17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition Deadline Looms

[Art Laurent]

Deadline is fast approaching for the 17th Annual USA Songwriting
Competition, a competition open to all songwriters worldwide. Winning
songs of the 17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition will receive
airplay on a nationally syndicated radio program “Acoustic Café” as
well as Sirius XM Satellite Radio. This is the first Songwriting
Competition that gives airplay to the winning songs, giving deserving
bands, songwriters the recognition and exposure they deserve.

Entrants stand to win a grand prize of over US$50,000 in cash and
music gear from sponsors such as Sony, D’Addario Strings, Ableton,
Audio-Technica, Presonus, IK Multimedia, and more, making this the
largest prize package for any annual songwriting competition. Other
sponsors include: New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion,
AirplayAccess.com, Onboard Research, Acoustica, Livewire Musician,
Sonoma Wireworks. Intellitouch Tuners, Reverbnation, Broadjam, Sirius
XM Radio, Sonicbids and Soundcloud.

Nenna Yvonne, songwriter from Los Angeles, is the 16th Annual USA
Songwriting Competition's Overall Grand Prize winner was featured in
Japan's Cure Magazine. Nenna Yvonne premiered her winning song "Go
Around," on CBS’s hit TV show "The Mentalist" and currentlly signed to
Interscope Records.

Also from Los Angeles, Alexander Cardinale (see pictured, performing
at USA Songwriting Competition's Songwriters Showcase during SXSW
Week), 16th Annual USA Songwriting Competition's First Prize winner
(Pop Category and Overall Second Prize Winner had his winning song
"Traffic Lights" on the new "90210" TV program on CW network, aired on
March 6, 2012. He was also on Music Connections Magazine's HOT 100
Unsigned Artists list of the year 2011. Alexander has worked as an
actor in Films and TV . Most recently he shot a small, but featured
principal role in David Fincher's hit movie The Social Network,
written by Aaron Sorkin. Also soon to be released, he can be seen
starring in Chad Peter's dark comedy, "Apocalypse, CA."

Molly Hunt won the 16th Annual USA Songwriting Competition First
Prize, Country category and Overall Third Prize winner made passed the
Hollywood round and Las Vegas round of the Top 60 of American Idol TV
show. She is the youngest first prize winner of the USA Songwriting
Competition at just 15 years old. Molly will be singing the National
Anthem at the Official Detroit Red Wings game two months ago. USA
Songwriting Competition winners came from all over the world:
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Denmark, etc.

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. 2005 First Prize Winner Kate Voegele went on to get signed
by Interscope records after her win. Kate shot to Pop stardom and her
winning song "Only Fooling Myself" hit Top 40 on the Billboard Charts.
Her second album hit top 10 on the Billboard 200 Charts. She also
stars on the Hit TV show "One Tree Hill".

USA Songwriting Competition winner Christopher Tin won two Grammy
Awards at the recent 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. This marks a grand
historic win, making Christopher the only USA Songwriting Competition
winner to win two Grammy Awards in the same year. Christopher Tin won
an honorable mention award at the 15th Annual USA Songwriting
Competition with the same song "Baba Yetu" that won two Grammy
awards.Judges include A&R managers from record labels such as Warner,
Capitol Records, Universal, BMG/SONY Music. Songs may be entered in 15
different categories including Pop, Rock/Alternative, R&B and Country.
Entries are accepted from now through May 31, 2012.
For more information, visit:
http://www.songwriting.net

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