Lyric Writer Awards 2013

We Are Listening have teamed up with StudioPros.com to provide an incredible, end-to-end solution for lyricists through a career launching lyric writing contest - The Lyric Writer Awards!

Each year, four writers will be selected by our expert panel of judges for an exclusive co-writing and recording project with some of the industry’s most prominent songwriters, producers, mix engineers, and session musicians.

We Are Listening will hire a professional staff writer to set music to the winners' lyrics and StudioPros.com will provide their full music production service featuring some of LA's finest session players, producers and audio engineers. We Are Listening will then pitch the completed master to its network of music publishers and supervisors.

This is your opportunity to turn your words into recorded music and work with the industry's leading songwriters, session players, producers, and engineers.

Categories & Cash Prizes

• A professional songwriter will write the melody and chord changes for the winning lyric and deliver a scratch demo and/or lead sheet to StudioPros.com


• StudioPros.com will book a producer, mix engineer, mastering engineer, guitarist, bass player, drummer, vocalist and keyboard player to produce the song.


• We Are Listening will pitch the mastered demo to its network of music publishers and music supervisors. They can't guarantee a deal but we'll give it a darn good try!

Rules

• The lyric must be an own, original work


• Each entry will be judged on its:


• (I) song form


• (II) composition


• (III) creative and professional merit


• The lyric must be in English


• The lyric can be the product of more than one writer but the fair division of the awards and prizes and/or co-authorship or co-publishing agreement will be the responsibility of the entrant as the name appears on the entry form


• The entry fee for one song is $20.