Twelve (12) Grand Prize Winners will receive the Excellence in Songwriting Award, a Casio keyboard ($400), a one-year subscription to Taxi ($300), Indie Band Manager software ($99), a pair of BluBlocker Sunglasses ($20), a set of D’Addario guitar strings ($10), and song placement on the 17th BBSC Winner’s CD.

Twelve (12) second place winners will receive placement on the 18th BBSC Contest Winners CD, Excellence in Songwriting Award, a one-year subscription to Taxi ($300), Indie Band Manager software ($99), a pair of BluBlocker Sunglasses ($20), and a set of D’Addario guitar strings ($10).

Twelve (12) third place winners will receive placement on the 18th BBSC Contest Winners CD, Excellence in Songwriting Award, a one-year subscription to Taxi ($300), Indie Band Manager software ($99), a set of D’Addario guitar strings ($10), and a pair of BluBlocker Sunglasses ($20).

The winning song titles and winners name of the top three (3) songs in each category will be placed on the official Billboard Song Contest website (www.billboardsongcontest.com).