None of the three songs I have entered in competitions have broken, even temporarily, into the top 100.
I dropped a suggestion a few months ago, that OurStage should add a channel just for songwriters. I must not have been the only one, because they did it: one for singer/songwriter (male) and one for singer/songwriter (female)
But I wasn't clear enough about what I was after. I wanted a channel where singer/songwriters could compete on the strength of the song - not the quality of the production. There are forty-some channels for songs, worthy or not, to compete as full-fledged productions. But not one channel where writers can complete on the strength of their writing. What I'd like to see is the songwriter channels limited to one voice and one instrument.

If you're just going to fan the flame, piss on it!