Enrollment deadline for the 25th Annual USA Songwriting Competition is fast approaching. The deadline to enter is May 29th. Songwriters and composers can vie for a chance to win a top prize of $50,000 worth of cash and merchandise such as music gear. Winning songs will receive radio airplay. Songwriters can enter in 15 different song categories, such as: Pop, Rock/Alt, Folk, R&B, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Instrumental, etc.
USA Songwriting Competition is sponsored by: Fender Guitars, GHS Strings, Audio-Technica, PreSonus, Guitar Player Magazine, Recording Magazine, New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion, Airplay Access, FL Software, Sonoma Wire Works, Berklee College of Music, DiscMakers, CD Baby, Final Mix Software, Singer Express, AAS (Applied Acoustic Systems), Pearl Snap Studios and School of Rock
Current Winners
Jamie Alimorad and Gino Vannelli won the Overall Grand Prize as well as the Best Pop Song award at the 24th Annual USA Songwriting Competition. Singer-songwriter Jamie Alimorad teamed with Grammy-nominated Canadian singer-songwriter and producer Gino Vannelli and Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer Ross Vannelli. Gino is known for his Top 5 Billboard Hot 100 hit "I Just Wanna Stop" and Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit "Living Inside Myself."
“Hopefulness in the middle of troubled times is easy to imagine in song form but difficult to write about convincingly. Word by word, line by line, like coaxing someone from the precipice of a high tower. I am pleased to have been co-writer with Jamie on ‘Brighter Days’ (and most of the album),” said Gino Vannelli.
"It's an incredible honor to win the 24th Annual USA Songwriting Competition! I'm so proud of ‘Brighter Days’ and its message. To anyone going through a dark time, know there are brighter days ahead. Thank you to Gino Vannelli and Ross Vannelli for bringing this song to life, my family, friends and all those who have made this possible. Love to you all," Jamie Alimorad, Winner of 24th Annual USA Songwriting Competition
About The USA Songwriting Competition
USA Songwriting Competition has a long history of winners receiving recording and publishing contracts, having their songs placed on the charts, film and television, as well as the occasional Grammy Award.
USA Songwriting Competition Honorable Mention winner (2017) and finalist (2018) Lucy Kalantari of New York, NY won a Grammy for "Best Children's Album." Her album All The Sounds, by Lucy & The Jazz Cats, won at the 2019 Grammy Awards.
2018 winner David Wilcox received radio airplay for his winning song “We Make the Away by Walking.”
2013 winner American Authors were signed to Island Records, hit #1 on the Billboard Charts, and went double platinum.
The top two winners of 2011, Nenna Yvonne and Alexander Cardinale, were both signed to Interscope Records after their win.
The 2007 winner, Ari Gold, hit Top 10 on the Billboard charts with his winning song.
Christopher Tinn, 2014 USA Songwriting Competition First Prize winner, instrumental category and finalist in 2010, won two Grammy Awards for his classical crossover album Calling All Dawns in 2011.
The deadline to enter is May 29th.
For more information, visit: https://www.songwriting.net
