Limited-time promotion · Oct 19 to Nov 4
Got a song made for film, TV, ads, or games? This is its shot.
Direct time with music supervisors placing songs in TV, film, and advertising. Get real feedback on what makes a track usable and how to position your catalog.
Sync Songwriter's step-by-step method: which songs to send, what to say in every email, and personal introductions to music supervisors whose credits include Yellowjackets, Cobra Kai, Schitt's Creek, NCIS, and Anora.
An American Songwriter membership, a feature on American Songwriter, and a dedicated social feature across our channels.
Wide Open Country · Song Sessions
$10 per category entry $15 after Oct 25
Session Two is open. Five category winners take $500 and a feature, then advance to the year-end Grand Prize: $5,000 and mentorship with a celebrated country artist.
Noisey · Playlist Project Vol. 2
$5 per entry Early bird through Oct 31
A $25,000 prize pool. Grand Prize: $10,000 cash and a showcase interview with the VICE team. Category winners take $1,500 and features across VICE and Noisey.
If you are still deciding whether to enter, you are probably wondering how it all works. Here is everything you need to know before entering a promotion.
Have an additional question? Reach out to us directly below.
Contact usIf you submit your entry into an eligible contest during a promotion period, it will automatically be included in the promotion.
Note: the promotion will not show up on your receipt.
Special promotions are a way for us to offer additional prizes and recognition to our contest entrants! They only run for a short period of time, and by entering during a promotion period, your submission will be considered for both promotional prizes + the respective contest prizes.
All promotion entries are reviewed and screened by multiple professional songwriters contracted by American Songwriter.
More Contests
Each one is judged on its own terms, by its own panel. Enter as many as fit your song.
Song Contest
Your full recording judged as a song. Any genre.
Lyric Contest
Words only. No recording needed.
WOC Song Sessions
Country songs, judged year round by Wide Open Country.
Psalms to Songs
Christian and faith-driven songs, from InspireMore.
Noisey Playlist Project
Get your recording in front of Noisey.
