Calling all songwriters!
The deadline for the May/June Lyric Contest is Thursday March 18th at 11:00 PM CST so don’t delay. Send us your lyrics for a chance to be published in yours truly. One of the six bi-monthly winners will be selected for a Grand Prize trip to Nashville, Tennessee. We’ll schedule a “Dream Co-Writing [...]

MARCH APRIL ON MY DEATHBED CONTEST
Sign up to win a Blue Bottle Rocket Stage 1 microphone ($699 value) by entering our March/April On My Deathbed contest.
Enter the contest by visiting www.americansongspace.com/contest/deathbedmarch10

May/June 2010 LYRIC CONTEST

Grand Prize: One of the bi-monthly First Place winners is selected each year for a Grand Prize trip to Nashville, Tennessee (includes two round-trip travel tickets). We’ll schedule a dream co-writing session for the winner with a legendary Nashville songwriter and a full band demo recording session at a leading Nashville demo [...]

JAN/FEB ON MY DEATHBED CONTEST
Andrew Scott Wills of Gallipolis, Ohio is the winner of the Jan/Feb contest! He wins a Sequoia Acoustic Dreadnought (SDS43). Here are his top ten albums:
Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel
The Last DJ, Tom Petty
American IV: The Man Comes Around, Johnny Cash
August and Everything After, Counting Crows
Birmingham Road, Jeff Black
Much [...]

The Chris Austin Songwriting Contest
2009 Chris Austin Contest presented by Merlefest
The Chris Austin Songwriting Contest is in its eighteenth year and hosted by MerleFest. The contest was created to honor the memory of the late Chris Austin. Net proceeds of the contest help fund the Chris Austin Memorial Scholarship.
1st Place Winners receive a performance on [...]

NOTE: American Songwriter will be giving away tickets to the Les Paul Tribute Concert at the Ryman Auditorium on Thursday November 19th; go to http://www.americansongspace.com/contest/lespaul for your chance to win. Contest ends Nov. 12.
November 5
The late Les Paul is primarily known for his innovation to the instrument that would eventually bear his name. As Nashville [...]

Nov/Dec 2009 On My Deathbed Contest

Deadline: December 10, 2009 01:00:00 PM
Notified By: December 15, 2009
Enter the Nov/Dec 2009 On My Deathbed giveaway for a chance to win prizes from our sponsors including One [1] Martin 1 Series OM-1, One [1] Fishman Aura Spectrum DI, Blue Microphones enCORE, One [1] Fender ‘57 Champ, One [1] [...]

Do It Yourself Video Contest
Win a trip to Nashville to have your own music video vision realized with Jeff Wilson, American Songwriter, and Avid.
Enter your best song on AmericanSongspace.com from Sept 1 – Oct 30 and we’ll judge our favorite entry and fly one lucky winner to Nashville for a video shoot. We’ll also promote [...]

uPlaya Music Universe Songwriter Contest
Through the end of August, there’s still time to find your song’s hit potential by entering the uPlaya Music Universe Contest. American Songwriter will help judge the contest entries along with uPlaya’s unique computerized judging system. Man vs. the machine, if you will. We’re excited to see which songs the machine [...]

Guy Clark Lyric Contest

SPECIAL OFFER: From August 4-14, submit to the Guy Clark Lyric Contest for 1/2 price. For this special promotion period, entries cost $17.50.
Visit www.AmericanSongspace.com/contest/guyclark to enter the Guy Clark Lyric Contest for a chance to win a trip to Nashville, hotel accomodations and a co-writing session with the legendary Guy Clark. The [...]