Editing Dave Carter (section)

== Songwriting ==
Dave Carter's songs have been covered by many others, most notably by [[Judy Collins]] and [[Willie Nelson]] ("When I Go"), [[Joan Baez]] ("The Mountain"), [[Lucy Kaplansky]] ("Cowboy Singer") and Chris Smither ("Crocodile Man"). Tributes to Dave following his death were written by Tracy Grammer ("The Verdant Mile") and [[Richard Shindell]] ("So Says the Whippoorwill"), among others.

One song, "Gentle Arms of Eden", was added to the hymnal in at least one [[Unitarian Universalist]] congregation. More of Carter's songs were recorded by Tracy Grammer on her 2005 album ''[[Flower of Avalon]]''.

Dave Carter was the first winner of the songwriting contest held at Sisters Folk Festival in 1995. In 2005 the contest took his name, becoming the Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest, to honor both his initial victory and his advocacy of the festival in the subsequent years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 December 2005 |title=Songwriting contest seeks new entries |url=https://www.nuggetnews.com/story/2005/07/12/news/songwriting-contest-seeks-entries/11511.html |access-date=17 April 2024 |website=The Nugget Newspaper}}</ref> Carter is listed among the winners of the 1998 edition of the Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Competition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Finalist History |url=https://www.kerrvillefolkfestival.org/history-of-newfolk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330084915/https://www.kerrvillefolkfestival.org/history-of-newfolk |archive-date=30 March 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> He also won the 1998 edition of the Wildflower Performing Songwriter Award<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wildflowerfestival.com/songwriter-contest/ | title=Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest &#124; WIldflower! Arts & Music Festival }}</ref> and the Napa Valley Folk Festival Emerging Songwriter Award.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dave-carter-mn0000681979/biography | title=Dave Carter Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>