Winner & Runner Up of 2026 Portland Chapter Challenge

Congratulations to Ryan Jacobs for being voted the winner of this year's Portland Chapter Challenge for his song "Beautiful." His song will advance to the second round of the NSAI-wide Chapter Challenge for committee review and possible selection for a top-20 and first-place prize packages. 

Also congratulations to Ron Shaffer for being voted the runner-up in our Challenge, for his song "Piece of Me" cowritten with Sam Fink.