Song Contest Blog http://www.wearelistening.org/blog News, tips and resources for songwriters and song contest participants Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:19:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Results: Lyric Writer Awards Round 1, 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WeAreListening/~3/rqlKzS13guI/ http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/results-lyric-writer-awards-round-1-2012/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:19:38 +0000 We Are Listening http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=3715 Winner
Anita Krell — “Boyfriend Upstairs”

(Lyric will be published with author’s permission)

]]> http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/results-lyric-writer-awards-round-1-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/results-lyric-writer-awards-round-1-2012/ Results: Singer/Songwriter Awards Round 1, 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WeAreListening/~3/R56opU7Vj14/ http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/results-singersongwriter-awards-round-1-2012/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:17:27 +0000 We Are Listening http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=3710 Winner
Putman Murdock — “When I Die”

Finalists
Ed Romanoff — “Breakfast for One on the 5th of July”
Chris Alvarado — “Searching”
Two Cent Revival — “The Devil’s in the Whiskey”
]]> http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/results-singersongwriter-awards-round-1-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/results-singersongwriter-awards-round-1-2012/ Winners: $5000 Cash Prize Songwriter Contest http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WeAreListening/~3/2TP5DIGEtXU/ http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/winners-5000-cash-prize-songwriter-contest/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:25:34 +0000 We Are Listening http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=3703 Singer/Songwriter Category
Scott Jablonski – “Coffee”

Country/Folk Category
Black Handed Kites – “Up”

Pop Category
Katrina Stone – “Songbird”

Rock Category
EarlyRise – “Wasteland”

Lyric Category
Brent Lillie – “The Deal”
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All three categories, that is.  Congrats to the following in the Songwriter category:

Winner
R. Mack Harrell for “American Wheels”

Finalist
Karl Williams (aka Karl Thaler) for “Put Her There”

Runner Up
Cardin Campbell for “Emergency”

Results for the Singer/Songwriter category and Lyric-Only category have already been published.

Thanks fo taking part!

]]> http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/update-songwriter-category-results-phew/feed/ 1 http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/update-songwriter-category-results-phew/ Update: More Free Contest Results http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WeAreListening/~3/Wqx3ohJOlm8/ http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/update-more-free-contest-results/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:26:57 +0000 We Are Listening http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=3687 With considerable technical trouble, we finally notified the entrants of the Singer/Songwriter category.  Thank you everyone for your participation and, again, so sorry for this very delayed result.  Here we go…

Winner
Nafsica for “Missing Piece”

Finalist
Casey Black for “The Sarge”

Runner Up
Joelle Maddyson for “City Lights”

Results for the Lyric category have already been published, here.

Songwriter category next… bear with me!

]]> http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/update-more-free-contest-results/feed/ 0 http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/update-more-free-contest-results/ Update: Free Contest Results http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WeAreListening/~3/FG5PXNtAfO4/ http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/update-free-contest-results/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:45:04 +0000 We Are Listening http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=3682 I know we’re really really really delayed on notifications for the Free International Songwriting Competition.  I’m sorry.  And I appreciate your continued patience.

I am, however, delighted to announce that we’re done with the Lyric Category!

So…

Winner
Gabriel Gregoire for “The Angel Played Rock & Roll”

Finalist
Brent Lillie for “The Deal”

Runner Up
Diane Bowlin for “Black Diamond Eyes”

Very well done you three!

More to come…

]]> http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/update-free-contest-results/feed/ 2 http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/update-free-contest-results/ What is a Songwriter Contest “Round”? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WeAreListening/~3/0w5szHcrmKs/ http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/what-is-a-songwriter-contest-round/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:51:14 +0000 We Are Listening http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=3663 The Singer/Songwriter Awards takes place six times a year.  When we first launched in 2005, we (uh, I…) decided to number each contest, 1 through 6, for each year.  

Stupidly, we named each of the six contests as a “Round” (e.g. The 2005 Singer/Songwriter Awards Round 1).

This created some confusion for you guys because you associated “Rounds” with multiple segments of a single event (like in boxing), right?

To clarify, each contest “Round” is an independent and complete contest.  As such, if you enter Round 1 and win, then you win.  That’s it.  You do not need to enter any further Rounds… but you are more than welcome to.

Make sense?

You might be asking yourself, “If it’s so confusing, why don’t they name the contests differently?”

Ahh… good question!

Our entire backend system (the database we use to store, display and reconcile your contest submissions), is configured to ‘understand’ Rounds.  Changing it is possible but a major undertaking.

Unfortunately, we’re stuck with Rounds.

If you would like to leave your feedback about this post, click here… and please be gentle.

]]> http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/what-is-a-songwriter-contest-round/feed/ 2 http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/what-is-a-songwriter-contest-round/ New Songwriter Contest http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WeAreListening/~3/ujnlCBAxzag/ http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/new-songwriter-contest/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:49:39 +0000 We Are Listening http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=3660 Today, we launched the $5000 Cash Prize Songwriter Contest:

$5000 Cash Prize.

5 Categories.

5 Judges.

5 Winners.

$5 to enter.

Five song writers will win $1000 each for their winning song or lyric in their category.  Five finalists in each category will be hand-picked by us and presented to five judges for their selections.

Each contest participant will receive a free songwriter contest score card within thirty days of the songwriter contest deadline.

Click here for more details >>

]]> http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/new-songwriter-contest/feed/ 0 http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/new-songwriter-contest/ $500 Bonus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WeAreListening/~3/eEwtNx2VJ7Y/ http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/500-bonus/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:19:43 +0000 We Are Listening http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=3657 Thanks to your feedback, we’ve accounted for the $1,500 deficit in the $6,000 cash prize for the free songwriting competition.  The issue is detailed here.  You’ll find the amended cash prizes published here.

You will notice that the first prize for each category has been raised from $1,000 to $1,500.

Cool beans.

]]> http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/500-bonus/feed/ 1 http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/500-bonus/ New Songwriter Competition http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WeAreListening/~3/JnLRDge5-WA/ http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/new-songwriter-competition/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:30:27 +0000 We Are Listening http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=3654 We’re getting ready to launch a new songwriter competition.

We’re using “5” as the theme:

5 songwriting categories

5 winners in each category

5 judges

$5 submission fee

$5,000 cash prize

Of course, everybody who participates will receive a free contest score card.

What do you think?

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