The Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award is an annual Canadian award, presented to the year's best song by an emerging singer-songwriter from
Ontario in the genres of roots, traditional, folk and country music. The award, created in memory of Canadian country singer
Colleen Peterson
Colleen Susan Peterson (November 14, 1950 – October 9, 1996) was a Canadian country and folk singer, who performed both as a solo artist and as a member of the band Quartette.
Career
Peterson began performing in coffeehouses in Ottawa in 1966 ...
, is sponsored by the
Ontario Arts Council and the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals (OCFF), and is presented to a songwriter selected from 15 nominations put forward by the OCFF's Songs from the Heart songwriting competition, excluding overall winners of the
Galaxie Rising Stars Awards. The award was initially funded in part by royalties from the sale of ''Postcards from California'', a posthumous album collecting some of Peterson's unreleased demo recordings.
The award was presented for the first time in 2003.
Winners
* 2003 –
Evalyn Parry, "The Stone and the Bumblebee"
* 2004 –
David Gillis
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, "A Mouse's Crumb"
* 2005 –
Lori Cullen
Lori Cullen is a Canadian pop and jazz singer-songwriter. and Brian MacMillan, "Away So Long"
* 2006 –
Andy Sheppard, "Until Next Time"
* 2007 –
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, "Two Soldiers"
* 2008 –
Chris MacLean
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, "Feet Be Still"
* 2009 –
Kyrie Kristmanson, "Song X"
* 2010 –
Lynne Hanson
Lynne Hanson is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Ottawa, Ontario who has released eight solo albums and has toured internationally.
Biography
After performing with Shane Simpson from 2000 to 2005, she launched her solo songwriting career wi ...
, "Rest of My Days"
* 2011 –
Alise Marlane, "L'aurore boréale"
* 2012 –
Ariana Gillis
Ariana Gillis (born 6 November 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter born in Hamilton, Ontario.
In 2011 Ariana launched her CD with a live appearance on the US satellite station Sirius XM. The show was hosted by Dave Marsh, author of more than 2 ...
, "Dream Street"
["'Music is it for me'". ''Niagara This Week'', October 14, 2012.]
* 2013 –
Leila Goldberger
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, "Sisters"
* 2014 –
Ken Yates
Ken Yates is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, who won the Canadian Folk Music Awards for English Songwriter of the Year and New/Emerging Artist of the Year at the 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2017.
Originally from London, Ontario, Yates s ...
, "The One That Got Away"
* 2015 –
Graydon James, "Couldn't Be Any Worse"
* 2016 –
Abigail Lapell, "Jordan"
* 2017 –
Noosa Al-Sarraj
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, "Pincushion Soldier"
* 2018 –
Lora Bidner, "3,000 Volts"
* 2019 -
Suzanne Jarvie, "All in Place"
* 2020 -
Danielle Knibbe, "Footnote"
* 2021 -
Julie Title
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Film and television
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, "Ghost"
* 2022 -
Camie, "Winter"
Ariana Gillis, the winner of the award in 2012, is the daughter of 2004 winner David Gillis.
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References
External links
Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award
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Canadian music awards
Songwriting awards
Awards established in 2003
2003 establishments in Canada