Kerrville New Folk Competition winners

From Michael Kornfeld/Acoustic Music Scene:

Five songwriters and a duo have been named as winners in the 2014 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters. 

Daniel Boling (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Connor Garvey (South Portland, Maine), Frank Martin Gilligan (Dickinson, Texas), The Lovebirds featuring Lindsay White and Veronica May (San Diego, California), Matt Nakoa (Brooklyn, New York), and Caroline Spence (Nashville, Tennessee) were selected by a panel of judges from among 32 finalists who performed two songs each during the New Folk Concerts on May 24 and 25 as part of the Kerrville Folk Festival...

The six will perform in the New Folk Award Winners Concert on Sunday, June 1. They will receive cash honorariums and other prizes, as well as the opportunity to participate in the New Folk Concerts Fall Tour culminating with the opening slot on the 2014 Fischer Festival stage (previously Rice Fest). Established in 1972 at the urging of Peter Yarrow, the Kerrville New Folk concerts have become a highlight of the annual festival that is geared towards singer-songwriters of various musical styles.

RJ Frometa reports that The Lovebirds won the New Folk Songwriting Competition:

Folk/pop duo The Lovebirds are excited to announce that they have been named winners of the Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk songwriting competition in Kerrville, TX! The band’s Lindsay White was selected as a finalist in the competition for songs “Boat Train” and “Crimson Love” off their new album, Breakup Shmakeup. The “New Folk” competition has been a notable part in the early success of artists like Lyle Lovett and Nanci Griffith. Of the 800 entries received each year, 32 writers/performers are selected as finalists and are invited to perform their original songs at the Kerrville Folk Festival during the “New Folk” concerts over Memorial Day weekend. Of those 32 finalists, six are named winners and invited back to perform in Kerville the following weekend...