Ready to Submit to Our 2020 Electronic Music Composition Contest?
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Musicworks’ annual juried contest spotlights new musical talent from around the world and offers cash prizes and opportunities to be published and heard.
PRIZES
First prize is $500 Can., a composer profile in Musicworks 139, Spring 2021 issue (print and online), and the composition released on the Musicworks 139 CD.
Second prize is $200 Can. and composer coverage on musicworks.ca in 2021.
Third prize is $100 Can. and composer coverage on musicworks.ca in 2021.
NEW! The Marcelle Deschênes Prize in Electronic Music / Prix Marcelle Deschênes pour la musique électronique is $300, coverage in Musicworks 139, Spring 2021 issue, and the composition released on the Musicworks 139 CD.
Learn more about the new EMC Contest prize . . .
MUSIC
Compose and submit an experimental piece(s) in any electronic-music genre—acousmatic, electroacoustic, glitch, soundscape, intelligent dance music (IDM), turntable art, or video music etc.
ELIGIBILITY
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 Pieces must be previously unpublished, i.e. not released on a commercially available recording at the time of submission.
LENGTH AND FILES
This is a juried contest. Jurors will not know the identities of the entrants.
Please do not include your name in the filename / title of your submission. Please remove credits if you are submitting video music.
Extension! Contest closes Friday November 6, 2020
Jury process begins in late November 2020. Winners will be notified before the end of February 2021.
Contest entry fee is $25 Can. All entrants receive a FREE, one-year subscription to Musicworks. Additional entries are $5 each, unlimited.