Get ready for an unforgettable event! Twenty talented songwriters will perform live at the Rocky Mountain Songwriting Contest Finals. From October to February over 100 songwriters representing 23 States and 3 countries submitted songs to the Rocky Mountain Songwriting Contest. These twenty songwriters were chosen to come to Red Lodge and perform their song before a live audience and judges Ben & Kassie Wilson (Goldpine), Andy Sydow & Tai Shan (2025 contest winner).

    The winner will score a Guitar and a spot as a Rising Star at the 11th Annual Red Lodge Songwriter Festival in 2027. 

    • Brody Bennett – “Someone New”
    • Katrina Cain – “Dizzy”
    • Tashi Congdon – “Devil Creek”
    • Jolene Dixon – “Bloom”
    • Cole Decker – “Amita Rose”
    • Glenn Elvig – “Bullfrogs Singin In The Night”
    • Logan Faulkenbery – “Don’t You Go Forgetting”
    • Kurt Fortmeyer – “First Name Basis (With The Blues)”
    • Joey Gustos – “Desdomora”
    • Heidi Huelskoetter – “I Am Not Ready”
    • Essie Humberston – “No Name”
    • Roger Jaeger – “Roosevelt”
    • Derrick Mears – “Whiskey Town”
    • Watson Mills – “Cold Shoulder”
    • Carol Montag – “A Cross On The Hill”
    • Hudson Mueller – “Maintain”
    • Colleen Orender – “Love Me Harder”
    • Mathew Payne – “Heartsick”,
    • Ziona Riley – “Post No Bills”
    • Natalie Royal – “Forget You Not”
    • Rachel McIntyre Smith – “The Attic”
    • Andrew Worley – “Till The Sun Comes Back”
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