The Songwriters Hall of Fame is proud to introduce the Songwriters Hall of Fame / Mac Davis “Song Painter” Scholarship which will now be presented to songwriting students at Belmont University and USC Thornton School of Music.
The scholarship will be awarded for work that reflects the authenticity, emotional clarity, and storytelling excellence that defined Mac Davis’s legacy — marked by the rare ability to not only make a listener feel, but to vividly see the world of a song, as mastered by “The Song Painter.”
Congratulations to the inaugural 2026 recipients, Daire McLeod and Garyson Pollard.
Learn more here.