The prize breakdown is as follows (all money in Australian Dollars):

• 1st Prize – $1500
• 2nd Prize – $1000
• 3rd Prize – $500
• 4th Prize – CMC Productions Workshop (Pat Pattison & Steve Seskin)

Entry fees (per song submitted) for the contest are:

• SSA Members – $20
• Associate Members – $30
• Non Members – $60

Further details regarding the SSA Top 10 Songwriting Contest can be found on the SSA MySpace Page.

Entries close on 31 July, 2009 but I’m not sure if the contest is open for Australian songwriters only so if you live outside of Australia and you’re interested in entering it would be best to check things out a bit more beforehand.

Good luck,

Until next time, happy writing,

Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician

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The sections on offer for this year are:

• Live
• Demo Open
• Demo Instrumental
• Studio Open
• Studio Instrumental
• Lyrics

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 “broadcast quality” in the first place) and the winning lyricist gets a cash prize.

This year all winners will get FREE 12 Month (Silver) Membership with Song Central, an organization where songwriters can store, manage, develop and showcase their original songs/music to the music industry at large.

It sounds good to me

Entries close on Friday July 4th, 2009 and is open to any songwriter of any standard anywhere in the world. For more details go to the SCALA website.

For the last few years I’ve been honoured to be one of the judges for this wonderful competition. I hope to continue helping out SCALA again this year.

Until next time, happy writing,

Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician

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There are just a few days left to enter the 2008 USA Songwriting Competition, this is the last chance to enter this year.

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.

Since 1995, USA Songwriting Competition has been honoring songwriters from all over the world. 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. The 2005 Winner of the country category had his winning song cut by Faith Hill.

The 2005 winner of the pop catgeory was signed by MySpace/Interscope records.

Hurry! All entries must be entered by June 30th or earlier. The entry form can be found at:
http://www.songwriting.net/entryform.html

Or enter online here with your MP3:
http://online.songwriting.net

Or through Broadjam at (**Enter now and get a FREE 6 month Broadjam MoB membership, worth $25.00, only through the Broadjam link here):
http://www.broadjam.com/contests/details/contest/index.php?contest_id=741

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Until next time, happy writing,

Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician

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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.

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The 2008 USA Songwriting Competition deadline has extended till June 30, 2008. The deadline is due to a credit card computer glitch on Sonicbids.com on May 30th.

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.

Since 1995, USA Songwriting Competition has been honoring songwriters from all over the world.

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.

The 2005 Winner of the country category had his winning song cut by Faith Hill. The 2005 winner of the pop catgeory was signed by MySpace/Interscope records.

All entries must be entered by June 30th or earlier. The entry form can be found at:
http://www.songwriting.net/entryform.html

Or enter online here with your MP3:
http://online.songwriting.net

Or through Broadjam here

(Enter now and get a FREE 6 month Broadjam MoB membership, worth $25.00, only through the Broadjam link)

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Good luck to all participants and may the best songs win.

Until next time, happy writing,

Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician

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2008 is the 15th year that FOOM (Festival Of Original Music) has been in existance. I’ve personally been involved with FOOM either as an entrant or a judge since 1998.

For me, FOOM is a lot of fun.

In 1998 I first entered the live section of FOOM and got a highly commended award. In 1999 I was the winner of the same section.

Ever since then I’ve been a FOOM songwriting judge.

What I love about judging is the ability to give constructive feedback to all participants that come your way. I think the best thing about FOOM or any good songwriting contest is the feedback mechanism that’s built into it.

Even if you don’t win, you get something that will help you improve your songwriting so, in fact everybody wins.

Here is a snippet of the recent press release for FOOM 2008.

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SCALA’S FOOM SONG COMPETITION 2008

Entries are now being sought for SCALA’s 15th Festival Of Original Music (FOOM) Songwriting Competition, so get yourself sorted and enter.

Founded in 1987, SCALA (Songwriters, Composers & Lyricists Association) is a South Australian based non-profit voluntary organisation which commenced the annual FOOM song competition in 1994.

Winners in the Live, Demo and Master sections appear on a commercially available CD (distributed to radio stations and music industry personnel) while winners in the Lyrics section receive a cash prize.

The competition and CD release has assisted the careers of a number of local songwriters including Sam Lohs, Susie Keynes and Miranda Bradley from Fruit, Heather Frahn, Kylie Cowling, Corey Stewart and many others.

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The FOOM song competition is open to anyone around the world. In the past entries have come from countries such as the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand and Scandanavia.

Entry forms are available from SCALA in a number of ways

Phone: (+61) 8 8431 4063
Email: scala [at] scala [dot] org [dot] au
Snail: SCALA, PO Box 228, Kensington Park, SA, 5068
Website: www.scala.org.au/comfr08.htm

Entries for the competition must be received by Monday, June 30th, 2008 and the full results will be announced at the FOOM live final on the evening of Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel.

If you are an entrant outside of Australia you’ll be notified by email.

If you have any questions regarding the FOOM song competition please direct them through the SCALA website

Good Luck!

Until next time, happy writing,

Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician

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