We are now accepting submission for the
2019 Hawai'i Songwriting Festival
​Songwriting Competition! 
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Congratulations 2018 Songwriting Competition Winners:

​​1st: HIGGS -  "No Plans"

 2nd:  KIMBERLY JUNE - "Love and Be Loved"
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3rd:  RAYMY KRUMREI - "A Daughter"
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Important information and rules:
  1. To submit your song, you must first be registered to attend the Hawai'i Songwriting Festival. Entries from people who have not registered to attend will not be considered.  
  2. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners from 2018 cannot enter again in 2019, but all other previous finalists and winners can enter this year.
  3. All entries must be accompanied by a lyric sheet.
  4. For the purposes of the competition, a song must have both lyrics and music.
  5. All songs must be original, unpublished songs that have been written or co-written by the entrant(s). For competition purposes, unpublished means not published by a major music publishing organization.
  6. Only amateur songwriters (including co-writers) are allowed to submit entries to the competition. For competition purposes, amateur is defined as anyone who has never had any song they wrote appear on any of the Billboard charts.
  7. Prizes for the Songwriting Competition will be announced at the event.  (For reference, Past prizes have included various acoustic and electric guitars and recording equipment.)

Songwriting Competition Details

Registered attendees** may submit one (1) song to the Hawai'i Songwriting Festival songwriting competition. Please follow the instructions below.
This competition is held in conjunction with the Hawai'i Songwriting Festival and is entirely optional. 
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**Only registered conference attendees are eligible to submit.

Quality recordings are appreciated, but the entries are judged on the songwriting, not the recording, performance, or presentation of the song. Rough demos are acceptable. 

Six to ten finalists will be chosen and announced at the opening ceremony on the first day of the conference (June 20). They will each perform their song that evening for all the attendees, and a panel of judges (selected staff members) will choose 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.  

In addition to receiving various prizes from our sponsors, the winners will perform one song each in the Hit Makers concert on Saturday night (June 22).

After reading the rules below, email your entry (with a lyric sheet) to info@hawaiisongwritingfestival.com with "2019 Contest Entry" as the subject line.  
You may send a mp3 or direct us to a link on SoundCloud, BandCamp, etc. 

 DEADLINE is 11:59PM HST on Sunday, June 16.