Over $4500 in Cash and Prizes*
Get recognized for your artistry, plus a chance to win a nice bit of cash and some pretty cool awards & prizes.
Each year, NESC recognizes one Grand Prize Winner and thirteen Category winners.*
You can’t win if you don’t enter!
Please remember – you must live in the New England Area to be eligible to win or have gotten permission from NESC Director.
GRAND PRIZE – $500
2nd Place – $350
3rd Place – $200
*1st PLACE IN EACH CATEGORY – $100
Judges Choice (Putnam Murdock) – A full day in the Studio at Brick Hill $500 value
Judges Choice (Monica Rizzio) – MVYRADIO’s HotSeat. $800 value
Judges Choice (Rachel Sumner)-SongU Membership & MasterWriter Membership (see below) $450 value
Judges Choice (Susan Cattaneo)-Broadjam Membership & Audio Mastering with Jay Sheehan (see below) $425 value
*Must have at least 10 submissions in a category for $100 prize to be awarded
1 YEAR PRIMO MEMBERSHIP $200 Value
Broadjam provides tools and services for the music industry, independent musicians, and music fans from around the world. The company operates one of the world’s largest web communities for musicians and hosts a massive online database of searchable independent music.
1 YR. PLATINUM MEMBERSHIP $350 Value
Pitch your songs, collaborate, get personal coaching, take courses – you have full access to all of SongU for one year.
SONGWRITING SOFTWARE $100 Value
The most powerful suite of songwriting tools ever assembled in one program.
HOST SPOT ON WMVY RADIO’S “THE HOT SEAT” $800 VALUE
Winner can choose to curate their own hour of music that has inspired them, to air on MVY. Monday nights at 9pm and again Sundays at 10pm
AUDIO MASTERING WITH JAY SHEEHAN $225 Value
Free Mastering Session for up to 4 songs.
Jay holds a degree in Music Production and Engineering from Berklee College of Music. Projects have taken him across North America, Chile, Argentina, as well as to the Falkland Islands and Cape Horn. His company, Garrett Audio, splits sound services nationally for music, film and television, including Beachpoint Mastering, and Cape Cod Sound School.
*prizes must be claimed within the calendar year of the competition