Dear Musician,

It is time for you to enter the 26th Annual USA Songwriting Competition: each entrant entered by March 31st or earlier will each receive a FREE Acoustic Guitar magazine annual subscription. Do not pass up this great bonus offer. Now's the time to take advantage of this bonus subscription! Enter Online here »

I would like to invite you to enter the 2021 USA Songwriting Competition. We are proud to say that 2021 is our landmark 26th consecutive year that we have been honoring songwriters like you. We've had winners come from Australia, Japan, UK, Germany, Brazil, Africa--of course the USA and Canada. Past winners --besides collecting a cool $50,000 in wonderful prizes and cash--(that is a musician/songwriter's dream come true: cool gear from Fender Guitars, GHS Strings, Audio-Technica, PreSonus & more)--receive publishing, recording contracts, representation, songs used on films and TV--as well as getting cuts with major artists! Check the record. We discover stars. Just entering boosts your confidence and oftentimes has a surprisingly positive effect on your fate and fortune. No promises; but I'm sharing what thousands of past entrants reported.

We have discovered that an entirely new phenomenon that's propelling songwriters to get signed, get songs cut and hit the charts. Enter Online here »

USA Songwriting Competition is sponsored by: Audio-Technica, PreSonus, GHS Strings, New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion, Airplay Access, Acoustic Guitar magazine, Sonoma Wire Works, Sound Theory, FL Studio, Disc Makers, School of Rock, Sound Radix, Singer Express, Songcraft, Klevgr, OekSound, Pearl Snap Studios, Berklee College of Music, etc.

Now we are THE world's biggest, most respected song writing discovery organization--with countless now-famous and prosperous artists tracing THEIR success and discovery to entering our Songwriting Competition. Whether it's Andrew Jannakos, Jamie Alimorad, Gino Vannelli, David Wilcox, American Authors, Jerad Finck, Distant Cousins, Justine & Kerris Dorsey, Meghan Trainor, Darrell Scott, Kate Voegele, The Waifs, Ari Gold or many many more--they all burst to fame and their careers quickly hurtled upward--once they entered and won one of our contests.

Past winners have gotten recording contracts, getting their songs on film, TV as well as getting cuts with major artists. The 2020, 2019 and 2018 winning songs have been receiving airplay. The 2015 winning song was placed on American Idol as well as the Box Office Hit Movie "This Is Where I Leave You" starring Jason Bateman & Tina Fey. The 2013 winner hit #1 on the Billboard charts, went Double Platinum, selling over 2 million copies! The 2007 winner hit Top 10 on the Billboard charts with his winning song. The 2005 Winner of the Country category had his winning song cut by Country Superstar Faith Hill. The 2005 winner of the Pop category was signed by Interscope Records. Our 2008 winner appeared on David Letterman TV show and got signed to a record label!

We have crystallized and pieced together our approach and put our expertise to help songwriters gain exposure. This approach is what caused USA Songwriting Competition to rise in prominence to become the preeminent songwriting competition in the world. USA Songwriting Competition has been seen in music industry trades such as Billboard Magazine, Guitar Player Magazine, Music Connection and many more.

Hear what people are saying:

"We are so excited to win this competition. We entered this competition as unsigned acts, came out as top winner, signed to Island Records and we hit #1 on the Billboard charts!"..Dave Rublin, Winner of the 18th Annual USA Songwriting Competition (2013), hit #1 on the Billboard Charts and went double platinum, selling over 2 million copies (See the picture above with Dave and his band). Enter Online here »

"I was so shocked that my song got selected winner of the top prize in the USA Songwriting competition, I hope I can continue to make music that you all enjoy. It's amazing because I've also recently been signed to Sony Music Nashville!" ...Andrew Jannakos, Top Winner of 25th Annual USA Songwriting Competition

"I'm grateful my song was selected winner of the top prize in the USA Songwriting competition. This recognition inspires me to continue the work. I love the process of writing, and this will help me follow through when the next song idea pops into my head. Thanks to the judges, and thank you to everyone at the competition for supporting the art of songwriting." ..David Wilcox, Overall Grand Prize winner, 2018 USA Songwriting Competition.

"I realized that most songwriters I know enter USA Songwriting Competition, it is wonderful what they are doing and helping songwriters like us"...Rich A. Miller, songwriter

"I am very excited to have won this competition!"...Terry Fator, Winner of the Gospel category of the 2016 USA Songwriting Competition, Top winner of America's Got Talent (Season 2).

"Incredible! It's great to feel that something you create catches people. It's the biggest buzz to have USA Songwriting Competition pick my song is an honor"...Trev Lukather, Winner of the Rock category of the 2016 USA Songwriting Competition. He is the son of legendary guitarist – Steve Lukather of "Toto".

"This is a great place for talent to be found"...Monte Lipman, President & CEO of Universal Records.

*FREE EARLY ENTRY BONUS: First 1,000 entries entered by March 31st or earlier will each receive a FREE Recording magazine 12-month subscription worth $24.97! Hurry, enter now >>

Dedicated to the art & excellence of songwriting,

Karen Randle
Artist Relations
USA Songwriting Competition

P.S.: Hurry, time is running out for your Bonus, this is very important and time sensitive for you and your music, Enter online now »

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