Accolades & Notables

**2025 Official Selection – Short Documentary Film “Keepers of the Flight” – Shirley Film Fest
**2023 Great American Song Contest Finalist for “Mountaintops and Oceans” – Artist Jan Blaising
**2021 MASC Finalist – Mid Atlantic Song Contest for “Cradled by the Moon” and “Mountaintops and Oceans” – Artist Jan Blaising
**2020 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Finalist
**2019 Great American Song Contest 2nd Place WINNER for “Mountain Tops & Oceans”
**2019 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Finalist
**2019 – SERFA Official Showcase Artist
**35th Annual Mid Atlantic Song Contest FINALIST for “Reeds On The River”**
**2018 – SWRFA Official Showcase Artist
**2017 – Songs For Peace Competition 5th Place WINNER for “Peace Date”
**2017 – Global Peace Song Awards FINALIST for “Peace Date”
**2016 – Great American Song Contest FINALIST for “Gold and Myrrh”
**2016 – 32nd Annual MASC (Mid Atlantic Song Contest) SILVER WINNER for “Something Tells Me”, FINALIST for “Got It Goin’ On”, & Honorable Mention for “Company of Stones”
**2015 Official Alternate Showcase Artist at SWRFA
**2014 – 31st Annual MASC (Mid Atlantic Song Contest) FINALIST**
**2014 Official QUAD Showcase Artist at NERFA**
**2013 WINNER IMA ‘People’s Choice’ Best Holiday Song**
**2013 Independent Music Awards WINNER**
**2013 Great American Song Contest FINALIST**
**2013 International Region People’s Choice WINNER in Mountain Stage New Song Competition**
**2013 International Region FINALIST Mountain Stage New Song Competition**
**2013 – May “In My Truck” wins “BEST SINGLE” WMRC Music Awards in Boston – Performed by Shanna Jackman, written by Shanna Jackman, Connie Mims & Nancy Beaudette**
**2012-December “Fa La La” CD charts on TOP 70 on Folk DJ List at #28**
**2012  featured in Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe 30th Anniversary Sunday Writer’s Night Show which highlighted ‘Bluebird Favourites’ including Liz Hengber and Mark Irwin with special guest Tony Arata (writer of Garth Brooks hit “The Dance”).
**2012-Dec 22 ‘Midnight Special – DJ Rich Warren’s ‘Pick of the Week’**
**2010 Acoustic Roundtable Songwriting Contest Semi-FINALIST**
**2010 Mountain Stage New Song Canadian Regional FINALIST**
**2010 New England Songwriting Contest FINALIST**
**2010 Readers Choice FAVOURITE Artist** voted by the people of Cornwall, Ontario.
**2009 Mountain Stage New Song Canadian Regional FINALIST**
**2009 – October – Singer Universe Vocalist of the Month FINALIST**
**2009 – When The Last Whistle Blows”, a song commemorating the history of papermaking in Nancy’s hometown of Cornwall, Ontario, is included on a compilation CD, “Spirit of a City”.**
**1997 – CGMA WINNER (Canadian Gospel Music Award) Song of the Year ‘Create In Me’ released on ‘Surrender’ CD**
**1997 FINALIST CGMA Album of the Year – ‘Surrender’**
**2003 & 2005 – Cogeco Star Award WINNER “Entertainment Show of the Year” – for StudioX-Pose – a show featuring original work by musicians and artists in Eastern Ontario. Show created and hosted by Nancy Beaudette**
**2007 “SoEO – Songwriters of Eastern Ontario”
 – Co-founder and facilitator of SoEO, an educational and performance-based association for emerging and professional songwriters.**