


This one is a major opportunity for every songwriter. There’s a long tradition starting from 1950’s and it is broadcasted for millions of Eurovision fans every year. This legendary songwriting competition is probably the biggest song contest in the world. JLSC is also currently offering a bonus opportunity for songwriters to win gear – read more about the weekly “ Stuck At Home“. Entry fees from the contest are used to support the non-profit John Lennon Educational Tour Bus mobile recording studio. There’s 12 contest categories available in The John Lennon Songwriting Contest.
SONG WRITER COMPETITION PROFESSIONAL
The John Lennon Songwriting Contest – an international songwriting contest began in 1997 and it’s open to amateur and professional songwriters. Website The John Lennon Songwriting Contest Prizes include recording studio time and Yamaha equipment worth £1,000. Judges this year are Fraser T Smith, Tom Odell, Miranda Cooper, Calum Scott, Michelle Escoffery & Tom Grennan. This one is a songwriting competition (11 th year in 2021) for young songwriters aged 8-18 in UK/ Ireland. Genres include: Pop, Rock, Folk/Acoustic, Americana/Country, Instrumental, Hip-hop/Rap. A good place for emerging songwriters to get useful critique and reviews for their songs. This contest is an annual songwriting competition and it’s completely online. Website Indie International Songwriting Contest The Grand Prize winner takes home $20,000 in cash (plus other prizes), and receives one-on-one mentoring with top label execs. This year winners share in over $150,000 in cash, prizes, recognition, and more. According to the website many winners of Unsigned Only Music Competition have secured licensing and publishing deals and some of them have even been signed to major label deals. Unsigned Only accepts all styles and genres of music.

The title says a lot – The competition is for all unsigned artists (including solo artists, bands, and singers) who are unsigned to a major record label (indie label artists are eligible). C ompetitions that provide feedback from industry professionals are particularly attractive. if you’re interested in a highly music related online clothing store, check out – they sell beer too) etc. It’s up to you to decide to participate in songwriting competitions but some will offer good prices for the winners including recording equipment, studio time (btw.
SONG WRITER COMPETITION FREE
Most of the songwriting competitions require entry fee which is usually around 35$ for one submitted song but some competitions are free of entry as well. Most of these songwriting competitions are open for everyone but some are only for young songwriters or for amateur musicians etc. I collected some of them here in this post. There are several interesting songwriting contests held all around the world every year.
