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Annual Song Contest held by the Dallas Songwriters Association to provide a benchmark for popular songwriting competency. Winners in each category, plus grand prize winners.

CATEGORIES AND JUDGES:Finalists in each category will be judged by music industry professionals from record labels and publishing companies; Grand Prize winner will be chosen by A&R and/or industry professionals of Broadjam.com

DSA is CELEBRATING 33 YEARS IN 2023

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DSA 2021 SONG CONTEST AWARDS - LINKS

   2021 CONTEST AWARDS LINKS - Youtube and Press pages


2021 GRAND PRIZE WINNER WAS Louie Cate

Read the press release about our grand prize winners at  https://dsapress.blogspot.com/2022/05/dsa-song-contest-winners-2021.html
 
Again this year we had two awards ceremonies.

On January 15th we has our Awards Program for the 32nd Annual Dallas Songwriters Song Contest with performances from our semifinalists and appearances from our illustrious judges. Awards were given in each of the eight categories, plus grand prize awards, Lyric Contest Awards and a Young Songwriters Song Contest Awards .   Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn9o0mgl8lo&list=PL2QmQKUl70-1fcZFnzXVjO5PAH5IDnlQR&index=2

More info on our song contest and to view the winners got to: http://dsasongcontest.blogspot.com/2022/01/dallas-songwriters-2021-song-contest_18.html

For the Young Songwriters Song Contest Winners see: https://youngsongwriterscontest.blogspot.com/2022/01/ 

For the 2021 Quarterly Lyric Contest winners: https://dallassongwriterslyriccontest.blogspot.com/p/lyric-contest-winners-2021.html

On January 22nd we awarded the Best Songs of the Meetings, Song of the Year and Vern Dailey Songwriter of the Year Awards, plus our community awards. 
Community Awards went to Red Byboth at Love and War in Plano, Both shows were on Saturday 12-2 via Zoom streamed to facebook and archived to Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqm3cmFbuEY&t=3s

TOP TEN REASONS TO ENTER THE DSA SONG CONTEST

10. You can win a casio privia keyboard.

9. You can win cash

8. You can win a one year DSA membership or more.

7. You can get a free trial membership for entering online at Broadjam

6. Semifinalists get a chance to perform at the Awards or other DSA Showcases

5. Semifinalists and Winners get their names published in Songwriter Notes and the Press Release

4. Entrants can get peer review on their song

3. Winners get their songs on the awards soundcloud site.

2. Contest recognition looks good on your resume

1. We are a small contest, so you have a better chance to win.

Now in it's 33rd year!

The DSA Song Contest is one of the longest running international song contests for amateur songwriters. Offering over $5,000 in cash and prizes this year, the DSA has EIGHT categories in all. See Contest Rules for eligibility.

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DSA is a 501 C-3 non-profit educational organization dedicated to providing to songwriters everywhere opportunities for learning about the craft and business of songwriting. Songwriters Newsletter is published by the Dallas Songwriters Association c/o Sammons Center for the Arts 3630 Harry Hines Blvd Box 20 Dallas, TX 75219.
Barbara McMillen, Editor, Founding President Emeritus http://www.barbaramcmillen.com

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