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		<title>SSA Top 10 Songwriting Contest Now Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Songwriting Society Of Australia (SSA) is holding its Top 10 Songwriting Contest at the moment. From what I can see there are no genre categories to speak of so all songs submitted regardless of genre will be judged on its merits in one group. The prize breakdown is as follows (all money in Australian [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.songwritingzen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ssa_logo_209_205.gif"><img class="size-full wp-image-318 alignleft" title="ssa_logo_209_205" src="http://www.songwritingzen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ssa_logo_209_205.gif" alt="ssa_logo_209_205" /></a>The <a href="http://www.myspace.com/songwritingsocietyofaustralia" target="_blank"><strong>Songwriting Society Of Australia</strong></a> (SSA) is holding its <strong>Top 10 Songwriting Contest</strong> at the moment. From what I can see there are no genre categories to speak of so all songs submitted regardless of genre will be judged on its merits in one group.</p>
<p>The prize breakdown is as follows (all money in Australian Dollars):</p>
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<li><em>1st Prize &#8211; <strong>$1500</strong></em></li>
<li><em>2nd Prize &#8211; <strong>$1000</strong></em></li>
<li><em>3rd Prize &#8211; <strong>$500</strong></em></li>
<li><em>4th Prize &#8211; <strong>CMC Productions Workshop</strong> (Pat Pattison &amp; Steve Seskin)</em></li>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Plus the top 10 songs are put onto a CD to be presented to 15 top music industry judges.</strong></div>
<p>Entry fees (per song submitted) for the contest are:</p>
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<li><em>SSA Members &#8211; <strong>$20</strong></em></li>
<li><em>Associate Members &#8211; <strong>$30</strong></em></li>
<li><em>Non Members &#8211; <strong>$60</strong></em></li>
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<p>Further details regarding the SSA Top 10 Songwriting Contest can be found on the <strong><a href="http://www.myspace.com/songwritingsocietyofaustralia" target="_blank">SSA MySpace Page</a>.</strong></p>
<p>Entries close on <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>31 July, 2009</strong></span> but I&#8217;m not sure if the contest is open for Australian songwriters only so if you live outside of Australia and you&#8217;re interested in entering it would be best to check things out a bit more beforehand.</p>
<p>Good luck,</p>
<p>Until next time, happy writing,</p>
<p><strong>Corey Stewart</strong><br />
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		<title>FOOM Song Competition 2009 Is Now Open For Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago SCALA (Songwriters, Composers &#38; Lyricists Association) launched its 16th Annual FOOM (Festival Of Original Music) Song Competition for 2009. This competition has been running every year since 1993. The sections on offer for this year are: Live Demo Open Demo Instrumental Studio Open Studio Instrumental Lyrics As with previous years, winners [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.songwritingzen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/scala-small.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-313 alignleft" title="scala-small" src="http://www.songwritingzen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/scala-small.jpg" alt="scala-small" /></a>A few days ago <a href="http://www.scala.org.au/" target="_blank"><strong>SCALA</strong></a> <em>(Songwriters, Composers &amp; Lyricists Association)</em> launched its <strong><a href="http://www.scala.org.au/comfoom.htm" target="_blank">16th Annual FOOM (Festival Of Original Music) Song Competition</a> for 2009</strong>. This competition has been running every year since <strong>1993</strong>.</p>
<p>The sections on offer for this year are:</p>
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<li><em>Live</em></li>
<li><em>Demo Open</em></li>
<li><em>Demo Instrumental</em></li>
<li><em>Studio Open</em></li>
<li><em>Studio Instrumental</em></li>
<li><em>Lyrics</em></li>
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<p>As with previous years, winners of the Live and Demo sections will be able to record their winning song on the next SCALA CD, the Studio winners are automatically added (as their songs are of &#8220;broadcast quality&#8221; in the first place) and the winning lyricist gets a cash prize.</p>
<p>This year all winners will get <strong>FREE 12 Month (Silver) Membership</strong> with <a href="http://www.songcentral.com.au" target="_blank"><strong>Song Central</strong></a>, an organization where songwriters can store, manage, develop and showcase their original songs/music to the music industry at large.</p>
<p>It sounds good to me <img src='http://www.songwritingzen.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Entries close on <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Friday July 4th, 2009</strong></span> and is open to any songwriter of any standard anywhere in the world. For more details go to the <a href="http://www.scala.org.au/comfoom.htm" target="_blank"><strong>SCALA website</strong></a>.</p>
<p>For the last few years I&#8217;ve been honoured to be one of the judges for this wonderful competition. I hope to continue helping out <a href="http://www.scala.org.au/" target="_blank"><strong>SCALA</strong></a> again this year.</p>
<p>Until next time, happy writing,</p>
<p><strong>Corey Stewart</strong><br />
Singer/Songwriter/Musician</p>
<p>Keywords: songwriting contest, songwriting competition, songwriting, songwriter, songwriting tip, songwriting idea, songwriting help, songwriting blog, songwriting zen, corey stewart</p>
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		<title>2008 USA Songwriting Competition &#8211; Deadline Extended!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received this yesterday from the USA Songwriting Competition. I thought that you would appreciate the heads up. The deadline for the competition has been extended so, if you thought it was too late to get your entry in, now is the time. You have until June 30th. **************************************** The 2008 USA Songwriting Competition deadline [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received this yesterday from the <a href="http://www.songwriting.net" target="_blank"><strong>USA Songwriting Competition</strong></a>. I thought that you would appreciate the heads up.</p>
<p>The deadline for the competition has been extended so, if you thought it was too late to get your entry in, now is the time. You have until <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>June 30th</strong></span>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>****************************************</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>The 2008 USA Songwriting Competition deadline has extended till <span style="text-decoration: underline;">June 30, 2008</span>.</strong> The deadline is due to a credit card computer glitch on Sonicbids.com on May 30th. </em></p>
<p><em><strong>Win a top prize of $50,000 worth of cash and merchandise</strong> such as cool gear from Sony, Ibanez Guitars, D’Addario Strings, Peavey, Audio-Technica and more. Also, have your winning songs played on radio! </em></p>
<p><em>Enter in Pop, Rock/Alt, Folk, R&amp;B, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Instrumental, etc.</em></p>
<p><em>Since 1995, <strong>USA Songwriting Competition</strong> has been honoring songwriters from all over the world. </em></p>
<p><em>Winners came from Australia, Japan, Canada, UK, Germany, Brazil, South Africa, USA, etc. Past winners have gotten recording contracts, getting their songs on film, TV as well as getting cuts with major artists. </em></p>
<p><em>The 2005 Winner of the country category <strong>had his winning song cut by Faith Hill</strong>. The 2005 winner of the pop catgeory <strong>was signed by MySpace/Interscope records</strong>.</em></p>
<p><em>All entries must be entered by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>June 30th or earlier</strong></span>. The entry form can be found at:<br />
<a href="http://www.songwriting.net/entryform.html" target="_blank"><strong>http://www.songwriting.net/entryform.html</strong></a></em></p>
<p><em>Or enter online here with your MP3:<br />
<a href="http://online.songwriting.net" target="_blank"><strong>http://online.songwriting.net</strong></a></em></p>
<p><em>Or through Broadjam <a href="http://www.broadjam.com/contests/details/contest/index.php?contest_id=741" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> </em></p>
<p><em>(Enter now and get a <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>FREE 6 month Broadjam MoB membership, worth $25.00</strong></span>, only through the Broadjam link)<strong><br />
</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>****************************************</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Good luck to all participants and may the best songs win.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Until next time, happy writing,</p>
<p><strong>Corey Stewart</strong><br />
Singer/Songwriter/Musician</p>
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