This is a final reminder that the deadline for the 2015 UK Songwriting Contest is midnight Wednesday 30th September. The entry forms and full details of the prizes on offer this year, plus details of the top music industry judges who are waiting to hear your songs, are all on the contest website at www.songwritingcontest.co.uk

Best wishes from the Team,
The UK Songwriting Contest

SONGWRITERS: LAST WEEK TO SUBMIT SONGS

Songwriters from any country can enter songs in this respected international songwriting event. Visit the contest website at www.songwritingcontest.co.uk to enter. Your songs will be judged and marked by professional songwriters and top producers and you will receive a UKSC Certificate for each song entered plus free songwriting courses and memberships worth many times the entry fee AND you will have the chance to win one of the main prizes including working with the legendary Stuart Epps as part of the Epps Music Productions stable of songwriters, personal mentoring with the top multi platinum songwriter Shelly Peiken, The Mozart Software Awards and much more!

See the Prizes Page for full details of this year's prizes. And check out our recently updated FAQ / Help  page - any questions you have about the event are sure to be answered there.

THE DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS MIDNIGHT SEPTEMBER 30
Check out the top Grammy, Emmy and BRIT Award winning judges and get the entry forms at www.songwritingcontest.co.uk

Dear Songwriter,

This is to remind you that the entry deadline for The UK Songwriting Contest 2015 is midnight 30th September. So if you haven't entered yet, or you want to enter more songs, don't forget that there are now less than two weeks left to submit your songs to this year's event.

The 2015 UK Songwriting Contest is a unique opportunity to showcase your work to the music industry in London, UK, and to have your songs examined and marked by experts. It doesn't matter where you live or if you are an experienced songwriter or a complete beginner - everyone has the same chance to have their work examined by professionals and to be discovered by top names in the music industry. Entry forms are at the official contest website at www.songwritingcontest.co.uk

Songwriters from every country can participate and everyone who enters is told the judges score for each song and gets an official UKSC Certificate with details of their song's achievements and placements. There are also valuable guaranteed gifts and prizes, worth many times the entry fee, for everyone who enters. In the words of 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".

THE EPPS MUSIC PRODUCTIONS PRIZE
UKSC judge and top music producer Stuart Epps has agreed to work with this year's UK Songwriting Contest winner! Stuart has worked with some of the world's greatest songwriters including Elton John, Oasis, Robbie Williams and George Harrison. This is a unique opportunitty to work with Stuart as part of the Epps Music Productions stable of songwriters and artists.

OTHER PRIZES
Other prizes include a personal coaching with multi platinum songwriter Shelly Peiken. Songwriting Magazine have written a feature article about Shelly's involvement with the UKSC this year: Read the article Here. There are also personally signed copies of UKSC judge Richard Niles' new book The Invisible Artist, The UKSC Mozart Software Awards, song copyright registrations at the SCO, Guild of International Songwriters and Composers memberships, songwriting courses for everyone and so much more. There is something for everyone who enters, not just for the winners. Check out the full details on the contest website.

JUDGES
The top internationally famous Grammy, Emmy, CMA and BRIT Award winning UKSC judges include multi platinum hit songwriter Shelly Peiken (two number ones for Christina Aguilera among other hits), composer and two times Grammy and Emmy winner Kipper Eldridge (also well known in the music business as Sting's producer), legendary producer Stuart Epps (Elton John, Robbie Williams, Oasis), the top producer and arranger Richard Niles (Paul McCartney, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Mariah Carey), CMA Award winning country star Lucie Diamond and TV and Film composer Jamie Sefari (see the video link below), chart topping number one hit songwriter Mark Cawley and UKSC winner and Platinum Album artist Natalie Chua (signed by Simon Cowell after winning the UKSC).

VIDEO TIPS
Last year two of the UKSC judges made an interesting video talking about the contest and it is worth watching again this year as everything they say is still just as valid. In this video Lucie Diamond and her judging partner Jamie Serafi talk about what it is like to be a UK Songwriting Contest judge. They also talk about the songs people enter in the contest and give some tips... Lucie is a CMA award winning country artist and songwriter and Jamie is a successful Film and TV composer. The video is at http://youtu.be/xWSOsUuSZ1U

CATEGORIES
The entry categories this year 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 and Christmas Songs. Full details and descriptions of the song categories are on the contest website at http://songwritingcontest.co.uk

HOW TO ENTER
Visit the official contest website at www.songwritingcontest.co.uk for the entry forms. Use these simple forms to enter your song in a few easy clicks. All songwriters from any country may enter. Members of Sonicbids.com can also enter from their website.

We wish you every success in this year's event and in all your future songwriting projects, and don't forget, the deadline for song entries in the 2015 event is midnight 30th September. We look forward to receiving your songs.

Best wishes,
UK Songwriting Contest
www.songwritingcontest.co.uk

MAIN WEBSITE: www.songwritingcontest.co.uk
FACEBOOK PAGE: www.facebook.com/uksongwritingcontest
COMMUNITY GROUP: www.facebook.com/groups/uksongwritingcontest
TWITTER: www.twitter.com/uksongwriting
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/uksongwritingcontest

Dear Songwriter,

The entry deadline for the UK Songwriting Contest is midnight 30th September. Many of you have already entered your songs, but if you haven't entered a song yet, or you want to enter more songs, you still have time to submit.

The 2015 UK Songwriting Contest is an opportunity to showcase your work to the music industry in London, UK, and to have your songs examined and marked by experts. Entry forms are at the official contest website at http://www.songwritingcontest.co.uk

Songwriters from every country can participate and everyone who enters this respected international contest is told the judges score for each song and gets an official UKSC Certificate with details of their song's achievements and placements. There are also valuable guaranteed gifts and prizes worth many times the entry fee for everyone who enters. In the words of 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".

THE EPPS MUSIC PRODUCTIONS PRIZE
UKSC judge and legendary british producer Stuart Epps has agreed to work with this year's UK Songwriting Contest winner!  Stuart has worked with some of the world's greatest songwriters including Elton John, Oasis, Robbie Williams and George Harrison and this year we are pleased to announce that in 2015 one UKSC entrant will be chosen to work with Stuart as part of the Epps Music Productions stable of songwriters and artists. Stuart has made a short video where he talks about the UKSC and about songwriting and he describes how he has learned to spot a good song after years of working with some of the best in the business - watch it at https://youtu.be/b5irwYMSrso

OTHER PRIZES
Other prizes include a personal coaching session with the hugely successful multi platinum songwriter Shelly Peiken. Songwriting Magazine have written a feature article about Shelly's involvement with the UKSC this year: Read the article Here. There are also personally signed copies of UKSC judge Richard Niles' new book The Invisible Artist, The Mozart Software Awards, song copyright registrations at the SCO, Guild of International Songwriters and Composers memberships, songwriting courses and so much more. There is something for everyone who enters, not just for the winners. Check out the full details on the contest website.

JUDGES
Grammy, Emmy, CMA and BRIT Award winning judges include multi platinum hit songwriter Shelly Peiken (two number ones for Christina Aguilera among other hits), composer and Grammy and Emmy winner Kipper Eldridge (who is also well known in the music business as Sting's producer), legendary producer Stuart Epps (Elton John, Robbie Williams, Oasis), the top producer and arranger Richard Niles (Paul McCartney, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Mariah Carey), CMA Award winning country star Lucie Diamond and TV and Film composer Jamie Sefari (see the video link below), chart topping number one hit songwriter Mark Cawley and UKSC winner and Platinum Album artist Natalie Chua (signed by Simon Cowell after winning the UKSC).

VIDEO TIPS
Last year two of the UKSC judges made an interesting video talking about the contest and it is worth watching again this year as everything they say is still just as valid. In this video Lucie Diamond and her judging partner Jamie Serafi talk about what it is like to be a UK Songwriting Contest judge. They also talk about the songs people enter in the contest and give some tips... Lucie is a CMA award winning country artist and songwriter and Jamie is a successful Film and TV composer. The video is at http://youtu.be/xWSOsUuSZ1U

CATEGORIES
The entry categories this year 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 and Christmas Songs. Full details and descriptions of the song categories are on the contest website at http://songwritingcontest.co.uk

HOW TO ENTER
Visit the official contest website at http://www.songwritingcontest.co.uk for the entry forms. Use these simple forms to enter your song in a few easy clicks. All songwriters from any country may enter. Members of Sonicbids.com and Broadjam.com can also enter from those websites.

We wish you every success in this year's event and in your future songwriting.

Best wishes,
UK Songwriting Contest
http://songwritingcontest.co.uk

MAIN WEBSITE: www.songwritingcontest.co.uk
FACEBOOK PAGE: www.facebook.com/uksongwritingcontest
COMMUNITY GROUP: www.facebook.com/groups/uksongwritingcontest
TWITTER: www.twitter.com/uksongwriting
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/uksongwritingcontest

This a post to remind everyone that there is a lot of UKSC activity taking place on Facebook during the 2015 contest. There is an official UKSC Facebook Page and also a Facebook UKSC Community Group.

FACEBOOK PAGE
Get the latest contest news from contestants and see the media coverage that many contestants have been receiving. You can also comment on the posts there or make your own posts.  The Page is at www.facebook.com/uksongwritingcontest 
Make sure you click on "Like" and also choose "Get Notifications" (from the drop down menu under "Like") to make sure you see the latest news and posts.

COMMUNITY GROUP
In the UKSC Facebook Community Group songwriters can interact with each other, collaborate, ask questions and get opinions on their UKSC song entries from other songwriters. This is a very useful, friendly and helpful group.
The group is at www.facebook.com/groups/uksongwritingcontest  Make sure that "Notifications" is switched on to get the latest news and discussions.

Contest entry forms and all details are at www.songwritingcontest.co.uk

Best wishes from,
The UKSC Team