2006 Songwriting Contest

And the winners are:

Best Song

Kirstin McCulloch "Bottle of Whiskey" video

1st Runner Up: Anne Loree "End of the Day" video
2nd Runner Up: David Ward "Mr. Moon" video
Best Performance: Andrew Scott "Artillery" video

Judges' Discretionary Prizes:
Best Storytelling: Eric Bergland "Midnight in Memphis" video
Booker Award: Rob Ursel "Fortunes" video
Most Refined Award: The Rocky Fortune "Oil Oil Oil video

Best Song by a Newcomer

Kirstin McCulloch "Bottle of Whiskey"

1st runner up:  D.C. Ward "Mr. Moon"
2nd runner up: Ben Rose "The Cost"
Best performance:  Joe English "Coulda Woulda Shoulda"

Judges Discretionary Prizes:

Setting the bar high: Alexia Melnychuk "Blue"
Best use of child labour: Sub Plot A "Saturday Night"
Most poetic newcomer: Richelle Wiebe "Apperiel du Chauffrage"

Best Song of Alberta

The Rocky Fortune, "Oil Oil Oil"

1st runner up: Ted Jablonski "Me and Theo"
2nd runner up: Cort Bulloch "Clamshell Main Stage"
Best Performance: John Wort Hannam

Judges Discretionary Prizes:
Matt Masters "Centennial Swell"
Clea Roddick  "Blue Hills"
Cori Brewster "William Twin"

Best Song Finalists

Ian MacDonald, A Boat on the Ocean
Summer Abney, All the Heart in the World
Andrew Scott, Artillery
Sea of Is, Dear Ephemeron
Anne Lorre, End of the Day
James Hayden, Envy
Rob Ursel, Fortunes
Joanne Myrol, Hoadley Road
Amy Bishop, I Just Wanna Drive
Carrie Hryniw, Losing Grace
Eric Bergland, Midnight in Memphis
Nicole Chaplian, Shecky the Shar Pei
Dylan Sadlier-Brown, Something Felt
Jasmine Whenham, Sooner or Later
Scott McLeod, Stanhope
The Polyjesters, Thomas Builder
Mark David Stewart, Twenty Five Years
The Rocky Fortune, Oil Oil Oil
Ted Jablonski, Me and Theo
Kirstin McCulloch, Bottle of Whiskey
D.C. Ward, Mr. Moon

The Best Newcomer Finalists

Geoff McKenzie, 14 Ave Dumpster
Richelle Wiebe, Appereil du chauffrage (heating apparatus)
Michael Bocheelutu, Beautiful (East Hastings Too)
Alexia Melnychuk, Blue
Kirstin McCulloch, Bottle of Whiskey
Jenna Jacobson, Confessions of a Middle Aged Man
Joe English, Coulda Woulda Shoulda
Debra Christiansen, Dixie
Jonathan Adams, Hablando del Amor
DC Ward, Mr. Moon
Mike Unrau, Of Calibre
SubPlot A, Saturday Night
Tony Blue, The Coover Moover
Ben Rose, The Cost
Geoff Heal, The Mad Trapper
Chuck Rose, The Scarf

The Best Song of Alberta Finalists
Raw Boswin, I Spy (Fields of Gold)

Cori Brewster, Willian Twin
Cort Bulloch, Clamshell Main Stage
Sam Hall, Prairie Wind
Krista Hartman, Dusty Road
Ted Jablonski, Me and Theo
Matt Masters, Centennial Swell
Clea Roddick, Blue Hills
Victor Salas, Small Town Crying
Corry Schmelter, Not in My Backyard
Clinton St. John, House of Chests
Trevor Tchir, Wildmere
Emily Triggs, Truck Driving Song
John Wort Hannam, Digger's Lament
The Rocky Fortune, Oil Oil Oil

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