Contest

Lisa LeBlanc wins 2013 Rapsat-Lelièvre international prize

Includes $5000 cash award

May 6, 2013

SOCAN members win big in 2012 International Songwriting Competition

Including three first place awards

May 3, 2013

Dead Obies receive SOCAN Award at 2013 Francouvertes

Group wins $1,000 cash honour

April 22, 2013

Cormier, Placard announced as spokespersons of 2013 Francouvertes

Song competition takes place Feb. 18 - May 13

February 7, 2013

Ontario songwriters! Submit now for OCFF Songs from the Heart competition

Deadline for submissions: May 3, 2013.

February 6, 2013

Apply now for the 102nd Prix d’Europe competition

Cash awards totalling $50,000 will be presented

January 14, 2013

SOCAN members win in USA Songwriting Competition

Murray Atkinson wins first prize in rock/alternative category

January 4, 2013

Enter now for Unsigned Only competition

Grand Prize winner will be awarded $10,000

December 6, 2012

Kathleen Edwards Wins 2012 SOCAN ECHO Songwriting Prize

"A Soft Place to Land" comes out on top after record number of total contest votes

October 19, 2012

Students can apply now for $100,000 value Emerging Artist Mentorship Prize

Deadline for submissions is Apr. 30, 2013

October 18, 2012

Apply now for SOCAN-sponsored "BC's Best Teen Band Contest" 2013

Deadline: December 3, 2012

October 18, 2012

Beaulieu wins SOCAN award at 2012 Chant’Ouest

$1,000 best song honour for “Ciré jaune”

October 1, 2012

Feist wins $30,000 Polaris Music Prize 2012 for Metals album

Award given to best Canadian album of the previous year

September 25, 2012

Prism Prize to honour best Canadian music video

Winning video will receive $5,000 CDN

September 25, 2012

Nolin wins SOCAN Best Song Award at 2012 Granby fest

Winning song “L’Igloo” takes $1,000 cash prize

September 12, 2012

Five finalists chosen for prestigious SOCAN French ECHO Songwriting Prize

Nominees to perform at September 10th showcase

August 2, 2012

SOCAN sponsors 2012 CCMA/CCMW songwriters' award, performances

FanFest contest also open now

July 18, 2012

SOCAN Foundation Awards celebrate young audio-visual composers

Film & TV composers from Montreal, Vancouver awarded top prizes

July 17, 2012

Marie-Claire Cronier receives SOCAN Award at 2012 Ontario POP

Wins $1,000 best song honour for “Le carrosse dans le fossé”

June 28, 2012

Enter now for 2012 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest

Apply by July 31 deadline

June 25, 2012

Marie-Pierre Arthur wins 2012 Félix Leclerc Award

Receives honour on June 9, 2012, as part of the FrancoFolies de Montréal fest

June 18, 2012

Register now for the 2014 World Acadian Congress theme song writing contest

Songwriters are invited to register for the theme song writing competition of the next Congrès mondial acadien

May 15, 2012

Register now for Charles Biddle Award

Registration is open for the 2nd Charles Biddle Award, created in memory of the great American-born, Montreal-based jazz bassist who died in 2003.

May 4, 2012

Kate Kurdyak wins SOCAN-sponsored "BC's Best Teen Band" contest

Vancouver indie-folk artist Katie Kurdyak has won the 2012 edition of "BC's Best Teen Band" contest, presented by Youthink magazine and sponsored in part by SOCAN.

May 4, 2012

Apply now for "Voice of the Cellar" contest

SOCAN members and other performing songwriters in British Columbia are invited to apply now to the Voice of the Cellar contest, presented by Music BC and The Cellar Nightclub

April 27, 2012

Register now for 2012 Road to Stanfest songwriting camp

Novice, intermediate and advanced songwriters are invited to register now for the 2012 edition of the Road to Stanfest Songwriters’ Music Camp, to be held June 25-28 in historic Sherbrooke Village

March 30, 2012

Apply now for $5.29 million PEAK Performance Project

March 28, 2012

Carole Facal wins 2012 Genie Award for Best Original Song

SOCAN member Carole Facal, aka Caracol, won the 2012 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music – Original Song for “Quelque part,” from the film Starbucks, as part of the 32

March 12, 2012

SOCAN members win in USA Songwriting Competition

SOCAN members Ashleigh Eymann, David Leask, and his co-writer Robert Davis won first prizes in their respective categories of the USA Songwriting Competition for 2011.

February 17, 2012

Apply now for Great Escape 2012 showcases

The Great Escape Festival is currently accepting submissions for showcases for the seventh annual edition, to be held May 10-12, 2012, in Brighton, U.K.

February 8, 2012