The Song Post.
Edition No. 7 — September 16, 2026Fees shown · terms summarized · sources linked

The Song
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The lead — competitionVerified Aug 14

International Songwriting Competition 2026.

Closes
November 23
Entry
$20–$30 per song, per category
You could win
$25,000 cash plus studio time, guitars and gear
Your rights
You keep every ownership right in the song you enter — Rule 14.
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Competitions

worth your entry fee — every rights line on the card
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Competition

Best Song Of The Month

with SongwriterUniverse
Closes
Rolling
Rolling — no deadline pressure
Entry
$10 per song
You could win
No cash, industry directories and a Broadjam membership, plus a published interview
The contest page carries no rights, licence or ownership clause — captured August 2, 2026.
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Competition

International Acoustic Music Awards 2026

with International Acoustic Music Awards
Closes
November 6
seven weeks
Entry
$35 per song
You could win
No cash, $11,000 of merchandise and services to the Grand Prize winner
“Entrants and their collaborators will retain full rights to all work submitted for the competition” — Rule 5.
A publicity-rights note: Rule 6: “Entry constitutes permission to use winners names, likeness and voices for future publicity and advertising purposes without additional compensation.” A publicity grant over winners, not a claim on the song — the same clause shape appears in ISC’s Rule 10 and the John Lennon Songwriting Contest’s Section 5.
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Competition

Great American Song Contest 2026

with Songwriters Resource Network
Closes
November 18
late autumn
Entry
$40 per song
You could win
$2,500 cash to the Grand Prize, plus $500 per category winner and a $1,000 lyric prize
Writers retain all rights to their songs, lyrics and compositions — contest rules.
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Scoring & placement

scoring calls and libraries that publish their terms in full
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Scoring & placement

Soundscape — non-exclusive representation for film, TV and advertising

with Soundscape Media Inc.
Closes
Rolling
Rolling — no deadline pressure
Entry
Free to submit
It pays
No cash up front — 50% of all Net Receipts Soundscape actually collects on your music, plus 100% of the writer’s share of performance royalties paid to you direct by your PRO
A non-exclusive license, limited to licensing your compositions and masters to media productions worldwide, for a three-year term that renews yearly unless either side gives 60 days’ notice; it reverts once the term ends — Section 2(1).
A heads-up: Section 7(2)(b) uses perpetual/irrevocable licensing language over the song, regardless of any separate ownership disclaimer — scope, duration and revocability decide, not the disclaimer.
A publicity-rights note: Section 2(4) grants Soundscape Media Inc. the right to use your name, likeness and photographs in connection with the rights it licenses — a publicity-rights grant, and a separate question from what happens to the song.
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Scoring & placement

Tribe of Noise — non-exclusive licensing at 42.5%

with Tribe of Noise BV
Closes
Rolling
Rolling — no deadline pressure
Entry
Free to upload
It pays
No cash up front — 42.5% of every licence fee Tribe of Noise collects on your music, with 42.5% to the platform and 15% held back against transaction costs
The license has no stated end date — Section 9.1.
A heads-up: Section 9.1 takes a licence over what you send and never states how long it lasts. Scope, duration and revocability are what a licence means — an ownership disclaimer standing next to it settles none of them, so this is the question to put to Tribe of Noise BV in writing before you enter.
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Scoring & placement

Audiosocket — non-exclusive representation at 25% of the fee

with Audiosocket
Closes
Rolling
Rolling — no deadline pressure
Entry
Free to submit
It pays
No cash up front — on the non-exclusive roster, 25% of the upfront licensing fee plus 100% of the writer’s share of royalties; the other 75% of the fee and the publishing royalties are commissioned by the platform
The license has no stated end date — the artist-registration page (captured August 14, 2026).
A heads-up: the artist-registration page (captured August 14, 2026) takes a licence over what you send and never states how long it lasts. Scope, duration and revocability are what a licence means — an ownership disclaimer standing next to it settles none of them, so this is the question to put to Audiosocket in writing before you enter.
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Retreats & camps

places to go and write — nobody there wants a piece of your songs
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Retreat

Soundweavings 2027 at the Banff Centre

with Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Closes
September 30
two weeks
Entry
$65 to apply; $8,722.35 programme fee before scholarships
Your week
Twenty days in the Rockies, a single room, meals and studio access
The programme page states nothing about rights in work made during the residency — captured August 2, 2026.
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Retreat

TERRA Songwriting — four days on an Appalachian lake

with TERRA Songwriting
Closes
October 8
three weeks
Entry
$550 shared room, $700 private room
Your week
Four days writing in a small group at Alpine Lake Resort
Nothing about rights in songs written at the retreat appears in the captured terms — the retreat page, captured August 11, 2026.
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Retreat

Sync MasterCamp — three days writing to briefs

with SongWriter Camps
Closes
October 20
five weeks
Entry
$749 per person
Your week
Three days, three finished songs, written in groups of three
You keep the copyrights; the camp’s songs are administered by PEN Music Group — programme page, captured August 2, 2026.
A heads-up: the programme page lists two things side by side: “Retain ownership of the copyrights”, and “Have your songs from the camp, represented and administered by PEN Music Group to enable one stop clearance and to maximize future sync opportunities worldwide.” Keeping ownership and handing administration to a third party are separate questions, and the page publishes no term, territory or split for that administration — so the second sentence is the one to ask about before you book.
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