What can you do with your brand new song? (Or your older ones, too?)
Try a contest. The primary benefit of a writing contest is that your work will be read. It is no different with songwriting contests, except your work could also be heard, depending on the competition.
How do you know which ones are worth your time and money?
Type "songwriting competitions" or contests into Google and you'll get thousands of sites. For the selection below, I went to the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers site. ASCAP is a membership association, boasting more than 300,000 US members. Its primary purpose is to protect the rights of its membership (composers, songwriters, lyricist, and music publishers) by licensing and distributing the royalties for public performances of the members' copyrighted works.
The website didn't say if ASCAP screened these listings but I would think that they did. These are the contests with current information on their individual websites. Click here for the complete competition list on ASCAP.
Songwriting Competitions: (click the contest to get more information)
American Songwriter Magazine Lyrics Contest - Fee: $10 - bi-monthly prizes and one annual prize - 6 deadlines per year: March 21, May 18, July 20, September 20, November 15, January 18
2008 USA Songwriting Competition - 15 categories - Fee: $35 - $50,000 in cash/merchandise Grand Prize - Deadline: May 30
John Lennon Songwriting Contest - 12 categories - Fee: $30 - $300,000 total in cash/prizes - 2 deadlines a year: June 15, December 15
International Songwriting Competition - 20 categories - Fee: $30 - $45,000 in cash/merchandise Grand Prize - Deadline: October 15
Songdoor International Songwriting Competition - 7 categories - Fee: $10 - band demo produced as Grand Prize - Contest opens April 15 - Deadline November 15
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