Deadline Looms – the 31st Annual USA Songwriting Competition
Enrollment deadline for the 31st Annual USA Songwriting Competition is fast approaching. Songwriters and Composers vie for a chance to win a top prize of $50,000 worth of cash and merchandise such as music gear. Winning songs will be receiving radio airplay. Songwriters can enter in 15 different song categories such as: Pop, Rock/Alt, Folk, R&B, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Instrumental, etc.
USA Songwriting Competition is sponsored by: PreSonus, New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion, Airplay Access, Recording magazine, Reason Studios, Hal Leonard, Nembrini Audio, Berklee Online, SongsAI, Singer Express, Songcraft, Music Gateway, Melda Production/United Plugins, SoundTheory, SongBox, Hooktheory, WellPaidMusician.com, Songwritersdb, PSPAudioware, W.A. Production, Kali Audio, etc.
Last year’s grand prize was awarded to John Moreland.
“I never win at anything so this is really nice. It’s nice to be heard and seen. I thank the USA Songwriting Competition judges for hearing me.” …John Moreland, Overall Grand Prize winner of the 30th Annual USA Songwriting Competition.
This year’s launch also comes hot on the heels of three past winners receiving Grammy Awards in the past three years. USA Songwriting Competition winners Fyütch and Aura V won their first Grammy award in 2026 and also made history. Muni Long, who won the overall grand prize in 2017, picked up Best R&B Performance – her second Grammy in two years last year. Meanwhile, Wouter Kellerman, Best Instrumental Winner in 2017, collected his third Grammy for Best New Age Album two years ago.
ABOUT USA SONGWRITING COMPETITION
USA Songwriting Competition has a long history of having winners getting recording and publishing contracts, have their songs placed on the charts as well as having their songs placed on film and television, and winning Grammy Awards.
Andrew Jannakos, Top Winner of 25th Annual USA Songwriting Competition (2020), was signed to Sony Music Nashville, hit #65 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts.
2018 Top Winner David Wilcox received radio airplay for his winning song “We Make the Away by Walking”.
2013 winner American Authors were signed to Island Records, and hit #1 on the Billboard Charts and went 6X Platinum, selling over 6 million copies. The deadline to enter is May 29th. For more information, visit: www.songwriting.net
