The Top 10 Results of the 36th National Songwriting Awards have now been released!
2016 Top 10 across all Categories
AUSTRALIA
| 1 | Spirit Of Australia | Donna Dyson | Damien Leith | NSW |
| 2 | Memoirs Of Vietnam | Carmelo Cacciola | QLD | |
| 3 | Calling Me Home | Melanie Gray | Gina Jeffreys / Makaylie Foodey | NT |
| 4 | Stretcher Bearer | Brendan Smoother | NSW | |
| 5 | The Never Never | Rob Imeson | NSW | |
| 6 | The Australian Dream | Dave Roberts | QLD | |
| 7 | Waltzing Matilda | Dene Menzel | VIC | |
| 8 | Ghost Town | Billy Bridge | Michael Lockhart | VIC |
| 9 | Growing Up | Laura Byrnes | Allen Caswell | VIC |
| 10 | Great And Ancient Land | Lloyd Clarke | VIC |
BALLAD
| 1 | Love Dances In The Rain | Karen Guymer | VIC | |
| 1 | Memories From My Mind | David King | Jessica Allen | NSW |
| 3 | I Know You Like It | Christopher Mustica | VIC | |
| 4 | Home | Rebecca Hellweg | VIC | |
| 5 | The River Is Rising | Robert Knox | Roland Winsall | VIC |
| 6 | Tidal Wave | Andrew Bertoia | NSW | |
| 7 | A Hero In Us All | Karen Guymer | VIC | |
| 8 | I Wish You Were Here | Candice Bennett | NSW | |
| 9 | Antarctica | Christopher Orchard | NSW | |
| 10 | Forever We’ll Love You | Joey Fimmano | NSW |
CONTEMPORARY POP DANCE
| 1 | Standin’ In Line | John Blok | VIC | |
| 2 | Better Than This | Frank Dixon | VIC | |
| 3 | Get Up | Ski Harvey | NSW | |
| 4 | Waiting | Alex Tobin | NSW | |
| 5 | Come Alive | Daniel Bartulovich | John Chmielewski | NSW |
| 6 | Eyes For You | Benjamin Beamish | QLD | |
| 7 | Only Human | Karen Guymer | VIC | |
| 8 | Warzone | Leea Nanos | FATAI | VIC |
| 9 | Reaching Out | Alex Tobin | NSW | |
| 10 | This Too Shall Pass | David Taylor | Peter Holz | NSW |
COUNTRY
| 1 | Overdrive | Kirsty James | NSW | |
| 2 | When I’m Broken | Katrina Burgoyne | NSW | |
| 3 | Down In The Boneyard | Catherine Dobson | VIC | |
| 4 | I Know You Like It | Christopher Mustica | VIC | |
| 5 | Free And Fearless | Samantha Mooney | QLD | |
| 6 | Like Johnny Loved June | Rob Imeson | NSW | |
| 7 | These Times Are Right | Spencer Kelly | WA | |
| 8 | One Tear In My Heart | Rebecca Lee Nye | Peta Cherae Peters | VIC |
| 9 | Me And Lucinda | Michael Meeking | VIC | |
| 10 | Big Town Blue | Ryan Brookhouse | NSW | |
| 10 | Kiss My Arm | Stan Lenz | QLD |
FOLK ACOUSTIC
| 1 | Not OK | Tamsin Cantwell | VIC | |
| 2 | Get Back Time | Christopher Mustica | VIC | |
| 2 | How We Spent Our Days | Markus Andersen | Living in NORWAY | |
| 4 | Pearl | Laura Byrnes | Brianna Lee | VIC |
| 5 | Devil And The Angel | Shawn Lidster | NSW | |
| 6 | Soul In Your Step | Ray Alferink | ACT | |
| 7 | Cloud Street | Paul White | WA | |
| 8 | I Don’t Want The Night To Come | Stephen Sarre | NSW | |
| 9 | Just Wanna Say Hello | Katie Hardyman | NSW | |
| 9 | Let You Go | Donna Dyson | Damien Leith | QLD |
| 9 | The Hummingbird | Donna Pinkney | NSW |
INSTRUMENTAL
| 1 | Turquoise Bay | Terry Bennetts | WA | |
| 1 | Into The Mist | Ray Saunders | VIC | |
| 3 | Destination Unknown | Peter Salata | QLD | |
| 4 | Time Machine | Rod Christian | WA | |
| 5 | Call Me | John Hollywood | HVuko | WA |
| 6 | Showpony Express | Ray Pratley | Samantha Bellamy | NSW |
| 7 | Frangipani Rag | Tom Anderson | NSW | |
| 8 | Mythology | Pete Hawkes | VIC | |
| 9 | Rabbit Flats | Ray Pratley | NSW | |
| 10 | Bellbirds-Manorina Melanophrys (For Eva) | Alex Varlow | NSW | |
| 10 | Forbidden Dance | Vanessa Craven | VIC |
INTERNATIONAL
| 1 | Broken Arrow | Michael McGee | Jeff Oxford | USA |
| 2 | Relativity | Francesca de Valence | AUSTRALIA | |
| 3 | Only Human | Karen Guymer | AUSTRALIA | |
| 4 | Brand New Life | Samantha Mooney | AUSTRALIA | |
| 5 | Free And Fearless | Samantha Mooney | AUSTRALIA | |
| 6 | Shine A Light | Marshall Smith | Tom Fox | NEW ZEALAND |
| 7 | Me Too | Natalie Howard | Matt Scullion / Jimmie Lee Sloas | AUSTRALIA |
| 8 | Me & Scott Walker | Marshall Smith | NEW ZEALAND | |
| 9 | Savannah | Earl Gillespie | CANADA | |
| 10 | Every Moment | Dean Ramsay | AUSTRALIA | |
| 10 | Good Heart | Alex Tobin | AUSTRALIA |
LYRICS
| 1 | Jacaranda Blue | Glen Naylor | VIC | |
| 2 | Over There And Back (Billy’s War) | Steve Montgomery | NSW | |
| 3 | Violin | Sammy Gaha | NSW | |
| 4 | When You Lose Someone You Love | Steve Montgomery | NSW | |
| 5 | Drama, Drama, Drama | Donna Hotz | QLD | |
| 6 | Imagine Your Friends Are Flowers | Ray Martin | VIC | |
| 7 | Christmas In A Cage | Sharlene Rainford | NSW | |
| 8 | When The Thirty Three Came Home | Merv Webster | QLD | |
| 9 | Harkaway Hall | Lloyd Clarke | VIC | |
| 9 | I Want My Body Back | Sand Williams | NT | |
| 9 | Woman | Melinda J Wells | QLD |
OPEN
| 1 | Please Don’t Forget About Me | Kelly Cork | QLD | |
| 2 | Free And Fearless | Samantha Mooney | QLD | |
| 3 | Love Dances In The Rain | Karen Guymer | VIC | |
| 4 | Waiting | Alex Tobin | NSW | |
| 5 | All The Way Down | Daniel Bartulovich | John Chmielewski | NSW |
| 6 | On The Corner Of Hope And Devine | Catherine Dobson | VIC | |
| 7 | Standin’ In Line | John Blok | VIC | |
| 8 | The Actor | Christopher Orchard | NSW | |
| 9 | Karma Café | Wendy Wood | NSW | |
| 10 | Almost Guilty | Neville Kaye | NSW |
ROCK INDIE
| 1 | Crack Of The Whip | David Hinds | Lyn Hinds | NSW |
| 1 | A Viking Smile | Tony Murphy | QLD | |
| 3 | Who’ll Stop Me Now? | Paul White | WA | |
| 4 | The Playground | Abbey Gardner | NSW | |
| 5 | Down In The Boneyard | Catherine Dobson | VIC | |
| 6 | Sugar Daddy | John Blok | VIC | |
| 7 | Technicolour Death Stare | Alexandra Price | NSW | |
| 8 | Babylon | Jacques Gentil | VIC | |
| 9 | I Wish I Was Conner | Stephen Kermode | NSW | |
| 9 | Independent George | Terry Mandryk | NSW | |
| 9 | Living It Up | David King | S Burrel / T Dutton / S Kulakovska | NSW |
SONGS FOR CHILDREN
| 1 | Cooking Up A Song | Anna van Riel | Living in NEW ZEALAND | |
| 2 | Mysteries Under The Sea | Juanita Ryder | QLD | |
| 3 | Swimming In The Bath | Sonia Hardie | Anton Korytnyj | NSW |
| 4 | It’s Christmas In Australia | Anthony Frizzell | VIC | |
| 5 | Ducks In The Garden | Sonia Hardie | Anton Korytnyj | NSW |
| 6 | Under The Mountain | Sonia Hardie | Anton Korytnyj | NSW |
| 7 | Milkshake | Donna Dyson | Wil Hughes | QLD |
| 8 | The Race | Stan Lenz | QLD | |
| 9 | Jump Jump Jump | Julie McAllan | QLD | |
| 10 | Follow The Animals | Juanita Ryder | QLD | |
| 10 | The Cowboy Song | Dez Staunton | Vanessa Staunton | QLD |
SPIRITUAL
| 1 | Babylon | Jacques Gentil | VIC | |
| 2 | He Will Hear | Lola Brinton | Shane Edwards/Sven Tydeman | NSW |
| 3 | Devoted To The Son | Jennifer McAllan | NT | |
| 4 | A Million And One Ways To Die | Jacques Gentil | VIC | |
| 4 | You Can Run | Anthony Frizzell | VIC | |
| 6 | Rising | Donna Dyson | Damien Leith | QLD |
| 7 | River In The Valley | Dominic Crea | Patrick McMurray | VIC |
| 8 | One Long Night | Matt Coleman | WA | |
| 8 | Out Of This World | Carmel Charlton | WA | |
| 10 | Before The Sun | Christopher Mustica | VIC | |
| 10 | Christmas Box | Mark Fitzsummons | NSW | |
| 10 | Free At Last | Jacques Gentil | VIC |
YOUTH
| 1 | Homeless Bound | Sophia Chesworth | NSW | |
| 2 | Monster | Victoria Kokkinos | VIC | |
| 3 | Better Than This | Frank Dixon | VIC | |
| 4 | Left Behind | Hannah Parrington | NSW | |
| 5 | Hidden | Malia Stirling | QLD | |
| 6 | This Is What You’ve Done To Me | Jessica Newton | VIC | |
| 7 | Nightmares | Abbey Gardner | NSW | |
| 8 | Electric Blues | Clara Muscat | VIC | |
| 9 | Paranoid | Anna Wright | VIC | |
| 9 | Stand | Jayda D’Agostino | WA | |
| 9 | The Playground | Abbey Gardner | NSW | |
| 9 | The Kids Aren’t Alright | Abbey Gardner | NSW |