Entry Guidelines: Plowshares Singer-songwriter Competition

Submissions due: postmarked by Dec. 7, 2007
All entrants will be notified of finalist selection by January 4, 2008
Eight Finalists Prizes: $100
Finals Showcase: March 15, 2008
*Attendance at Finals Showcase required to be recognized as a finalist.
Grand Prize: $500, Philadelphia Folk Festival showcase, and feature slot at the next Finals Showcase

Finals host: Erik Balkey
Finals judges: (TBA)
Featured Performers: Red Molly and Jud Caswell
Location: Plowshares Coffee House, Schuylkill Friends Meeting House
Address: Rt. 23 and White Horse Rd. , Phoenixville , PA
Email PlowsharesMusic@yahoo.com with inquiries

SUBMIT MATERIALS:

Mail CD option:
1) Include one CD with two songs (no jewel case preferred). Full length CD's accepted with clear indication of songs submitted for consideration. Multiple entries allowed, but must be submitted on separate CDs and additional entry fee.
2) Include on the face of the CD the following info.: artist name, mailing address, email address and phone number (no jewel case preferred).
3) $15 check made out to "Hudson Harding Music."
4) Send to Hudson Harding Music, PO Box 22417, Philadelphia, PA 19110 postmarked no later than December 7.

Email MP3 option:
1) Email two songs, one per email, with "PSC entry, [name], [song title]" in the subject line emailed no later than December 7.
2) Include in the body of the email this info.: artist name, mailing address, email address and phone number.
3) Send $15 check made out to "Hudson Harding Music" to Hudson Harding Music, PO Box 22417, Philadelphia, PA 19110 postmarked no later than December 7. IMPORTANT: Include "PSC entry, [artist name]" on the check.

Anyone is welcome to submit with one exception: previous grand prize winners are ineligible. Past finalists are eligible but, in the interest of competition, they cannot re-submit the same songs. This competition is in good fun with the aim to support and showcase great songwriting.

There will be workshops for songwriters during the day of the finals showcase, Saturday, March 15 at the Steel City Coffeehouse and Plowshares Coffeehouse in Phoenixville. And, the preceding night (Friday, March 14) will be a Plowshares preview concert at the Steel City Coffeehouse featuring Red Molly and Jud Caswell.

Plowshares Singer-songwriter Contest thanks the following for their generous support:
- Plowshares Coffeehouse (http://www.plowsharesmusic.org)
- Steel City Coffeehouse (http://www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com)