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Oct 21, 2009 Wynn Varble accepts the NSAI Songwriter of the Year Award at the 2009 Nashville Songwriters Association International Hall of Fame Awards on October 18. Varble also co-wrote Song of the Year “Waiting on a Woman.” View Photo

Oct 21, 2009 Taylor Swift accepts the NSAI Songwriter/Artist of the Year Award at the 2009 Nashville Songwriters Association International Hall of Fame Awards on October 18. View Photo

Oct 21, 2009 The NSAI also revealed the peer-voted “Songs I Wish I’d Written,” which included “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven,” “In Color,” “Johnny & June,” “People Are Crazy,” “Troubadour,” “Waitin’ on a Woman,” and “What Hurts the Most.” Writers behind the “Songs I Wish I’d Written” gathered for a photo. Pictured at the ceremony are Tia Sillers, Marjorie Hall, Sr. VP… View Photo

Oct 21, 2009 Barbara Mandrell inducted Kye Fleming (right) into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame at the 2009 Nashville Songwriters Association International Hall of Fame Awards on October 18. View Photo

Oct 21, 2009 Pictured at the 2009 NSAI Awards dinner and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony are BMI’s Jody Williams, Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Kye Fleming, Wynn Varble, and BMI’s Phil Graham. View Photo

Oct 20, 2009 BMI’s Jody Williams congratulates co-writer Jon Mabe on the success of “The Climb,” which marks the first chart-topper for the songplugger-turned-songwriter. Pictured at “The Climb” #1 party at BMI on October 14 are BMI’s Bradley Collins, BMI co-writer Jon Mabe, co-writer Jessi Alexander, and BMI’s Jody Williams. View Photo

Oct 20, 2009 Hit songwriter Tim Nichols (right), was one of the many songwriters who celebrated with Jon Mabe at “The Climb” #1 party on October 14 in Nashville. View Photo

Oct 20, 2009 Pictured at the BMI-hosted #1 party for “The Climb” are BMI’s Jody Williams, Stage Three Music’s Tim Hunze, co-writer Jessi Alexander, BMI co-writer Jon Mabe, Stage Three Music’s Missy Roberts, and BMI’s Clay Bradley. View Photo

Oct 20, 2009 Co-writers Jessi Alexander and Jon Mabe enjoy “The Climb” #1 party at BMI on October 14. View Photo

Oct 20, 2009 Jon Mabe looks back on his own journey to the top at “The Climb” #1 party, held October 14 in Nashville. Mabe co-wrote the Miley Cyrus smash, which rested atop the Billboard AC chart for 14 weeks. View Photo