The winners of the 7th annual Write Out Loud contest, which shines a spotlight on emerging musical theatre songwriters, have been revealed. The program gives emerging writers the opportunity to have a song performed by Broadway professionals and recorded in a NYC recording studio.
This year鈥檚 winning songs, and writers, include 鈥淭he Risk鈥� by Freddy Hall, 鈥淚 Will Go鈥� by Amanda D鈥橝rchangelis and Sami Horneff, and 鈥淧erfect Crush鈥� by Ethan Farmer.
This year's adjudication team included Alvin Hough Jr. (The Lion King), Joriah Kwam茅 (Little Miss Perfect), Melissa Li (MISS STEP), Veronica Mansour (Lighthouse), Ryan Scott Oliver (35MM), Jennifer Ashley Tepper (Be More Chill), and Zack Zadek (The Crazy Ones).
The winning songs will be professionally recorded by Broadway alum. The resulting EP will be released on all major music platforms later this year.
Additionally, 10 finalists have been selected to have their work showcased alongside the 2025 winners in a live concert at 54 Below September 15. The finalist songs include 鈥漅ound and Round鈥� by Abbie Goldberg and Mason McDowell, 鈥淚鈥檝e Heard the Stories鈥� by ASH, 鈥淓nvy鈥� by Asher Shectman and Benji Hafetz-Price, 鈥淚n Reality鈥� by Annabelle Dinda, 鈥淭he Right Direction鈥� by Caroline Game and Michael Oosterhout, 鈥淩ed Lights鈥� by Gideon Temple and Hank Temple, 鈥淭alk to Her鈥� by Jack Richman, 鈥淲here I Belong鈥� by Julia Gytri and Avi Amon, 鈥淗opeless x Worth It鈥� by Myles Carter, and 鈥淒uck Suit鈥� by Ryan Jacobs.
The concert will be produced by Taylor Louderman (Mean Girls), Ben Rauhala, Hannah Kloepfer, Sarah Glugatch, and Josh Collopy.
Past winners have included India Angel, Ethan Carlson, Matt Copley, Ally Cribb, Taylor Fagins, Chloe Geller, Delaney Guyer, Anna M Johnson, Joriah Kwam茅, Yejune Kim, Brandon Michael Lowden, Wren Mied, Kailey Marshall, Natalie Myrick, Veronica Mansour, Callum Shannon, Kat Siciliano, Emmet Smith, Mackenzie Szabo, Elyza Tuan, Alexander Sage Oyen, Kathleen O鈥橲ullivan, Matt Pena, Will Shishmanian, Brooke Trumm, Jose Alba Rodriguez, abs wilson, Kenny Youch.
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