"I am extremely honoured that the Nordoff Robbins songwriting prize is to be named after George Young and myself. Anything we can do to encourage good songwriting, and support such a worthwhile cause is a positive thing.

Harry Vanda

"Writing a song can be a tough business, and while true it can take no more than five minutes, a songwriter can often work on a song for weeks, months or even years before they consider the song finished. This competition and the prizes on offer provide an opportunity to make it all worthwhile."

George Young

Winners

2011

Winner: Kimbra Johnson "Cameo Lover"

Top 12

• Alex Burnett – Sparkadia - 'China'
• Catherine Britt – Catherine Britt - 'Sweet Emmylou' (Catherine Britt/Rory Feek (ASCAP))
• Husky Gawenda – Husky - 'Tidal Wave'
• Jessica Chapnik Kahn – Appleonia -'Lost At Sea'
• Katy Steele – Katy Steele - 'New Born'
• Katy Steele – Katy Steele - 'Brother'
• Kevin Mitchell – Jebediah – 'She's Like A Comet' (Christopher Daymond/Brett Mitchell/Kevin Mitchell/Vanessa Thornton)
• Kimbra Johnson – Kimbra – 'Cameo Lover'
• Mark Sholtez – Mark Sholtez - 'The Mystery Of You'
• Ohad Rein – Old Man River – 'You're On My Mind'
• Tobias Priddle – Boy In A Box – 'Moon Comes Up' (Josephine De Sousa-Reay/Tobias Priddle/Barry Palmer/Kalju Tonuma)
• Wally de Backer – Gotye – 'Somebody That I Used To Know'

Highly Commended

• Angie Hart- 'I'm Afraid Of Fridays' (Angie Hart/Mark Seymour)
• Bianca Tropeano – 'No One Else'
• Brian Platt – 'Start Again'
• Gareth Thomas – 'Google Song'
• Georgi Kay – 'LIONHEART'
• Helen Croome – 'I Was Young'
• Holly Denton – 'Chocolate Overdoses'
• Isaac de Heer- 'New Feet Straight'
• James Englund – 'A Good Girl's Heart'
• Jarrad Brown – 'All I Know'
• Julia Turner – 'I Will Not Be Fine'
• Karla Hart – 'Born and Bred'
• Maddy Hay- 'Carousel'
• Major Chord – 'Single File'
• Mama Kin – 'Tore My Heart Out'
• Phrase – 'Faithful'
• Pikelet – 'Swooping Buzzards' (Evelyn Morris/Tarquin Manek/Shane Chamberlain/Matthew Cox)
• Pip Sargeant – 'To the West' (Michael Dicecco/Stella Skinner/Bradley Crewe/Pip Sargeant)
• Redcoats – 'Dreamshaker' (Andrew Braidner/Emilio Mercuri/Neil Wilkinson/Rhys Kelly)
• Sara Storer – 'The Ballad of Tommy Foster'
• Shane Nicholson – 'Where The Water Goes'
• Shane Pullen – 'Button By Button'
• Skipping Girl Vinegar- 'You Can' (Amanthi Lynch/Sarah Lang/Christopher Helm/Mark Lang)
• Stephanie Brown – 'Everything To Me'
• Steven Rossitto – 'Whispers in the Night' (Barbara Hannan/Adrian Hannan/Steven Rossitto)
• Tom Iansek & Jo Syme – 'Autumn'
• Tom Milek – 'Another Life'
• Vanessa Hodgins – 'Cemetery Girl'

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Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia was founded in 1984 to promote and develop the understanding, training and practice of creative music therapy. The therapists work with children and adults, utilising music’s interactive and participatory nature as an agent for change and healing.

All proceeds from the Vanda & Young Song Competition will go to support the valuable work done by Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia.

For more information please visit, www.nordoff-robbins.com.au