ACLU-NM Southwestern Chapter Songwriter Competition

SILVER CITY, NM - The Southwestern Chapter of the ACLU of New Mexico is sponsoring a singer/songwriter competition, in connection with its Annual Meeting, to be held on October 7, 2011.  Due to continuing attempts to suppress the rights of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgender (LGBT) people; we are looking for songs that deal with issues of Civil Liberties relating to LGBT issues.

• This competition is open to all musicians in the “Border Regions” of West Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, who write and perform in any musical genre.  The prize will be a 4 hour recording session, provided by our co-sponsor, Mountain Air Productions.   Mountain Air Productions is a state-of-the-art, digital recording studio and production house, located in the performance space of Seedboat Gallery, in Silver City, New Mexico.   All submissions must be original compositions of the Artist/Performer (maximum of 2 entries per Artist/Performer)
• Entry will be made on an official entry form (contact William Hudson, at [email protected]).
• Entrants will submit a tape or CD recording of their entry (It need not be a professional recording, but should be clean enough that the listener can hear the melody and musical interpretation).
• Entrants will submit a written copy of the lyrics (so that the appropriate theme and poetic quality can be evaluated).

All entries must be mailed to: ACLU/Competition
C/o Peter Falley
521 E. Lance Dr.
Silver City, NM 88061
Entries will be evaluated by the judging panel on;

• How appropriate the song is relative to the theme (Civil Liberties/Constitutionality, as it relates to LGBT issues)
• Artistic lyrical styling, poetic interpretation
• Musical originality, styling

All entries must arrive no later than August 30, 2011.  Finalists will be notified no later than September 10, 2011.  Finalists need to be present at The Annual Meeting of the ACLU of New Mexico, Southwestern Chapter, in Silver City, NM, on Friday October 7, 2011.  On that evening, the finalists will perform their entry live for our audience and judges for final selection of the winner.
Download the entry form: 2011 Entry form
Download the Rules of Entry: 2011 RULES OF ENTRY

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 25, 2011
CONTACT: William Hudson
HC 71 Box 765
San Lorenzo, NM 88041
(575) 536 3092
[email protected]