| The John Lennon Songwriting Contest: Dedicated to creating opportunities for professional and amateur songwriters, Yoko Ono Lennon presents annual contest in 12 genres with cash prizes and contracts awarded. Information on past winners; rules and application. |
| United Nations Song Contest - Songs for a Better World: Official site of the world's most prestigious songwriting event and competition. |
| Bannon Open Songwriting Awards: Promoting a bi-annual songwriting competition in 6 different categories and highlighting John Mellencamp, his songs and news. Prizes and industry exposure for the winners. |
| Broadjam 6-Pack Competition: The 6-Pack Competition is Broadjam's biggest contest combining six separate songwriting challenges and awarding over $50,000 in prizes. Thirty-eight total winners will be announced as awards will be given to the top three artists in each individual challenge. |
| Compo-10 International Song Contest: Every week 10 artists are featured on Original Compo-10. They rank each other and the ones who have been ranked best will be promoted on the website. |
| Cooch Music: Running an amateur songwriters contest, and offering an opportunity to listen to and vote on the competing songs. |
| Dallas Songwriters Contest: Annual song, and on-going lyric contests, with winners receiving cash and other prizes. Site also includes resources for professionals and those new to the industry. |
| Goodnight Kiss Free Song Contest: Competition is about finding the most uptempo and fun songs that inspire driving. Novelty songs are accepted. Includes rules and contest specifics. |
| Great American Song Contest: Annual songwriting competition sponsored by Songwriters Resource Network, a free online news and education resource. All entries are critiqued by music industry professionals. |
| Highyway 61 Folks Festival Songwriters Contest: Share your original song live on stage to kick off the Highway 61 Folks Festival at High Noon, 8/3/2002. |
| International Guitar Competition "M.Pittaluga" Alessandria-ITALY: Guitar and composition for guitar competitions members of WFIMC (World federation of international Music competitions).36th edition from 22 to 26 september 2003 . Alirio Diaz Honorary President |
| International Song Contest: Over $80,000 worth of prizes. VH-1 Save the Music Foundation. Song Contest with judges like Bono, Faith Hill, and more. |
| International Songwriting Competition: ISC is an international song contest for amateur and professional songwriters. Entries will be screened by ISC and the finalists will be reviewed by wellknown professional judges. |
| Just Plain Folks Music Awards: Only active members of Just Plain Folks are eligible to enter this contest. The winners are chosen by industry professional, artists and fans. |
| Nashville Star Search: Nashville's premier songwriter and star search event with career workshops, TV/video filming, trophies, and Nashville School of Music. |
| Ritmi Globali Europei: Describing an Italian music contest including one category for singers-composers open to artists 35 years of age or younger. |
| Song of the Year: Annual songwriting contest. |
| SongDoor 2006 International Songwriting Competition: Site of SongDoor, an annual songwriting competition open to amateurs and professionals worldwide. All entrants receive a songwriting course and a professional evaluation. |
| Songwriting Contest Grammy Award Judges: Over $100,000 cash and prizes. Submit your song and lyrics. Judges include Norah Jones, Sheila E, Rolling Stone magazine, and many Grammy award winning producers. |
| Songwriting Contests - The Muse's Muse: Listings of all the major songwriting contests and competitions with entry dates. |
| The Canary Islands International Song Contest: Site of the Canary Islands International Song Contest for Composers, Authors and Singers. |
| The SIBL Project: SIBL ("Songs Inspired by Literature") is a songwriting contest, promoting the need for and funding adult literacy programs. All proceeds further this cause. Includes contest rules and information on projects being supported. |
| The Ten-Minute Musicals Project: A unique annual international competition for short stage musicals, whether original or previously produced, excerpted from longer works or complete in themselves. |
| UK Songwriting Contest: Prestigious annual UK songwriting competition from the BRIT Trust, The World Music Foundation, Roland UK, MusicAid.org and others. Contest prizes include publishing deals, recording equipment, and career development. |
| USA Songwriting Competition: Promoting contests in six languages and fifteen genres, judged by industry professionals; information and media on past winners, testimonials, links to winning songs. Rules and entry form for current competition. |
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