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UK Songwriting Contest Entries and Results

In 2021, I heard about the annual 'UK Song Writing Contest' and visited their website for more information. The outcome was that I decided to enter two of my songs into that year's competition, under two different categories - both entries reached the semi-finals which encouraged me to try again in 2022.

In 2023, I decided to create a specific page on this website to enable site visitors to access the songs (via audio playback), to provide ongoing information on their progress each year and to have a record of past entries and their success or otherwise.  

UK Songwriting Contest Entries 2024

Acoustic/Folk Category - 'The Burning Down' 

*Voted Highly Commended (5 Stars)*  

The Burning DownJohn Clachan
00:00 / 04:44

Acoustic/Folk Category - 'The Eyes of Grace Gladen' 

*Voted Special Mention (5 Stars)*  

The Eyes of Grace GladenJohn Clachan
00:00 / 04:25

Acoustic/Folk Category - 'Sixth Century BC' 

*Voted Commended (4 Stars)*  

SIxth Century BCJohn Clachan
00:00 / 03:37
Speak to me SomeoneJohn Clachan
00:00 / 03:54

Acoustic/Folk Category - 'Speak to me Someone' 

*Voted Highly Commended (5 Stars)*  

Acoustic/Folk Category - 'What if....?' 

*Voted Highly Commended (5 Stars)*  

What if....?John Clachan
00:00 / 03:27

UK Songwriting Contest Entries 2023

Crisis & Protest Songs Category - 'Museum Pieces' 

*Voted Commended (4 Stars)*  

Museum PiecesJohn Clachan
00:00 / 03:25

Acoustic & Folk Songs Category - 'The Crown' 

*Voted Commended (5 Stars)*  

The CrownJohn Clachan
00:00 / 03:24

Crisis & Protest Songs Category - 'Eyes Run Dry' 

*Voted Commended (4 Stars)*  

Eyes Run DryJohn Clachan
00:00 / 03:38

Acoustic & Folk Songs Category - 'The Signal Box' 

*Voted Commended (5 Stars)*  

The Signal BoxJohn Clachan
00:00 / 04:10

UK Songwriting Contest Entries 2022

Singer-Songwriter Category - 'Primitive Art' 

*Voted  Semi-Finalist*

Primitive ArtJohn Clachan
00:00 / 03:00

Crisis & Protest Songs Category - 'South Georgia Refrain' 

*Voted Semi-Finalist* 

South Georgia RefrainJohn Clachan
00:00 / 04:19

Crisis & Protest Lyrics Category - 'South Georgia Refrain' 

*Voted Semi-Finalist*

    Acoustic / Folk Category - 'Standing Stones' 

*Voted Commended (4 Stars)*  

Standing StonesJohn Clachan
00:00 / 04:07

UK Songwriting Contest Results 2021

    Folk  Category - 'East Australia' 

     *Voted Semi-Finalist*

Crisis Song Category - 'Too Little, Too Late?' 

*Voted Semi-Finalist*

East AustraliaJohn Clachan
00:00 / 03:45
Too Little, Too Late?John Clachan
00:00 / 03:21
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