Wildflower Performing Songwriter Contest

Deadline March 8

“Encouraging the art of independent performing singer-songwriters”

How To Enter!

Write and perform great songs. Genres: Acoustic, Folk, Country, Blues, Americana, Bluegrass, and Celtic.

Submit your songs to Wildflower!. Limit of 3 entries per person. An entry is 2 songs.

Upload the songs to SonicBids http://www.sonicbids.com/WildflowerContest010 or mail your songs and entry form (below) to:

Wildflower! Performing Songwriter Contest

2100 E. Campbell Road

Suite 100

Richardson, TX 75081

The fee is $20 for each entry. For mail in entries, make check payable to Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival.

Songs must be uploaded to SonicBids or postmarked by midnight March 8, 2010.

Prizes: Grand Prize Winner receives a $4,200 commemorative Gallagher guitar plus $100 and the next top three finalists will each be awarded $500 cash.

The 10 Finalists Will :

Perform submitted songs in the state-of-the-art Bank of America Theater at the Festival on May 15.

Receive complimentary lodging on May 14 and 15.

Perform at another Festival venue and sell CDs.

Have access to the Green Room for the weekend.

Attend a breakfast honoring the ten finalists.

Get to know and hear outstanding nationally known singer-songwriters.

Put on your resume that you were a finalist or winner at Wildflower!

Be exposed to several venues that book singer-songwriters in Texas.

Experience a career changing weekend of music and fun sharing your music with other finalists and booked singer/songwriter artists.

Entry form and rules :http://www.wildflowerfestival.com/PDF/2010SongwriterContestEntryFormWithRules.pdf

21st B.W. STEVENSON MEMORIAL SONGWRITER COMPETITION

SEND YOUR MATERIAL NOW !!! ENTRY DEADLINE 4/12/10

SEND TAPE OR CD OF TWO ORIGINAL SONGS
ALONG WITH A $20 ENTRY FEE TO:

POOR DAVID'S PUB
1313 SOUTH LAMAR ST
Dallas, Texas 75215

BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND SONG TITLES
12 ENTRIES WILL BE PRE-SELECTED TO PERFORM THEIR
SUBMITTED SONGS IN THE SEMI-FINALS BEFORE 3 JUDGES AT POOR DAVID'S.

6 FINALISTS WILL THEN ADVANCE TO THE FINALS AND BE ASKED TO PERFORM THEIR ORIGINAL ENTRIES PLUS TWO MORE SONGS (4 SONGS TOTAL) BEFORE

3 *DIFFERENT* JUDGES

1ST PLACE WINS $700 AND A PERFORMANCE GIG AT TOMMY ALVERSON'S YEARLY "FAMILY GATHERING" AS WELL AS AN OPENING GIG AT THE PUB FOR A POPULAR TOURING ACT.

SECOND PLACE GETS $50 AND AN OPENING GIG AT THE PUB FOR A POPULAR TOURING ACT.

Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition 2010

DON'T FORGET ABOUT NEW FOLK! Songwriters have until March 15, 2010 to enter The 2010 GRASSY HILL KERRVILLE NEW FOLK COMPETITION to be held during the 39th Annual Kerrville Folk Festival. Out of 800 entries, thirty-two New Folk Finalists will be invited to share their original songs during the New Folk Concerts on Saturday and Sunday, May 29 & 30, 2010. Six NEW FOLK AWARD WINNERS will then be chosen from the thirty-two and will return on Sunday, June 6 to perform 20 minutes of their original songs and receive a cash prize and serious bragging rights. Open to international contestants. Contest guidelines must be followed. Please visit www.kerrville-music.com/newfolk for information.