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2024 Musicworks Electronic Music Composition Contest
Timeline
Submission period
Thu Aug 22 at 04AM UTC
End of submission period
Fri Nov 1 at 07:59AM UTC
Results date
Sat May 31, 2025 at 04PM UTCEntry or Course Fee
Contest entry fee is $30
The 14th annual Musicworks Electronic Music Composition Contest opens August 1, 2024.
Our annual juried contest spotlights new musical talent from around the world, offering cash prizes and opportunities to be heard and published. In 2023, we received 150 submissions from nineteen countries, including Canada, the U.S., and the U.K., as well as Belgium, Slovenia, Taiwan, Brazil, and others.
First prize: $500, a composer profile in Musicworks in 2025, and the composition released on the accompanying Musicworks CD.
Second prize: $200 and composer coverage on musicworks.ca in 2025.
Third prize: $100 and composer coverage on musicworks.ca in 2025.
Marcelle Deschênes Prize in Electronic Music / prix Marcelle Deschênes pour la musique électronique: $300 and a composer profile in 2025. This prize is open to entrants who self-identify as female or non-binary.
REQUIREMENTS
Compose and submit an experimental piece in any electronic-music genre—acousmatic, electroacoustic, glitch, soundscape, intelligent dance music (IDM), turntable art, or video music. The contest is open to entries from anywhere in the world and from artists at any stage of their careers. Pieces must be previously unpublished (i.e. not released on a commercially available recording at the time of submission).
Maximum length: 10 minutes.
Details are available at web pages:
https://musicworksmag.myshopify.com/products/2024-musicworks-electronic-music-composition-contest
Our annual juried contest spotlights new musical talent from around the world, offering cash prizes and opportunities to be heard and published. In 2023, we received 150 submissions from nineteen countries, including Canada, the U.S., and the U.K., as well as Belgium, Slovenia, Taiwan, Brazil, and others.
First prize: $500, a composer profile in Musicworks in 2025, and the composition released on the accompanying Musicworks CD.
Second prize: $200 and composer coverage on musicworks.ca in 2025.
Third prize: $100 and composer coverage on musicworks.ca in 2025.
Marcelle Deschênes Prize in Electronic Music / prix Marcelle Deschênes pour la musique électronique: $300 and a composer profile in 2025. This prize is open to entrants who self-identify as female or non-binary.
REQUIREMENTS
Compose and submit an experimental piece in any electronic-music genre—acousmatic, electroacoustic, glitch, soundscape, intelligent dance music (IDM), turntable art, or video music. The contest is open to entries from anywhere in the world and from artists at any stage of their careers. Pieces must be previously unpublished (i.e. not released on a commercially available recording at the time of submission).
Maximum length: 10 minutes.
Details are available at web pages:
https://musicworksmag.myshopify.com/products/2024-musicworks-electronic-music-composition-contest
