Enter the 2024 Musicworks Electronic Music Composition Contest

 

Our annual juried contest spotlights new musical talent from around the world, offering cash prizes and opportunities to be heard and published. In 2023, we received 150 submissions from nineteen countries, including Canada, the U.S., and the U.K., as well as Belgium, Slovenia, Taiwan, Brazil, and others.

 

 

First prize: $500, a composer profile in Musicworks in 2025, and the composition released on the accompanying Musicworks CD.

Second prize: $200 and composer coverage on musicworks.ca in 2025.

Third prize: $100 and composer coverage on musicworks.ca in 2025.

 

Marcelle Deschênes Prize in Electronic Music / prix Marcelle Deschênes pour la musique électronique: $300 and a composer profile in 2025. This prize is open to entrants who self-identify as female or non-binary.

 

REQUIREMENTS

Compose and submit an experimental piece in any electronic-music genre—acousmatic, electroacoustic, glitch, soundscape, intelligent dance music (IDM), turntable art, or video music. The contest is open to entries from anywhere in the world and from artists at any stage of their careers. Pieces must be previously unpublished (i.e. not released on a commercially available recording at the time of submission).

 

Maximum length: 10 minutes.

 

Accepted file types: MP3 or MP4 only.

 

Contest entry fee: $30. Unlimited additional entries are $5 each.

All entrants receive a one-year print subscription to Musicworks ($44–$59 value).

 

Contest closes October 31, 2024

 

 

*Cash prizes and entry fees are listed in Canadian dollars.

 

Previous Electronic Music Composition Contest First-Place Winners