International Songwriting Competition Announces 2020 Finalists

International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has announced the 2020 finalists. A total of 324 finalists have been selected from more than 26,000 entries representing 158 countries throughout the world.

ISC is the world’s largest international songwriting competition and is designed to discover and promote professional and amateur songwriters who excel in the art of songwriting. ISC recognizes songwriters in all genres of contemporary music, including world music, and gives away more than $150,000 in cash and prizes, including an overall Grand Prize of $25,000 in cash plus additional prizes.

Winners will be selected by a panel of iconic recording artists and high-profile industry executives. Winners will be announced in late April or early May 2021 as soon as the judges have completed the judging process.

World Music Finalists:

Asi Soy (This Is Me) – Chris McKhool, Yasmin Levy, Kevin Laliberte, Drew Birston (Sultans Of String Ft. Yasmin Levy) – Toronto, ON, Canada

Born From The Land – Ricky Kej, Baaba Maal, Alexis D’Souza, IP Singh (Ricky Kej, Baaba Maal, And Lonnie Park) – Bangalore, India / Podor, Senegal

Eda – Jean BelOny Murat (BélO) – Route Frere, Haiti

Games – Nailah Blackman, Anson Soverall, Dale Ryan, Emmenuel Rudder (Nailah Blackman) – Port of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago

Ipanumpa Ko – Sherwin Fugoso, Kenneth Corvera, Adam Corvera (Oh! Caraga) – Cebu City, Philippines

Ithu Kanavaa – Sreekanth Hariharan (Sreekanth Hariharan) – Trivandrum, India

Mama – Dibdiamond, Beatbysv (Dibdiamond) – Nouakchott, Mauritania

Mayahuabá – Ceshia Ubau, Hdyeshua, Said Palacios (Ceshia Ubau) – Managua, Nicaragua

None Twaza – Cecile Kayirebwa (Cecile Kayirebwa) – Kigali, Rwanda

Safari – Richie Lumambo (Richie Lumambo) – Bagamoyo, Tanzania

Sugar – Zubi, Anatu (Zubi & Anatu) – Abuja, Nigeria

Sukuru – Calvin Rore (The Bampipe Ensemble) – Honiara, Solomon Islands

Tum Ho Yahaan – Abhilasha Sinha (Abhilasha Sinha) – New Delhi, India

Veneno Bom – Adriana Calcanhotto (Adriana Calcanhotto) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

We Know The Way (With Intro Of Tulou Tagaloa) – Opetaia Foai, Lin-Manuel Miranda (Te Vaka) – Auckland, New Zealand / NY, NY, USA

Wesal – Evgeny Shchukin, Hamoo Rashd (SAKHARA BEAT) – Moscow, Russia

Click here for the list of finalists

ISC is sponsored by: Arturia; Audeze; Celebrity Access; Eventric; Fano Guitars; Fender Guitars; Gig Salad; iZotope; Lurssen Mastering; Merch Cat; Musicians Institute; Play MPE; PreSonus; SongU; Sweetwater; and TuneCore.