Musicworks' Composition And Writing Contest

Electronic Music Composition Contest: Compose a piece in one of the following experimental genres: Acousmatic, Audio art, Electroacoustic, Glitch, Intelligent Dance Music, Microsound, Noise, Turntable art, or Video music. Maximum length: 10 minutes. Accepted file types: MP3 or MP4 only. $25 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Musicworks magazine; $5 each additional entry (unlimited).

First Prize: $500 cash, a composer profile in Musicworks magazine and on musicworks.ca AND your composition released on the Musicworks companion CD
Second Prize: $200 cash AND a composer profile on musicworks.ca
Third Prize: $100 cash AND a composer profile on musicworks.ca

Also check out the “Sonic Geography” Writing Contest: Describe how sound shapes your experience in 500 words. Echoes in a Lisbon square, waterdrops from an Iceland glacier, birds in a Buenos Aires barrio, or the noise of your own neighbourhood—these are just some of the sound that have inspired contributors to our regular “Sonic Geography” column. The first-prize-winning essay will be published in our regular column space. Accepted file types: PDF only.

2014 Contest prize details, eligibility and assessment criteria, and entry forms can be found at: https://www.musicworks.ca/contest