The 2013 WAM Song Of The Year Nominations Unveiled

Bursting into its 24th year of operation, prestigious songwriting competition WAM Song Of The Year has unveiled the massive list 2013 WAM nominations showcasing some of Western Australia's best songwriting talent.

This year, the comp sees the nomination of 80 nominees in 16 categories, offering more than $35,000 in prizes with the Grand Prize winner grabbing $3,000 cash.

Additionally, the grand winner picks up three days recording at Sydney's Albert Studios with engineer Wayne Connolly, a mentoring session with the Albert's Creative Services Team, a mastering session with James Hewgill Music, an opportunity for a deal with Perfect Pitch Publishing, an online Berkley Music course, a RODE microphones package and 500 CDs – yeah, 500 – all up, a pretty amazing prize.

Winners will be announced at the Awards Night at Fly By Music Musicians Club on Wednesday 9 October from 7pm, an event hosted by Tomás Ford and co-sponsored by the event's presentation partner The Mental Health Commission of WA.

Here are the full list of nominations.

Blues & Roots - sponsored by Clancy Fish Pub

Hell To Payby The Ghost Hotel
High Tide by Jordan McRobbie
Lovin In The Fall by Ruby Boots|
Thirty Five Seconds by Morgan Bain
We Are Fools by Riley Pierce

Country - sponsored by Boyup Brook Country Club

First And Last by Graphic Fiction Heroes
Hell To Pay by The Ghost Hotel
Stars On His Shoulder by Jonny Taylor [Bunbury]
Suffering In Silence by Jonny Taylor [Bunbury]
We Are In Love by Courtney Conway

Electronic - sponsored by SAE Institute

Innersense by Diger Rokwell
Mr. Alpha by Sid Pattni
Nourishment by Mathas feat. Abbe May
Phantasy by Kucka
Wandering Strangers by Black & Blunt

Experimental - sponsored by APRA|AMCOS

Fist Fingers by TheIntensoBand
Flux by Kucka
Road Movie by Gilded
So We Beat On, Boats Against The Current by Cycle~440
Velar by Gilded

Folk - sponsored by Folkworld Inc.

Fourteen by Elli Schoen
L'il Star by Joni In the Moon
Mind The Gap by Rhys Wood
No Such Thing As Waste by Formidable Vegetable Sound System
Right Brain Holiday by Davey Craddock & The Spectacles

Heavy - sponsored by The Rosemount Hotel

Barbiturate Blues by Bayou
Frankenstein by Sleepfreak
No Entry by Diamond Eye
Paper Doll by Diamond Eye
Time Bomb by Diamond Eye

Indigenous - sponsored by Nannup Music Festival

Friends by Jarred Wall of Jake and the Cowboys
Gwungoon by Patrick John Starr [Gascoyne]
Little Devils by Clint Bracknell
Our Ways Our Stories by Tyson Mowarin [Roebourne]
Quicksand by Janine Oxenham [Carnarvon]

Jazz - sponsored by The Ellington Jazz Club & The Perth Jazz Society

Avina by Nick Abbey of AbbeylFosterlFalle
Betty by Chris Foster of Abbey/Foster/Falle
Golden Tree by Rick Webster
This Time Last Year by Chris Foster of AbbeylFosterlFalle
Try Something by Jeremy Trezona

Mentally Healthy - sponsored by the Mental Health Commission of WA

Asleep by Clay Micallef [Denmark]
Hurting Birds by Rachel Gorman
The Darkness by Cody Sundstrom [Dalwallinu]
Sunny Days by Walkabout Boys [Broome]
Wintersun by Rachel Gorman

Pop - sponsored by the City of South Perth

Cubs by Runner
Fly Under The Radar by Stillwater Giants
She Don't Need To Know by China Doll
Suit by Boom! Bap! Pow!
Temaze by Our Man In Berlin

Regional - sponsored by Hertz

Blooming by Tracey Barnett [Bridgetown]
Greed by Juerlaine [Margaret River]
The Darkness by Codie Sundstrom [Dalwallinu]
Three States by Minute 36 [Albany]
Victoria by Connor Ryan [Marbelup]

Rock - sponsored by 96FM

Body Unbind by Eleventh He Reaches London
Born In The 90s by Timothy Nelson & The Infidels
Motorolla Borealis by Usurper of Modern Medicine
Salem by Apache
Single Malt by Minute 36 [Albany]

Schools - 14 Years & Under - sponsored by Concept Music

Born To Live by Kristen Brand of Crystal
Corner Shop by Ella Edwards-Smith
Hey Hey Hey by Claudia Tripp
Listen by Emmanuel Navarro aka Enav
Sold Dreams by Emmanuel Navarro aka Enav

Schools - 15 to 17 years - sponsored by Concept Music

Could Love by Julia Nicholls
Letters by Fellow Or Foe
Ocean Throne by Jacob Wylde
Sugar Fingers by Evanda
Thing of Ours by Julia Nicholls

Urban / Hip Hop - sponsored by Down Under Ground Events

Mile High Club by Coin Banks
My Heart by Coin Banks
Nourishment by Mathas feat. Abbe May
One Way Ticket by Lo & Behold
Written by FG

World - sponsored by City of Wanneroo Global Beats & Eats

ANANTH: The Endless Dance by 7 Beats
Dashti by Reza Mirzaei of Daramad
Dove Song by Joni In The Moon
Krakow by Robert Zielins ki
Magpieby Phillip Waldron of Daramad