Awards
Kathy's Awards so far:
2 x songs in the Top Ten of the 2015 ASA Songwriting Awards; Gun Shearer placed 3rd in the Australian Category & Little Tears placed 9th in the Ballad Category
6 x Finalist in the 2015 ASA National Songwriting Awards; Little Tears in the Ballad Category; Gun Shearer in the Australian Category; Our FIrst House, It's a Shame & I Need You to Hold Me in the Country Category; I Need You to Hold Me in the Spriitual Category.
2 x songs in the Top Ten of the 2014 ASA Songwriting Awards; Daisy placed 3rd in the Ballad Category & They Call 'em Coopers placed 6th in the Australian Category.
5 x Finalist in the 2014 ASA National Songwriting Awards; Daisy in the Ballad Category; They Call 'em Coopers in the Australian Category; My Get up & Go in the Country Category; Looking Back in the Open Category & My Imagination in the Spiritual Category.
Finalist 2013 ASA National Songwriting Awards Country Category with "I'm Gonna Love You".
Finalist 2013 Southern Stars Independent Country Music Awards Mildura for Heritage Track of the year with Dunedoo Station.
Finalist in the 2012 Gold Medallion Awards for NSW Female Vocalist.
Finalist in the 2013 TSA New Songwriter of the Year with Dunedoo Station & 2 x Finalist in the Salute Awards; Ballad Section with He Still Remembers & the Contemporary Country Song with Til the Cows Come Home.
3 x Finalist in the Songsalive Songwriting Competition 2012 - Dunedoo Station & Til the Cows Come Home in the Country/Australiana Section & They're too Busy in the Jazz/Swing/Latin section.
Winner Australia Category 2012 ASA National Songwriting Awards with "Dunedoo Station" & 2nd place in the Ballad Category with "He Still Remembers".
Winner 2012 Traditional Country Song at the Canberra Country Music Awards with Kathy's original song "He Still Remembers". This song is on Kathy's Hot & Bothered album.
3 x Winner in the 2012 Canberra Country Music Songwriting Awards - Best Australiana Song; Best Country Song Lyrics; Best Country Song Silver; for Kathy's original song "They Call 'em Coopers" this song has not yet been commercially released.
Finalist in the Country Section of the Musicoz Awards 2012, with Kathy's Award winning original song 'Dunedoo Station".
Winner of the "Australiana" section of the 2011 Canberra Country Music Songwriting Awards with "Dunedoo Station" & winner of the Judges Commendation Award for "Why Did You Go", both songs are on Kathy's new album "Hot & Bothered".
Nominee (1 of 8) for the prestigious "Rudy Brandsma" Award 2011 in the ASA Songwriting Awards.
Finalist in the ASA Songwriting Awards 2011 "Country Section" with 4 songs from Kathy's debut album "Waitin' on a Good Man". The songs are; I couldn't help myself, I can't see you anymore, It's been a while & You should've said.
2010 Winner of the NSW New Talent of the Year Gold Medallion Award.
Finalist in the 2011 Australian Country Music People's Choice Awards, Bush Ballad Section, with Kathy's song "Little Piece of Heaven".
Top 5 Finalist in the 2010 Tamworth Songwriters Association / Capital News New Songwriter of the Year Award with "The Old Man's Money'.
Nominee for the prestigious "Rudy Brandsma Award" in the ASA Songwriting Competition Nov 2010 (total 8 nominees).
3 x Finalist (top 25) in the Country Section of the ASA Songwriting Competition Nov 2010 with "Just Friends" "The Old Man's Money" & "I'm So Glad He's Mine". 2 in the Top 10 - "The Old Man's Money" came in at number 4 & "I'm So Glad He's Mine" came in at number 9. All 3 songs are on Kathy's debut album "Waitin' on a Good Man".
Finalist (top 5) in the TSA National Country Songwriting Competition Tamworth 2009, Traditional Section with Track 4 "Little Piece of Heaven" from Kathy's Album "Waitin' on a Good Man".
Finalist (top 5) in the TSA National Country Songwriting Competition Tamworth 2008, Contemporary Section with Track 12 "One Piece at a Time" from Kathy's Album "Waitin' on a Good Man".
