The latest in songwriting competition announcements: International Songwriting Competition(ISC) Launches New Music Competition for Unsigned Artists Completely separate and distinct from ISC, Unsigned Only is a fresh and novel approach to other music competitions. Not only does it offer great prizes, recognition, exposure, and the chance to be heard by a group of judges consisting [...]

The latest in songwriting contests the world over … and some other news. It’s The John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Not The John Lennon Enunciation Contest Yesterday, 16-year-old Eliza Callahan got a nice surprise on Good Day New York when she learned that she took the top prize in this year’s John Lennon Songwriting Contest. (She [...]

There are a lot of sites that claim to get your songs exposure or provide an avenue directly to people in need of songs for placement in movies, TV commercials, and so forth. To help bolster their claims, Broadjam has provided a list of notable artist successes for 2008.

The 5th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) is now accepting entries. IAMA promotes excellence in Acoustic Music Performance and Artistry. Acoustic artists in various genres can gain exciting radio and web exposure through this competition. Participating sponsors include D’Addario Strings, New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion, AirplayAccess.com,Sonicbids.com, Acoustic Cafe Radio Show and XM Satellite Radio. [...]

2008 USA Songwriting Competition is now accepting entries. Win a top prize of $50,000 worth of cash and merchandise such as cool gear from Sony, Ibanez Guitars, D’Addario Strings, Peavey, Audio-Technica and more. Also, have your winning songs played on radio! Enter in Pop, Rock/Alt, Folk, R&B, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Instrumental, etc. FREE EARLY BONUS: First [...]

Seattle songwriters Scott Krippayne and Jeff Peabody earn a publishing deal with 19 Entertainment by beating out 25,000 other submissions in the American Idol Songwriting Contest with the tune, “This Is My Now”. “This song clearly resonated with the American Idol fans and was the clear winner of the Songwriter competition,” said creator and executive [...]

Joe Taylor over at SpinMe.com has been giving the competition way more attention than I have and has some great insights. (Judging by his post titles, I imagine he also found out how much traffic he can get from Google with that search phrase in his title.) I listened through each of the songs and [...]

According to the official American Idol Songwriting Competition site, the producers are finalizing their short list of 20 songs. After that, supposedly next Wednesday May 2nd, voting begins. Update: This is from 2007 Songwriting Competition. Newer info for 2008 is located here. You can have people sign up to vote by going here. Some songwriters [...]

I am not affiliated in any way with the American Idol Songwriting Contest. I am just saying because people are sending me their songs for the contest. It’s not me! I have just been covering the news and pointing where people can go! Go here for all the details on the American Idol Songwriting Contest.

Although they won’t be doing a televised songwriting competition, the producers of the show do want your songs. You have until April 17th to upload your song to http://songwriter.americanidol.com. At least that is according to today’s edition of USA Today. 19 Entertainment’s US head, Iain Pirie says, “It could be anyone. It could be someone [...]