HOME RULES PRIZES SONGWRITER PROFILES WINNERS JUDGES CONTESTANT INFO SPONSORS CONTACT 1st place - country fall/winter 2008 Gene Mills Country Boy 1st place - pop fall/winter 2008 Steve McNally Open Heart Song 1st place - rock fall/winter 2008 The Masonboro Boys Sex 1st place - folk / acoustic fall/winter 2008 Morgan Bracy She Believes 1st place - instrumental fall/winter 2008 Bill Wren billwrenmusic.com Day Break 2nd place - pop fall/winter 2008 100 Year Picnic Looks Are For Free 2nd place - country fall/winter 2008 Gary Bonnett San Angelo 2nd place - instrumental fall/winter 2008 Matt Ulery Scott Free 2nd place - rock fall/winter 2008 Armada Possibilities 2nd place - folk / acoustic fall/winter 2008 Jacob Zachary Diesel Moon, Marlboro Sun The Indie International Songwriting Contest is a semiannual song competition to give recognition to some of the best emerging songwriters in the world, help develop their talent, and provide useful tools for developing the success of the artist. We are the first contest of its kind to be conducted COMPLETELY ON-LINE. To read other reasons why we are different, click here To submit one or more songs, start by creating an account on our sign-up page WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES FOR THE CURRENT CONTEST which officially closes at the 150 song capacity or 08/31/09 (whichever comes first!). Over $21,000 in useful prizes awarded! We are now accepting song entries in the following 5 genres: Folk/Acoustic Country Rock Pop Instrumental Contests close at 150-song genre capacity or final deadline of August 31, 2009. EVERY entrant can log in to their account after the contest has been closed to view their song, contest judge, and their score/critique (depending on your submission type - see below) for their submission. All contestants will also receive a SONGWRITERS PROFILE on the site. Each contest genre is limited to only the first 150 song entries. You will NOT get lost in the crowd at Indie International! Songwriters or songwriting teams may enter up to three songs, and can divide these between multiple categories if they wish. $30 (USD)/song for a BASIC ENTRY w/ standard evaluation or add only $10 for a FULL CRITIQUE $40 (USD)/song. YES! EVERYONE gets a standard evaluation with their submission! Unlike other song competitions, all entries remain absolutely anonymous to our judges. Production value is not taken into consideration. Songs are judged based on originality, melody, composition, lyrics and phrasing. ALL FIRST & SECOND PLACE WINNERS will also be featured here on the front page of the Indie International website for the duration of the next contest, as well as the winners page with the rest of our awarded songwriters. Winners are displayed randomly within each prize level! (take a look-refresh the page!) All top 10 songwriters for each genre will be permanently featured on the Indie International website. For a full list of our 50 winners for our last competition, please visit our winners page.   PAST WINNERS    ·  fall/winter 2008    ·  Spring/Summer 2008   PREMIER SPONSORS DiscRevolt Broadjam SongLink International   GOLD SPONSORS Indie Band Manager Sam Ash Indie Artist/Songwriter pack MasterWriter Music SUBMIT SongFrame Songwriter's Software Artist's Edge 411 On Music DVD   OUR PARTNERS Song Sprouts   Copyright 2007 - Indie International - An Independent Songwriting Contest for Indie Musicians.