The Judges
The award winning judges include top music industry names such as producer Stuart Epps (well known for his work with Elton John, Robbie Williams, Led Zeppelin, Bill Wyman, Paul Weller, George Harrison, Oasis), BRIT Award winning producer, songwriter and musical director Simon Ellis (S Club 7, Britney Spears), CMA Award winning international country star and songwriter Lucie Diamond, and producer, musical director and arranger Richard Niles (Paul McCartney, Kylie Minogue, Boy Zone, Mariah Carey, Take That, Cliff Richard). Judging panels also include industry executives, publishers, managers, music organisations, experienced songwriters, past UKSC winners, UKSC directors, broadcasters, music journalists, authors and others from the UK and international music industry.  Read about the judges here.

NEWS
Olympic Theme winner When You Ride A Dream will be released on 21 May and promoted worldwide during the 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES. The track has been covered by several artists in a variety of genres under the direction of award winning producer Mel Shaw and he has also produced a music video to accompany the release. Mel is the Founding President of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and a Juno Award winning multiple Gold Album producer and the UKSC is pleased to be working with him on promotion for the track during the 2012 games...  return soon for updates...

In other news: Acoustic Category Winner, Bloody Good Xmas by Jamie Hawkins, gained a cult following on Facebook when the results were announced and was re-recorded and released as a Christmas Single reaching #2 in the Amazon Best Selling Download charts - it has been tipped by many as one to watch for the 2012 Christmas charts... see the video at YouTube or visit the Bloody Good Xmas official website..... Pop Category Winner Ken Brown teamed up with internationally renowned record producer and contest judge Stuart Epps as part of his UKSC prize package, and Stuart worked together with Ken to produce a stunning new remix of the song "What Love Is" in his state of the art UK studios - listen to Stuart's remix here....  The 2011 Rock Category Winner, Danger Deep Water by Jason Flinter, was chosen to open and launch LABEL EXPO, the prestigious International Awards Show in Brussels and Jason has also been asked to write music for this year's 2012 EXPO SUMMIT in Capetown - "All thanks to the UKSC!" says Jason.... Semi Finalists Chloe and Izzy Pinder were featured live on BBC TELEVISION performing their entry Hide and Seek after the results were announced and were also interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol and featured on the BBC iPlayer talking about their success in the contest, and many other entrants from last year have had extensive press coverage and radio plays. None of the above would have happened if these songwriters hadn't entered their songs in The UK Songwriting Contest... return soon for more news updates from recent months... anyone who enters this contest could have similar success and could be noticed by the many top industry professionals worldwide who follow this event very closely looking for new songwriting talent...

Something For Everyone
Every songwriter is given the judges score for each song and receives an official UKSC Certificate for every song entered with details of achievement and placement. Plus, there are guaranteed prizes for everyone including valuable songwriting courses, Broadjam memberships and more, as well as the main prizes. Many past entrants have received royalty earning radio play and many more have been featured in the press and on TV or have been signed or produced by top industry figures who closely follow this event looking for new talent (even Simon Cowell signed one of the winners). In the words of the UK's Channel 4 Television: "The UK Songwriting Contest does what it says on the tin! This is a real chance for new songwriters to break into the music business".We invite you to join us in one of the world's most prestigious, popular and important songwriting events... 

2012 DATES
We will start accepting entries in July - but the exact dates for 2012 have not been finalised yet. If you would like us to email you when the contest starts please join the contest mailing list using the sign up box on the Help Page and we will email you at that time to remind you. Or join us at Facebook (see below) for the latest info.

Community
Join our Facebook Page or become friends with other entrants on our Facebook Friends site. You can also interact with other songwriters at our Songwriting Community Group - the latest news and contest dates will be posted on all three UKSC Facebook Sites. We are also on MySpace and we have a channel featuring songs and songwriters from the contest at YouTube. You can also join us at Soundcloud.

"Beautifully run contest. I love this competition, communication just fantastic! Great work UKSC !!!!  Many thanks for your brilliant competition!"
Katie Hardyman (Australia)

"The UKSC is the most professional and well organised contest we know. It is the only songwriting contest we recommend". Music Aid International

"The UKSC gave me the start and the motivation I needed and I really appreciate it. I am so happy to be here in London working in the best studios with top producers and such great musicians." - Younee (Korea)

"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)

"Out of all the music contests, the nicest one is the UK Songwriting Contest. They are well organized and very friendly and because of their high level of organization you end up meeting lots of very talented people. The networking power of this contest is worth more than just being a winner, semi-finalist or runner-up."  dZ (Daniella Salone)   (Canada)

"The UK Songwriting Contest does what it says on the tin! This is a real chance for new songwriters to break into the music business" 
- Channel 4 Television

"Publishing deal now signed with Leonard Music Publishers for my winning UKSC Pop category Track "What Would It Be Like" I am well chuffed! Thank you so much. I have much respect for the UKSC team" -
Mary Hall (UK)

"Probably the greatest songwriting contest in the world"
- Eamon Ireland (Eire)

    
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