Songwriter Michael R. J. Roth is a three-time lyric winner of the The Great American Song Contest, and lyric winner of the 2019 Nashville Songwriters Association song contest, the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, and the 2018 and 2019 Dallas Songwriters Association contests. He is featured in the Great American Song Contest Hall of Fame, and is known for his award-winning, original acoustic songs with "the kind of lyrics that make Nashville writers salivate." Roth as been called "a cool dark troubadour" and "an amazing writer," evoking a mix of Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot, Johnny Cash, Paul Simon and others with lyrics known for their intriguing imagery and "deep, profound truth." NSAI named him "One to Watch." Lori McKenna called him "brilliant."

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"Gone Gone Gone," written with Eric Ramsey, was the second-place Grand Prize Winner in the Dallas Songwriters Association this year. 

"God or Something, also written with Eric Ramsey, was the First-Place Lyric Winner in the Great American Song Contest.