# Session Six 2026 Lyric Contest Winners

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/session-six-2026-lyric-contest-winners/
- Published: 2026-11-05T19:09:24+00:00
- Original publisher: American Songwriter
- Original article: https://americansongwriter.com/session-six-2026-lyric-contest-winners/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- The Session Six 2026 lyric contest winners are announced.
- Their songs cover loss, dating clichés and regret.
- Entries are open for the 2027 Session One contest.

## Summary

The article announces the first- to fourth-place winners of the 2026 Session Six Lyric Contest and publishes their lyrics. The songs explore bereavement, familiar country dating clichés, and regret over prioritising work and postponing family life.

The first lyric imagines a loved one remembered on heaven’s front porch; the second lampoons predictable pick-up lines and truck imagery. The third reflects on a man’s decision not to have children and the life he believes he missed. The article invites readers to enter the 2027 Session One contest.

## Coverage

- [American Songwriter: Session Six 2026 Lyric Contest Winners](https://americansongwriter.com/session-six-2026-lyric-contest-winners/)
- [American Songwriter: American Songwriter Judges Offer Insights Into Judging the 2026 Session Six Lyric Contest Winners](https://americansongwriter.com/american-songwriter-judges-offer-insights-into-judging-the-2026-session-six-lyric-contest-winners/)

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