The track "Radio on" placed second (out of 5,000 entries) in Toronto's Mix 99.9 13th annual songwriting competition.
After a lengthy songwriting competition that demonstrated how difficult it was to fit repeated references to Connecticut into a tune, the legislature wound up adopting "Yankee Doodle."
It became the winner of a public songwriting competition held in the UK.
Gilbert began playing the piano and writing at a young age and won a city-wide songwriting competition in the fifth grade.
In 1983, Meyer won 1st Place in the Christian Artist's national songwriting competition in Estes Park, Colorado.
Since his death, Poor David's Pub in Dallas has held an annual songwriting competition in his memory.
Since then, she has also won a national songwriting competition, Wake Up Nashville-and Dream Big.
Their song, "Breathe", won several awards including the national songwriting competition in conjunction with Canadian Music Week in 2001.
In 2005 she was a joint winner, of a Scottish songwriting competition for the music festival Burnsong, with her song, Promises to Keep.
While studying at university, Myles formed a band and won a national songwriting competition.