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Great American Song Contest

                                           


14th Annual Great American Song Contest

  Prizes &
     Benefits
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What are the benefits for EVERYONE who enters?

ALL categories provide awards to the Top 5 songwriters, a total of 45 awards in 9 different songwriting categories

ALL entries are thoroughly reviewed by qualified music-industry professionals (see Judges & Judging link.)

ALL participating songwriters receive written evaluations of their songs from the contest judges

ALL participating songwriters receive a free 45-Day All-Access Pass from SongU.com (a $50 value)

 

What are the Prizes & Benefits for the top winners?

 Grand Prize Winner Receives $1000 in cash
and a free membership to TAXI Independent A&R Company
a $300 Value!

 

Plus a $100 Gift Certificate from Musician's Friend!

 

The Grand Prize winner also receives a free one-year Platinum Membership to SongU.com. Enjoy all the great educational benefits from this outstanding online learning center — a $300 value!

 

The Grand Prize winner also receives a special $100 discount on a year of service from the CD Baby webhosting company Hostbaby!

 

The Grand Prize winner also receive 5 free Music Xrays from MusicXray.net, a multifunctional platform for promoting your songs to the music industry and audiences around the world.

 

The Grand Prize winner also receives this popular professional songwriting software from MasterWritera $289 Value!

First-time Grand Prize winners also receive a free membership to MusicSubmit, a publicity and promotion service designed to promote songwriters, artists and musicians — a $130 value!

 

The Grand Prize winner also receives a one-year membership from Broadjam, a company dedicated to providing great services for songwriters and independent musicians everywhere — a $250 value!

 

The Grand Prize winner also receives a six-month membership from MusicClout.com, a great company providing promotional services and music placement for songwriters and musicians — a $180 value!

 The Grand Prize winner also receives a cross-platform Hybrid DVD of Rhyme Genie, the world's first dynamic rhyming dictionary with 300,000 entries and 30 different rhyme types - a $39.95 value!

 The Grand Prize winner also receives a copy of Chicken Soup For the Soul: The Story Behind the Song, the great new book by industry insiders about 101 stories behind famous songs. - a $14.95 value!

The Grand Prize winner also receives a copy of David Nevue's popular book How To Promote Your Music Successfully On the Internet.

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First-Place Winners in ALL SONG CATEGORIES receive the Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting Award AND a one-year membership to TAXI Independent A&R Companya $300 Value! *

 

First-Place category winners also receive a free six-month Platinum Membership to SongU.com. Enjoy all the great educational benefits from this outstanding online learning center — a $150 value!

 

First-Place category winners also receive 5 free Music Xrays from MusicXray.net, a multifunctional platform for promoting your songs to the music industry and audiences around the world.

 

First-Place category winners receive a one-year membership from Broadjam, a company dedicated to providing great services for songwriters and independent musicians everywhere — a $250 value!

 

First-Place category winners also receive a six-month membership from MusicClout.com, a great company providing promotional services and music placement for songwriters and musicians — a $180 value!

 

First-time First-Place category winners also receive a free membership to MusicSubmit, a publicity and promotion service designed to promote songwriters, artists and musicians — a $130 value!

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Top 5 winners in each category (a total of 45) receive the Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting Award to help promote their songs to music publishers, producers & the music media.

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All Top 5 winners receive 5 free Music Xrays from MusicXray.net, a multifunctional platform for promoting your songs to the music industry and audiences around the world.

 

Top 5 winners in each category, First-Place and Grand Prize winners ALL receive a free six-month membership to Sonicbids, the online avenue to opportunities in the music business! — a $29.95 value!

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ALL ENTRANTS in this year's contest will receive a free 45-Day All-Access Pass to SongU.com (a $50 value!)

Also:

All Grand Prize and First-Place winners are automatically eligible for the Great American Song Hall Of Fame where they can connect with fans, music publishers, producers and the music media!

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NOTE: The quality of entered recordings is not important.
Judges focus on the song itself, NOT the performance or recording quality.


(Click here to see the
List of Judges)

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Lyric Writing category winner receives the First-Place Award for Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting, a six-month Platinum membership to SongU.com, a $250 cash award, a six-month membership to Sonicbids and The Art of Writing Great Lyrics by Pamela Phillips Oland. (The winner of this category does not receive a TAXI membership because TAXI doesn't accept Lyric Only submissions.)

Lyrics Writing category info

See RULES & ENTRY above for details.

NOTE: The Great American Song Contest guarantees payment of cash prizes only. Membership based prizes cannot be guaranteed. Terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such promotions, are the sole responsibility of the individual sponsor. Therefore the Great American Song Contest cannot be responsible for delivery of third-party sponsors' goods and services.

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