Winners of the Gospel Music Association Dove Award for Songwriter of the Year are: 1969: Bill Gaither 1970: Bill Gaither 1971: Award vacated because of 1971 GMA vote-buying scandal Had been won by Bill Gaither before nullification 1972: Bill Gaither 1973: Bill Gaither 1974: Bill Gaither 1975: Bill Gaither 1976: Bill Gaither 1977: Bill Gaither 1978: Dallas Holm 1980: Don Francisco (Awards moved from September to April) 1981: Gary Chapman 1982: Dottie Rambo 1983: Michael Card 1984: Lanny Wolfe 1985: Michael W. Smith 1986: Gloria Gaither 1987: Dick and Melodie Tunney 1988: Larnelle Harris 1989: Steven Curtis Chapman 1990: Steven Curtis Chapman 1991: Steven Curtis Chapman 1992: Steven Curtis Chapman 1993: Steven Curtis Chapman 1994: Steven Curtis Chapman 1995: Steven Curtis Chapman 1996: Michael W. Smith 1997: Steven Curtis Chapman 1998: Steven Curtis Chapman 1999: Rich Mullins 2000: Michael W. Smith 2001: Nicole C. Mullen 2002: Bart Millard (of MercyMe) 2003: Nichole Nordeman 2004: Mark Hall 2005: Mark Hall 2006: Christa Wells 2007: Aaron Shust 2008: Cindy Morgan 2009: Steven Curtis Chapman 2010: Jennie Lee Riddle 2011: Gerald Crabb 2012: Michael Boggs 2013: Matt Redman 2014: Chris Tomlin 2015: Matt Maher (artist), Seth Mosley (non-artist) 2016: Lauren Daigle (artist), Jason Ingram (non-artist) 2017: Bart Millard (artist), Bernie Herms (non-artist) 2018: Matthew West (artist), Colby Wedgeworth (non-artist) 2019: Bart Millard (artist), Jason Ingram (non-artist) 2020: Zach Williams (artist), Jason Ingram (non-artist) 2021: Brandon Lake (artist), Jason Ingram (non-artist) 2022: Phil Wickham (artist), Jason Ingram (non-artist) Source: Wikipedia (en)