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Showcase your work to the music industry. Win prizes and awards.
The overall winner will travel to London at our expense from anywhere in the world (or choose the cash equivalent) to see the sights, visit Abbey Road, and spend a day in the studio recording with legendary British producer Stuart Epps. For a songwriter it really doesn't get much better than this! And everyone who enters a song gets something! Other prizes include personal mentoring and coaching with hit songwriter Mark Cawley, the Mozart Software Awards, GISC memberships, International Song Copyright registrations and much more AND everyone who enters gets UKSC guaranteed prizes (worth many times the entry fee) and receives a UKSC Certificate and is told the judges score for each song. See Full Prize Details here.
UKSC judges include Platinum and Gold Album, Grammy, Emmy, CMA and BRIT Award winning professionals such as top British producer Stuart Epps (Elton John, Robbie Williams, Oasis), Multi Platinum songwriter Shelly Peiken, Britney Spears' musical director and BRIT Award winner Simon Ellis, producer and arranger Richard Niles (Paul McCartney, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Mariah Carey), Sting's producer and Double Grammy and Emmy winner Kipper Eldridge, CMA Award winning country star Lucie Diamond, number one hit songwriter Mark Cawley, Oscar nominated TV and Film Composer Jamie Serafi, and UKSC winner and Platinum Album artist Natalie Chua (signed by Simon Cowell after her UKSC win).
Many people enter songs to be part of a respected internatonal songwriting event and to receive scores from the judges and certificates. Others are more serious about launching a career and many have had success. For example Neil Fitzgerald (photo) was signed to the world's biggest independent publishing company and his winning song has raised over £40,000 for charity from sales, Leigh Haggerwood's entry was used as the theme song for a network TV show, has had over 40 million YouTube views and was playlisted in 140,000 stores worldwide, Belle Humble has written for major artists, film and TV and and has topped charts globally since winning the UKSC, the Olympic Theme Winner was released during the Games by Juno Award winning producer Mel Shaw, Natale Chua was signed by Simon Cowell, released a Platinum album and became a UKSC judge in 2012. See more on the Success Stories page.
Semi Finalists from session one were announced in July.
More details are on the Help / FAQ Page.
All songwriters and lyricists are welcome. It doesn't matter where you live or if you are a complete beginner or an experienced writer. You can enter as many songs in as many categories as you wish. It is quick and easy to upload and enter an MP3 of your song - and Lyrics Only entries can be easily submitted online using a very simple form. If you have any questions they will be answered on the Help / Info Page.
You will only receive ocassional essential news, we respect your privacy, and you can instantly cancel at any time.
The contest was formed in association with The BRIT Trust (of BRIT Awards fame) with support from The BRIT School and The BRIT Studio in 2002 with the aim of discovering new talented songwriters and encouraging and supporting the craft of songwriting. In keeping with these original aims no one goes away empty handed. All entrants have the chance to be featured in the UKSC Awards Show and receive international promotion. Prizes include professional studio recording sessions, valuable songwriting software, personal mentoring and coaching and advice from top professionals, international copyright registrations with SongCopyright.org, UKSC Certificates for every entrant and much more. EVERYONE WHO ENTERS receives vaulable song pitching opportunities and a package of very useful songwriting courses from SongU plus automatic free "TV and Film" membership of Broadjam.com (worth $100 - around £80 - for every entrant), and everyone who enters is also awarded an official UKSC Certificate for each song with details of their song's position and achievement in the contest - it looks great framed on your living room or studio wall, as a prop in publicity photographs, or use it in your press kit or for when you apply for courses or jobs etc. Every writer is also told the judges score for each song entered which provides valuable information and feedback on how their song compares to all the others in the contest. Other prizes include memberships of the Guild of International Songwriters and Composers, media support, personal one-on-one coaching with a professional number one chart topping songwrter, CD artwork and much more... Click Here for full Prize details.
There are 20 main Winners in this contest (one for each of the Song Categories) and also many Finalist, Semi Finalist and Commended Entry winners - see the ﻿Prizes Page﻿ for full details of the great prizes this year. Everyone who enters has their songs examined and rated by industry professionals and everyone also receives valuable song pitching opportunities and songwriting courses at SongU and a Broadjam membership (together worth US$100 - around £80). In addition every songwriter in the contest is given the judges score for each song and receives a UKSC Certificate for every song entered with details of the writer's achievement and position. This competition gives a genuine chance to all songwriters to be noticed and discovered by the music industry in London and to have their songs judged, rated and scored by industry professionals. No other contest works harder or provides so many opportunities to songwriters.
Many UKSC entrants have received royalty earning radio play an have been featured in the press, radio, and on prime time TV around the world. Many entrants have been published, signed to deals, produced, and have worked with top industry figures as a result of entering this contest - see the Success Stories page.
"It is the only contest I enter songs into because it is extremely well run and you know that all entries get a proper and professional listening."
"Thanks for putting on a genuine competition - it means a lot to us musicians. This is surely one of the best, if not THE best, songwriting competition... thanks for being so transparent in your scoring and judging as well - it gives us great confidence that this is a fair competition. Massive thanks. Christopher Shenton Brown and Raptusound.
"I was delighted to win the 2014 UK Songwriting Contest for the lyrics to 'Give Me Impossible Things'. It's a great opportunity for writers & musicians - and it has been really helpful for me - I can't recommend it enough!!"
"The UK Songwriting Contest is a great tool to open doors for your music. I won semi-finalist and contacted media via the web - the rewards are "pinch me is this happening?" Thanks UKSC!" - Colleen Clark (USA) Colleen was featured on FOX TV about her semi finalist position.
"The UK Songwriting Contest can change your musical life..."
says Czech Composer Tomas Kympl who has been a two times successful UKSC category winner - Open Category in 2015 and Instrumental Category in 2016.
Every song receives a Certificate.
This contest is open to songwriters from every country. Beginners and experienced writers are welcome and all are judged equally. This is an international contest with entries from every continent. Everyone has the same opportunity to showcase their work to top people in the music industry in London and have their work examined and judged in the UK and to appear in the Awards Show no matter where they live. Completee beginners have as much chance to be succesful as everyone else who enters. See the Testimonials Page for genuine unsolicited comments from songwriters.
Every writer will receive a personalised UKSC Certificate for each song entered - it will look great framed on your studio or living room wall, as a prop in publicity photographs, or use it in your press kit or for when you apply for courses or jobs etc. Every writer will also know the exact judges score for each song entered.
The song categories are: Pop, Lyrics Only, Singer/Songwriter, Rock, Adult Contemporary, Love Songs, Acoustic & Folk, Under 18s, Music Videos, Jazz & Blues, Country, Christian/Faith, R&B/HipHop/Rap, Instrumental, Open/Other Category, Electronic/Dance/Ambient, Christmas Songs, World Music, Retro and Indie. Full details and descriptions of the song categories are here.

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