2020 Global Song Competition

With more cash prizes on offer than ever before and a firm closing date of Thursday 29 October approaching, songwriters do not want to miss out on entering their song in the annual Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.
 
The competition's original mid-May closing date was extended due to the impact of COVID-19, ensuring songwriters from around the world had plenty of time to enter. Along with the extension, came the announcement of an additional ten runner-up prizes of A$1,000, donated by an unnamed generous supporter. So far, entries have come from as far as Mozambique, Malaysia and Mexico. 
 
The 1st place winner will receive a career-changing A$50,000 furnished by APRA AMCOS, Alberts and BMG; 2nd place of A$10,000 courtesy of Banki Haddock Fiora, A$5,000 courtesy Aon, and the A$5,000 AMPAL Emerging Songwriter Prize awarded to an unpublished songwriter and furnished by the Australasian Music Publishers Association Limited.
 
At the heart of the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition is the financial support that songwriters provide with their full A$50 entry fee going directly to the transformative programs of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia (NORO). Due to the financial impact that COVID-19 has had on the non-profit organisation, coupled with the heightened demand for services, the competition's proceeds come at a crucial time.
 
"At NORO, we provide music therapy services to 1,300 individuals and groups each week, and without the generosity of the talented songwriters who enter the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition, we would not be able to deliver these therapies to all in need," said NORO Music Therapy CEO Belinda Leonard.