Songs have been judged over the last couple of months

The list winners and finalists of the 6th Annual Christmas/Holiday Songwriting Competition have been just been released. Songwriters Seay Harshaw Delgado and Jules Delgado won top honors with their song "A Christmas Heart". All top two winners were co-writes.

"We are honored and proud that a song with a special message of living with a giving living heart all year through won the competition!", said Seay Harshaw Delgado.

Singer-Songwriter Seay has studied voice with renowned vocal coaches Helena Shenel, Seth Riggs and Ray Hyson and has a graduate Art degree from the prestigious Sotheby's Art Institute, in London. Though she is American born and raised, her early childhood years were spent in the army, which led her to Korea and Japan, and later Spain and the United Kingdom. It was while living in London that her voice and songwriting got noticed, and her music career began, singing on records and projects for Motown, Warner Music, Carlin and producers and recording artists like Annie Lennox, Mick Ronson and Elaine Paige in London's music scene. Seay lives in Nashville and is married to inspirational author and musician Jules Delgado, a music producer and recording engineer who was produced Grammy winning artist Ricky Kej.

Songwriters Alessia Cohle, Patrick James Clark & Jordan Honsinger took the second prize with their song “Snow Day”.

Singer-Songwriter Larry Jay took the third prize with his song "Unwrap You".

All three winners from previous years’ competition (2021) received music publishing contracts offers from Christmas and Holiday Music Publishing, a leading music publisher who specializes in Christmas and Holiday Music.

Here is the list of the winners:

First Prize:

"A Christmas Heart" by Seay Harshaw Delgado & Jules Delgado

Second Prize:

"Snow Day" by Alessia Cohle, Patrick James Clark & Jordan Honsinger

Third Prize:

"Unwrap You" by Larry Jay

Top 20 Finalists:

"Father Christmas Eyes" by Seay Harshaw Delgado, Julia Downes, Don Black & Johnny Warman

"This Time Of Year" by Maxine Linehan, Andrew Koss & Felix McTeigue

"Merry Merry Christmas" by Deedee O’Malley, Cindy Walkov, Doug Allen and Grant W. Nichola

"Whiskey Christmas" by Matt Burke & Joe Bizelli

"Snow Day" by Alessia Cohle, Patrick James Clark & Jordan Honsinger

"Hope of the Season" by Heather Evans, Mike Meiers & Josh Seawell

"Unwrap You" by Larry Jay

"This Year" by Joshua Satchell & Itamar Lapidot

"Christmas Without You" by Autumn Knight, Austin Shawn & Curt Hovland

"A Christmas Heart" by Seay Harshaw Delgado & Jules Delgado

"Jingles In My Heart" by Julie Reiner & Sal Cosentino

"Christmas All Year" by Phil Tipping & Angel Tipping

"Noel" by Bill Drake, Ryan Snow & Lee Martin

"Santa's On A Rampage" by Patricia Vonne & Rosie Flores

"Tinsel and Tears" by Gina Naomi Baez, Meghan Kabir & Jacob Montague

"Christmas Candlelight" by Gina Naomi Baez, Meghan Kabir & Jacob Montague

"Christmas Song" by Christie Lenee

"Christmas Lights" by Caroline Gustavsson & Joakim Dalqvist

"I Still Believe in Christmas Time" by Bryan Daisley

"Best Gift of All" by Jacob Sowell, Jimmy Jines, Joshua Sowell, Naomi Sowell, Abigail Sowell & John-Mark Sowell

For more information, please visit:

https://www.songwriting.net/xmas-results

Author: Adam Bailey

Adam is a regular contributor for established press release distribution website Release-News.com. He writes on a wide range of topics including music.