Top Songwriter Contest Sites

Grand Prize Winners of Session I and Session II will compete head-to-head in an online voting battle to become the Lennon Award Winner in their respective category. 12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each category). The 12 Lennon Award Winners will compete for the Song of the Year and $20,000.

The American Songwriting Awards is an international, elite-class songwriting competition open to unknowns and working artists who want to be heard. The official Call for Entries for the American Songwriting Awards is now open. Entries are now open for our latest contest. Click here to submit your work. Awarding standout songwriting in over 20 competition categories.

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NSAI includes songwriters from all genres of music, professional and amateur, who are committed to protecting the rights and future of songwriting. In honor of Valentine's week, we hosted our first "Speed Dating for Co-Writes" networking event last night in place of Thursday-night workshop! Here's what a few of our members had to say about... (more). Register today for an experience that will...

Songwriting contests and lyric writing competitions for independent artists along with tips for indie promotion and opportunities to listen to and rate performances by other musicians. We Are Listening is the leading provider of international music contests for performing artists and singer songwriters. 2005-2010 We Are Listening Ltd. All rights reserved.

The music industry is changing and now is the time for new artists to emerge and be discovered. Music today is shifting away from studio-packed divas and back to individual songwriters whose diverse talents are being heard like never before. Even so, aspiring songwriters still face immense obstacles in trying to rise above the noise. The Hollywood Songwriting Contest is an opportunity for real...

Our association provides several opportunities for education, growth, and exposure. Whether you’re a songwriter hoping to become better at what you do, a music lover looking for great performances by local artists, or an industry professional wanting to connect with some of the greatest talent in the Dallas area, we want to see you at our next event! Look at our calendar to see events that are...

We had so many great writers enter in 2016 it was hard to narrow it down to the finalists. Thank you to all that entered and congratulation to the finalists. Thank you our prelim judges for the hard choices it took to get to the final 12. 2016 finalists were: Arvie Bennett Jr. – Pelzer NC Kevin Bridges – Shelby NC Gene C. Encourages the development of singer songwriters and honors the Shelby...

Submit your song and become a part of the community that helped shape some of today’s top acts in the recording industry. Featuring: Jay Stuart ,Katherine Spina, Kelsey Farrell, Anthony Nunziata, Dado Bargioni. Dating back to 1991, it is an in the round format that supports great original songs.

Songspace helps music creators collaborate, catalog, and share work with their professional team. Songspace is an invaluable tool for any modern music publisher. Rather than managing scattered files across various e-mails, apps and hard-drives, Songspace enables our writers to seamlessly share splits, demos, masters, lyrics and more. We couldn't imagine working without it. I have been using...

“I just recently discovered the ministry of ChristianSongwriting.com and have been coming back for the interviews and other helps they offer. They are answering tough questions and touching on topics that very few other sites are talking about. You should definitely check it out!”. “What’s up, guys? This is Chris Sligh. You might have seen me on American Idol, but now you’re hearing me on...

There are 20 main winners in this contest (one for each of the Song Categories) and there are also many Finalist, Semi Finalist and Commended Entry winners in every category - see the Prizes Page for full details of this year's great prizes. Everyone who enters will have their songs examined and rated by industry professionals. Everyone who enters also receives valuable song pitching...

“What’s great about Nashville Rising Star (NRS) is that it truly gives everyone a chance. It doesn’t discriminate on style or genre. Anyone with a song has an equal chance to not only be heard, but also critiqued by industry professionals. NRS is “all about the song” at its core, but has been so much more for me along the way. Hands down, the best parts of NRS is how it has connected me with...

Songwriting Competition: Future Music have launched a brand new competition just for songwriters in the UK. The songwriting competition is set to find the best songwriters in the UK. The songwriting competition will be open to all, with regional and national winners plus additional categories for songwriters under the age of 15 and 18. There will also be additional songwriting awards for...

ASG’s Summer 2017 Song Contest is now accepting submissions through midnight, August 15th. The winners of the Summer Contest will be announced at ASG’s monthly meeting to be held on September 10, 2017. The first place winners in this year’s contest will have the opportunity to have their winning songs included on a compilation CD, and will also be able to attend one FREE songwriting or music...

The SongOfTheYear.com songwriting entries are reviewed and judged by the songwriting merits alone. Production quality is not taken into consideration. We are looking for great songwriters, not great producers. A simple home or live recording of a song has the same chance of winning the songwriting contest as a professional recording has of winning. Many of the past winners have placed with...

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