SONGWRITING CONTESTS - A Department of Songwriters Notes

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Saturday, January 7, 2012

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/Opportunity/OpportunityView.aspx?opportunity_id=106482 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. 

There will be four $500 cash awards.  One of the awards will have the title of the "The Michael Terry People's Choice Award". 
The 10 Finalists Will : 
Perform submitted songs in the state-of-the-art Bank of America Theater at the Festival on May 19. 
Receive complimentary lodging on May 18 and 19. 
Perform Bud Light Stage/sell CDs. 
Have access to the Green Room for the weekend. 
Attend a complimentary breakfast honoring the ten finalists. 
Get to know and hear outstanding nationally known singer-songwriters and join in song circles with the stage goes dark. 
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/singersongwriter.html 
Some of the entries that place 11 - 20 will be invited to perform on the Bud Light Stage 
Your chances of being selected 1 - 20 is at a 1 in:15 odds. (WF only takes 300 entries) 

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