MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs) is currently accepting submissions for the MAC sponsored Dottie Burman and John Wallowitch Songwriting Awards. You do not need to be a MAC member to submit for these awards.
Submissions are open until Oct 15th (anything received after the 15th will not be considered). Judging will take place between Oct 15th and Nov 8th. The three finalists for each award will be notified on Nov 1st. The winners will be announced on Nov 8th.
The winner of each award will have one of his or her submitted songs presented at The MAC Songwriter's Evening “They Write the Songs” on Sunday Nov 16th. People who submit should be prepared to be there that evening to accept the award. The show is hosted by Grammy Award Winning Julie Gold and this year’s featured writer is Amanda Green (High Fidelity). Past featured writers have included Jeff Blumenkrantz (Urban Cowboy) and Flaherty & Ahrens (Rocky & Ragtime). It is a wonderful annual event and you should mark it on your calendar now, regardless of the outcome of the competition.
DOTTIE BURMAN AWARD
The recipient will receive $500 and a certificate. One of their songs will be performed at the MAC event "They Write The Songs" at Baruch College on Nov 16th.
Qualifications
• Songwriter must be age 40 or over.
• Songwriter cannot thus far have received significant recognition in the music industry, and may not previously have won an award from MAC for songwriting.
• Songwriter must submit three songs (MP3 only) via email with accompanying lyrics in the body of the email only. No PDF or Word attachments or links.
• SUBMISSION EMAIL: burmanaward@gmail.com
• Each song should be emailed in a separate email. Please send all 3 emails at the same time or as close as possible.
• For each email, in the subject, put your last name and the song title (i.e. Sondheim-Send In The Clowns)
• Each email must also contain your name, the name(s) of your collaborators and a contact phone number
• Collaborations are eligible, provided that
-- all of the collaborators meet the qualifications,
-- all three submitted songs were written by the same writing team, and
-- none of the collaborators is also submitting individually or is a member of another writing team that is entering into the competition.
JOHN WALLOWITCH AWARD
The recipient will receive $500 and a certificate. One of their songs will be performed at the MAC event "They Write The Songs" at Baruch College on Nov 16th.
Qualifications
• Songwriter must be 39 years old or younger.
• Songwriter cannot thus far have received significant recognition in the music industry, and may not previously have won an award from MAC for songwriting.
• Songwriter must submit three songs (MP3 only) in one email with accompanying lyrics in the body of the email only. No PDF or Word attachments or links.
• SUBMISSION EMAIL: wallowitchaward@gmail.com
• Each song should be emailed in a separate email. Please send all 3 emails at the same time or as close as possible.
• For each email, in the subject, put your last name and the song title (i.e. Sondheim-Send In The Clowns)
• Each email must also contain your name, the name(s) of your collaborators and a contact phone number
• Collaborations are eligible, provided that
-- all of the collaborators meet the qualifications,
-- all three submitted songs were written by the same writing team, and
-- none of the collaborators is also submitting individually or is a member of another writing team that is entering into the competition.
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