Nominees, Date Announced For 2025 Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Gala
June 30 2025
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Twelve exemplary tunesmiths are 2025 nominees for the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (NaSHOF).
The new group will be among those honored at the 55th Anniversary Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala on MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025, at the Music City Center.
“Well-deserved congratulations to all the nominees in our contemporary categories,” says NaSHOF Executive Director Mark Ford. “We look forward in several weeks to announcing those who will be inducted this fall as members of our Class of 2025.”
2025 nominees in the Contemporary Songwriters category are:
Steve Bogard
Shawn Camp
Don Henry
Gordon Kennedy
Tony Martin
Aimee Mayo
Jim Rushing
Darrell Scott
2025 nominees in the Contemporary Songwriter/Artists category are:
Jim Lauderdale
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Lucinda Williams
CeCe Winans
All nominees experienced their first significant songs at least 20 years ago. A total of two songwriters and one songwriter/artist will be elected from the contemporary categories by members of the Hall of Fame along with other professional songwriters and artists from a variety of genres who are prominently identified with Nashville and who have written/co-written at least one original and significant Nashville song.
In addition, three more writers will be named to the Class of 2025. A separate body of veteran voters will elect a Veteran Songwriter, a Veteran Songwriter/Artist and a Legacy Songwriter (deceased), all of whom experienced their first significant songs at least 30 years ago. As part of that process, nominees in those categories are not announced.