The International Songwriting Competition is hunting for the world’s next songwriting legends.
Ready to get your tracks in front of industry heavyweights? The International Songwriting Competition is back for another year of discovering fresh talent and rewarding songwriting excellence. This isn’t your average bedroom producer contest – we’re talking serious industry connections and cold hard cash for winners.
With 74 lucky winners splitting the spoils, your odds are looking pretty decent. Whether you’re crafting indie folk masterpieces or dropping electronic bangers, there’s a category waiting for your sound. From adult album alternative to world music, hip-hop to country, and everything in between, the International Songwriting Competition covers more genres than your Spotify Wrapped.
International Songwriting Competition
- When: Entries open now.
- Entry fee: $30 per song, per category
- Categories: 23 genres plus lyrics only, performance and music video categories
- Enter and find more info here
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The alumni list reads like a festival lineup you’d actually want to attend – boasting some serious Aussie pedigree. Tones and I, Vance Joy, Gotye, Gangs Of Youth, Missy Higgins and Kate Miller-Heidke all cut their teeth here before dominating airwaves worldwide.
Here’s the beauty of it – judges aren’t nitpicking your home studio setup or vocal chops. They’re focusing on the good stuff: creativity, originality, lyrics, melody and arrangement. Got killer lyrics but can’t carry a tune? Chuck them in the lyrics-only category and let your words do the talking.
The judging panel isn’t messing around either. Record label executives, publishing bosses and industry tastemakers are combing through submissions to find their next signing. Winners don’t just get bragging rights – they score international promotional campaigns designed to launch careers into the stratosphere.
Enter the International Songwriting Competition.
This article was made in partnership with the International Songwriting Competition.
