Here at Hot Country we are very pleased to announce we are sponsoring the country section of this year's Australian Songwriting Awards.

These prestigious awards are now in the final stages of judging, with winners announced on November 30. The winner of the Country section will have their song played on Hot Country.

Here are the finalists:-

3 boys road by Debbie-Lee Bowling
Awkward by Vanessa Lea
Back In The Saddle by Paul Owen, Sabrina Alison and Roger Corbett
Beauty & The Bush by Donna Reynolds
Crosses At The Gate by Magdalena Macdonald
Every Way You Love Me by Michael Baker
Fireproof by Katie O'Donnell
Gypsy in my Heart by John Williams
Hot Kinda Love by Craig Morrison
I Can't See You Anymore by Kathleen Coleman
I Couldn't Help Myself by Kathleen Coleman
I Miss You by Andy Zarins
I Wanna by Jacque Taylor
Inevitable by Jon Roberts
It's Been a while by Kathleen Coleman
Make a Man Out Of You by Paul Owen, Sabrina Alison and Roger Corbett
Melinda M'lay by Stuart Hall
Nothing Left To Lose by Jessica Belle U'Brien
On My Own by Jessica Belle U'Brien
Play To Win by Rain Tonight by Luella Widt
Rainbow by Christy Wallace
Slow Dancing by Bob Corbett
Stay With Me by Magdalena Macdonald
The Devil Made Me Do It by Paul Owen, Sabrina Alison and Roger Corbett
We Are All The Same by Magdalena Macdonald
Where's The Man by Katie O'Donnell
You Should've Said by Kathleen Coleman