Musicworks magazine is calling for new works from composers, sound artists, writers and journalists…

The Electronic Music Contest

First Prize: Albelton Live Software
Second Prize: Zoom H2 Recorder
Third Prize: AKG Headphones

Compose a piece in one of the following genres: Acousmatic, Audio Art, Electroacoustic, Glitch, Intelligent Dance Music, Microsound, Noise, or Turntable art. Maximum 5 minutes in length.

The Sonic Geography Writing Contest

First Prize: Apple iPad
Second Prize: Sony E-Reader
Third Prize: HP LaserJet Pro Printer

Describe a location through sound. What does your local coffee shop sound like? Grocery store? Commute to work in the morning? Choose anywhere—urban or rural, indoors or outside, busy and loud or mysteriously quiet—and literally describe what you hear. Maximum 500 words.

Deadline for both contests: May 16, 2011

Eligibility Criteria

• The competition is open to all ages and Nationalities.
• Works submitted must be original.
• Works submitted cannot have been previously published or released on CD.
• Electronic Music Entries must not be longer than 5 minutes in duration; Sonic Geography entries must not be longer than 500 words.
• $20 Contest Entry Fee for each first entry. Prices in Canadian Dollars, taxes included.
  Special price for each additional entry! $5
• Musicworks magazine’s employees, contractors, board members, and their families are not eligible to enter.

The Contest Entry Fee includes:

• 1-year subscription: 3 magazines, 3 CDs
• 4 art postcards designed by Musicworks artists
• Timefields and Maritides CD by composer John Oswald

Go to contest.musicworks.ca for full contest details and submission guidelines.