Country Song … Mark Rigney
Pappy’s Farm … Allan West, Leo McSorley
Santa’s In My Family … Shelly Jones, Lester Treuer
The Aussie Bush Mechanic … Terry Bennetts, Keith Lethbridge
Wrong … Blake Dantier

 

COUNTRY BLUES

A Little Faith … Cathy Dobson
Cheat on Me … Cathy Dobson
Country Blues … Ben Mitchell
Empty … Shelly Jones, Lester Treuer
Hey Cowboy … Ian Burns
I’m Leaving You … Norman Crew, Dylan Reisch
Keep the Rhythm in Me … Andy Penkow
Last Call … Blake Dantier
Mamma’s Table … Kylie Adams-Collier
Missed Opportunity … Willow .
Must Have Been The Wine … Della Harris, Clive Young
Pleasure and Pain … Bradley Christmas
Short Term Gain, Long Term Pain … Felicity Dowd
Solitary Man … Andrew Ryan, Jen Mize, Kaetlan Grealy
The Devil You Know … Lucie Tiger O’Connor

 

GOSPEL/SPIRITUAL

Britton Morrison Commemorative Award

A Table For Two … Steve Stemp
God Knows … Clayton Saunders
Hear The Angels … Shaza Butler
I Can Count on You to Walk with Me … William Langhorn
I Love My Life … Shelly Jones, Lester Treuer
It’s the Gift … Thomas & TessaLibreri
Judement Day … Peter McDonald
Lord, Crush all Evil … Peter McDonald
Love Me … Rae Leigh
One Short Hour … Alex Varlow
Second Chance … Peter McDonald
Super Hero Jesus … Justin Standley
Sweet Jesus Carry Me … Justin Standley
Sweet Loretta … Alan Gilmour, Shirl Llewellyn
Take me Back … Garry Jones
Train Of Love … Stan Lenz
Walk with God … Ron Till

 

LOCAL HEROES

1942 … Peter Coad, V. Hermel
A Dozen Letters … Sandy McNaughton, Phillip Doring
Beneath the Southern Cross Once More … Steve Roberts
Bound For Glory (Charles Perkins) … Alan Gilmour
Father’s Eyes … Allan Cameron
Free Again … Karen Law
Gallipoli … Peter Monaghan
Heartstrings … Amy Ryan, Ashleigh Dallas
I’m Here (Based on Real Heroes, Real People, Real Events) … Justin Standley
Johnny … Noeleen Smith
Pitjantjatjara … Jeff Aschmann
Stories in my Blood … Amy Ryan, M McCaw, M Stripp, G Carrfoot,  L Milner
That Young Man Was My Brother … Justin Standley
The Ballad Of Phyllis Frost Prison … Jonathan Hibbert
The Goobragandra Packhorse Man … Brian Stitt
To Fill the Pail … Kylie Adams-Collier
Waler … Peter Monaghan
You Don’t Have To Be A Hero … Michelle Little
Your Heart Will Pull You Through … Norman Crew

 

LYRICS ONLY

Down the Line … Kevin Pye
Four Hands Around One Heart … Susan Muranty
Ghosts of Cobb and Co … Helen Harvey
Making Sense of Henry … Kevin Pye
Melancholy … Michelle Morgan
My Happy Place … Faith Julija Kristensen
Not Gone … Allan West
Right Kind Of Wrong … Christine Eccleston, Angus Gill
Saddle There For Me … ChristineEccleston, Luke Austen
She Also Served … Kevin Pye
Some Loving Left To Do … Susan Muranty
Ten Acres out of Town … Kevin Pye
The Anniversary Waltz … Kevin Pye
The Rains On Uluru … Anne Fraser
This House … Simon Berger
When the Brumbies come to Water … Kevin Pye
When The Murrumbidgee’s In a Hurry … Christine Eccleston

 

NEW SONGWRITER

Burning … Sari Abbott
Consider Me Gone … Chloe Styler
Handle It … Felicity Dowd
Kiss You When The Rain Comes … Sally Jane Pottinger
Let It All Roll Out … Billie-JoPorter, Rachael Kennedy
Like a Bull Rider … Mackenzie Lee Hall
My Side of Town … Paul Ricketts
Strong Enough … Anita Spring
The Northern Coast … Michael Lehnen, Catherine Lehnen
Too Young … Sally Jane Pottinger
Where We Stand … Chloe Styler

 

NOVICE

Garry Koehler Commemorative Award

A Country Song … Brian Murray
Desert Blooming … Owen Smith
Long Road To Tamworth … Floyd Black
One For Sorrow … Allan West, Ren Kyder
One Horse … AllanWest, Ren Kyder
Our Fallen Heroes … Brian Murray, Jeanne Murray
The Fencing Line … Mark Griffin
The Pioneer’s Wife … Brian Stewart
Wishing Star … Allan West
You Are A Lighthouse … Shirley Goslett

 

YOUTH

John P Toomey Commemorative Award

Brunette Country Girl … Jake Murdoch
Gem Gem … Amy Ryan
Hard Working Man (Needs a Beer) … Mackenzie Lee Hall
Hopeless Day … Dennis Comino
I’m Off To Tamworth … Jake Murdoch
Like a Bull Rider … Mackenzie Lee Hall
Wild is a Woman (Double Crossed) … Mackenzie Lee Hall
You and I … Dennis Comino