The Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) invites songwriters to submit their original works for consideration for one of MAC’s two songwriting awards: the Dottie Burman Award and the John Wallowitch Award. There is no requirement to be a MAC member to enter the competition, with the submission deadline Friday, August 21, 2020. The selected songwriter or songwriting team for each award will receive $500.
To qualify, entrants must submit three original songs, written at any time, and which is representative of their best work and the range of writing style. Judging will take place from September 1 through 30, 2020. Finalists will be announced on or about October 1st, and the winners will be announced on or about October 8, 2020.
The eligibility rules and submission information for each of the awards are:
DOTTIE BURMAN AWARD: Songwriter must be age 40 or over.Songwriter cannot thus far have received significant recognition in the music industry; for example, the songwriter cannot have won a major award such as a Grammy Award ® or gained national name recognition outside of the songwriting community. The submitter must not have previously won an award from MAC for songwriting. Songwriter must submit three songs (MP3 only) via email with accompanying lyrics in the body of the email only. No PDF or Word attachments or links.
SUBMISSION EMAIL: burmanaward@gmail.com
Each song should be emailed in a separate email at the same time or as close as possible. For each email, in the subject, put last name and the song title (i.e. Sondheim-Send in the Clowns) Each email must also contain name, the name(s) of collaborator(s) and a contact phone number
JOHN WALLOWITCH AWARD:Songwriter must be 39 years old or younger. Songwriter cannot thus far have received significant recognition in the music industry; for example, the songwriter cannot have won a major award such as a Grammy Award ® or gained national name recognition outside of the songwriting community. The submitter must not have previously won an award from MAC for songwriting. Songwriter must submit three songs (MP3 only) via email with accompanying lyrics in the body of the email only. No PDF or Word attachments or links. SUBMISSION EMAIL: wallowitchaward@gmail.com (See above for remaining rules of submission.)
John Wallowitch and Dottie Burman were beloved songwriters in the cabaret community. When Dottie Burman passed away, her estate bequeathed $5,000 dollars to MAC to set up a songwriting competition in her name that would award a cash prize to songwriters over the age of 40 who have not yet received recognition for their writing talents. The MAC Board passed a motion to create a matching award in John Wallowitch’s name to honor songwriters under 40. The finalists are chosen by a panel of judges, and the final decision is made by a celebrity judge from the world of cabaret. Past judges include Barb Jungr (2014), Lauren Molina (2013), Ann Hampton Callaway (2012), Karen Mason (2011), and Sharon McNight (2017).
Past winners have included Sammy Buck & San Acquisto, Sam Carner & Derek Gregor, Patrick Dwyer, Amy Englehart, Drew Fornarola, Harriet Goldberg, Adam Gwon, Joe Iconis, Kenneth Jones & Gerald Stockstill, Shaina Taub, Sam Willmott, Amanda Yesnowitz and Deboirah Abramson.
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