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The Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest
at the Sisters Folk Festival
2007 WINNER: JUD CASWELL
This year we had about two hundred forty entries in the contest!
Our esteemed judges have been staying up late, getting up early and skipping work to get 'em all listened to.
Huge thanks to everyone who entered the contest, and best of luck to these finalists:
Brad Colerick — Hollywood, CA
Rita Hosking — Davis, CA
Holly O'Reilly — Bainbridge Island, WA
Rose Polenzani — Somerville, MA
Sarah Sample — Seattle, WA
We'll be hearing a lot from these folks during this year's Festival, and hope everyone will come on out and lend 'em an ear.
If you're looking for a chance to make your voice heard, do what these folks did and enter next year's Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest at the Sisters Folk Festival.
As the legendary Guy Clark will tell you, songwriting isn't a competitive sport. But putting your songs out there with others in the genre and testing them against the savvy of experienced judges is a great way to hone your craft.
Winning the Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest at the
Sisters Folk Festival has boosted the careers of songwriters
such as Darryl Purpose, Christopher Smith, Bob Hillman and
the late Dave Carter. And the $750 grand prize can buy some
valuable studio time (or a lot of guitar strings).
About the Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest
An important part of the Sisters Folk Festival (September 5-7, 2008), the song writing contest is a showcase for outstanding but under-recognized performing songwriters.
This is a SONGWRITER'S contest, not a SONG contest. This year, five finalists will vie for a $750 cash prize as the winner of the Sisters Folk Festival Songwriting Contest.
Entries will be accepted until August 6th. (NOTE: Entries must be POSTMARKED no later than July 31st.)
You may submit up to three songs. Entries will be judged on overall consistency of quality. Finalists will be selected from the timely entries by mid-August. The finalists will perform in the songwriting contest finals at the Festival on Saturday, September 6th
The winner will perform a short set to open the Saturday night Festival Main Stage concert. Finalists will have other performance opportunities at venues around Sisters throughout the weekend festival. Each finalist will also receive two nights lodging, meal vouchers and one all-events pass for the Festival.
SUBMITTALS WILL BE JUDGED FOR:
- ORIGINALITY AND UNIQUENESS
- SONG STRUCTURE
- PROSODY (FIT OF WORDS AND MUSIC)
- MEMORABILITY
SONGWRITING CONTEST RULES
- Contest is open to all except members of the Sisters Folk Festival steering committee and their families.
- Songs must be wholly original and all co-writers' names must be provided.
- Entries must not infringe on any existing copyright or other rights of any third party.
- By submitting songs, entrant agrees to indemnify the Sisters Folk Festival for any liability for copyright infringement.
- Submit up to three songs, on one cassette or CD.
- Separate lyric sheets must be provided for each song submitted. (Mark cassettes (or CD) and lyric sheets with your name, address, telephone number (e-mail optional).)
- Submittals must be postmarked NO LATER THAN JULY 31ST, and must be received by the festival by close of business on AUGUST 6TH. (MATERIALS POSTMARKED LATER THAN JULY 31ST OR RECEIVED AFTER AUGUST 6TH WILL NOT BE OPENED.)
- Entry fee is $20 payable to the Sisters Folk Festival, by check or money order. This is the entry fee whether you submit one, two or three songs -- $20 total is it!! PLEASE DO NOT SEND CASH.
MAIL ENTRIES TO:
Sisters Folk Festival
Songwriting Contest 2008
P.O. Box 3500, PMB 304
Sisters, OR 97759
Submit Online with Sonicbids.com
To help us reach songwriters more effectively, please indicate how you heard about the Sisters Folk Festival and the Songwriting Contest. THANKS!!
The Sisters Folk Festival is not responsible for loss or damage to entries prior to actual receipt. Because of high volume of entries, entries cannot be acknowledged or returned. Cassettes, CDs and lyric sheets will be destroyed at the end of the contest. DO NOT SEND THE ONLY COPY OF YOUR SONGS!
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