2025 Songwriting Contest winners are:

1st Place: “Light Ranchin’” – written by Kristyn Harris & Randy Huston
2nd Place: “The Ghosts Upon My Back” – written by John Lowell & Joanne Gardner Lowell
3rd Place: “Center of Gravity” – written by Dan McCorison & Miska Paget

1st Place: "Heartbreak Moon"
Written by Tecia McKenna, Micki Fuhrman, Mary Kaye Holt & Merna Lewis

2nd Place: "I'll Rope the Blue Moon"
Written by Jim Jones & Betty Lynne McCarthy

3rd Place: "Half Broke Cavvy of the ZX Range"
Written by Darrell Arnold & Tom Hiatt

Traditional Category: New Someday - Tecia McKenna
Second Place: Old Pard - John Lowell

Gospel Category: What If There's a Heaven - Aspen Black
Second Place: Cleanin' Out My Stable - Devon Dawson, Teresa Burleson, Belinda Gail

Take Me to Montana

by Happy Anderson