Entries are being accepted for the international contest, where songwriters have the chance to win a top prize of $50,000...
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In need of songwriting inspiration? Five lucky winners can get their hands on a deck of these songwriter prompt cards...
Songwriting is delighted to announce our partnership with artist discovery platform Andrson and the launch of their international song contest...
The long-standing songwriter contest with a $50,000 top prize is back for 2020 but only accepting entries until 29 May...
Here’s a rough guide to successfully submitting your music for scrutiny, along with a selection of the most popular contests...
Be in with a chance of winning all of the products featured in our gift guide with this seasonal competition...
Orange Santa is coming to town for the amp manufacturer’s 50th-anniversary competition and it’s bigger and better than ever before...
Anna Wolf has been crowned the winner of 2019’s Unsigned Only music competition, becoming the first South African to win...
It’s not too late for submissions and to have a say on who should be recognised at this year’s event...
Twelve highly emotive albums have been selected from 200 to make up the shortlist of the 2019 Mercury Prize final...
ISC reveals its 2019 judging panel and, as usual, it includes some of music’s most talented artists and industry executives...
Songwriters worldwide can enter the competition to have the chance of winning writing sessions with Stuart Epps and Mark Cawley...
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