The Songwriting Prize is Australia's only mental health songwriting competition, running since 2016.

The Melbourne Semi Final returns to its spiritual home at Kindred Studios in 2022, and is one of three regional Semi Finals taking place this year.

You can expect to hear 9 incredibly talented artists performing their shortlisted song that responded to this year's theme of "Feeling Better".

• Caisha Sprout – Seeing In Colour

• Charlie Wilde – Antithesis

• EIJSMA – Even If It Kills Me

• Jacqui Lumsden – System Overload

• Mathilde Anne – Dancing In The Living Room

• Matthew Gilbert – Out Of The Contempt

• Maz Green – Ten Feet Tall

• Peak Park – For Tomorrow

• Timothy Wolf – I’ll Be There