| 2008 DSA Song Contest Semifinalists | ||||||
| Category | Song Name | Songwriter | Co-Writer(s) | City | State | Country |
| Amer-Folk-Blues | Missing You | Mark Glasmire | NA | Arlington | TX | USA |
| Amer-Folk-Blues | Love is a Wildfire | Carolann Ames | NA | San Diego | CA | USA |
| Amer-Folk-Blues | So Long Abilene | Carolann Ames | NA | San Diego | CA | USA |
| Amer-Folk-Blues | Pluto | David August | NA | Bozeman | Montana | USA |
| Amer-Folk-Blues | Stalker | Brandi Sidoryk | NA | Calgary | Alberta | Canada |
| Amer-Folk-Blues | When Vernon Moved From Tupelo | Mark Stepakoff | NA | Wellesley | Mass | USA |
| Amer-Folk-Blues | Cattle on a Thousand Hills | Michael Milton | NA | Signal Mountain | TN | USA |
| Amer-Folk-Blues | Cloud Nine | Mimi Balkey | NA | Dallas | TX | USA |
| Amer-Folk-Blues | Bittersweet | Klaus Adamaschek | NA | Rotenburg | n/a | GERMANY |
| Amer-Folk-Blues | Singing Hallelujah | Theresa Arnold | NA | (City Witheld) | TX | USA |