RUNNERS-UP: “Childish Things,” by James McMurtry; “Paradise Hotel,” by Eliza Gilkyson; “Long Long Time,” by Mark Addison, Nina Singh, and Guy Forsyth for Guy Forsyth; “Your Sweet Eyes (Courante),” by Eric Johnson; “Hammer in My Head,” by Grady Johnson for Grady; “Not So Far Away,” by Scott Leger and Wideawake for Wideawake; “Man of God,” by Eliza Gilkyson; “Goodbye Daily Sadness,” by Cruiserweight; “Hard Man to Love,” by Bobby Pinson and Kevin Fowler for Kevin Fowler

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