2025 Composition Contest – How to Apply
How To Apply
All materials should be submitted electronically. Application deadline is July 15, 2025.
The submission must be anonymous. Therefore, the composer’s name must not appear on score, parts, or mp3 recording, nor be audible on the mp3 recording. If the composer’s name is announced at the recorded performance, that portion should be edited out.
On submission of the application form and payment, please send a zip file or link to a folder with the score, parts, and recording to compcontest@swojo.org. You are strongly encouraged to use Dropbox, Google Drive, or other free cloud storage for your contest materials as they may be too large to send as attachments in email.
Complete the composition contest application form.
Composers may submit more than one composition, but each entry must be submitted separately with its own application form and separate email with link to all composition materials.
To enter the contest, fill out the online submission form and make payment through PayPal:
If you need to send contest materials by mail, please send a single package per entry containing score, parts, CD recording, and a printout of the entry form. Our mailing address is:
Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra
PO Box 31611
Seattle, WA 98103 USA
Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra’s Board of Directors, Executive Director, Musical Director, and band members are not eligible to enter the contest.
Composers must not attempt to contact any of the members of the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra or SWOJO Board to exert influence over the outcome of the contest. Any attempt to do so will immediately disqualify the composer and all her submissions from the contest.
This project is supported in part by 4Culture.