Carly Zimmerman

Left-of-center clever country.

Originally from Mesquite, Texas, Carly lived and worked in New Orleans, Ireland and Dubai before settling in Nashville, Tennessee to become a professional songwriter. After releasing 17 songs on Spotify as part of alt-pop project Carly Z, she is now focused on commercial country and pop songwriting.

In 2023, Carly won SongTown Country Song of the Year and Overall Song of the Year for Quarter Back, written with Aron Rosing. She also secured a spot in the 2024 ASCAP Foundation Country Workshop in Honor of Garth Brooks, hosted by hit songwriter Corey Crowder, and won The Bluebird Cafe’s Golden Pick Award in July 2024. Carly won 1st place in the ‘Unpublished’ category and honorable mention in the country category of the International Songwriting Competition 2024, landing in the top 1% of the 14,000 entries submitted from 112 countries. She also received an honorable mention in the USA Songwriting Competition 2025.

Carly is a proud member of Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), being featured multiple times in the NSAI Top 40 and designated as ‘One to Watch’ by a panel of industry experts. In 2025, she won the Online Song Feedback Guest Favorite award for her song Quarter Back, and in 2026, she was the Grand Prize Winner in the NSAI Song Contest for her song Better Homes & Gardens. Her song If I Die Before You was awarded “Best of” Tin Pan South 2026. Most recently, Carly was included in the AIMP Unsigned Songwriter Series Class of 2026.

Her songs have been cut by artists such as Levi Foster, ROM COM, Nic D, Julian Moon, Kanin Wren, Billy Dutch and Anna Scott.

“I want a deeper connection with those in Nashville who care about commercial music and about songwriters, not only to broaden the reach of my career but also to help me see how I can serve and preserve the future of music in Nashville.”