Guidelines for Submitting to Opportunity Update
If you run an ensemble, organization, or are a performer you may submit information announcing a competition, call for scores, grant, residency, program, or other opportunities for composers and new music performers for inclusion in
Opportunity Update. Opportunities with deadlines beginning the 1st of a given month will be included in the following issues until the deadline has expired.
The deadline for submitting opportunities to the Opportunity Update is the 15th of the month prior to publication (i.e., for a January Update, the submission deadline would be December 15). Submissions that are received by the deadline will be published exclusively for members in the last week of that month. In order to submit to
Opportunity Update, fill out the form below or email .
Due to the amount of opportunity announcements we receive, AMC cannot confirm receipt of submissions to
Opportunity Update unless requested. If you wish to find out if we received your submission, please email us.
Other suggested guidelines: The announcement should read in third person. Please provide professionally written information free of spelling errors. Indicate if the deadline is a
postmark deadline or a
receipt deadline. If this is not indicated, AMC will assume that the deadline is a receipt deadline. AMC has the right to edit the submission for suitability in
Opportunity Update while still maintaining the necessary information of the opportunity that was provided by the ensemble, performer, or organization.
SAMPLE LISTING:
Receipt Deadline: December 21, 2012
The Curious Stills--5th Annual Composers Competition
The Curious Stills announces their 5th annual Composers Competition. A prize of $500 will be awarded to the composer of the winning work, which will be performed during the 2012–13 season. The winner will be announced in February 2013. All entries may be considered for performance.
Composers of any age or nationality may submit works of any duration for 1 to 6 performers, selected from the following instruments: fl(picc/alto), cl(bs cl), pno, vln, vla, vc. Works with electronics will also be considered.
Please send: anonymous score(s); anonymous recording(s) if available (MIDI realizations are acceptable); a sealed envelope containing an information sheet with the work's title, composer's name, address, telephone, and email; and an SASE for return of materials (international submissions cannot be returned). To submit or for more information, please contact:
Scot McAllen
The Curious Stills Composers Competition
P.O. Box 0000
Anytown, CA 11111-1111
Phone: (555) 555-5555
Email: info@curiousstills.org
Web: www.curiousstills.org
AMC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to accept or decline any opportunity submitted for publication. AMC is not responsible for any falsely published information that was inadvertently provided by the ensemble, performer, or organization.
*PLEASE NOTE: The American Music Center does not encourage the charging of entry fees to composers or performers participating in competitions, calls for scores, festivals, or other opportunities. While we understand that organizations may feel compelled to charge a nominal fee to help pay for reasonable administrative costs not covered by funding, the American Music Center strongly objects to organizations that charge fees in a manner that is misleading or inappropriate, such as charging relatively high entry fees in order to fund the cost of the actual award or performance or, worse, charging entry fees while reserving the right not to award any prize at all (e.g., hundreds or thousands made by charging fees, but no commission, performance, award, etc.).
It is for these reasons that we urge all composers and performers to consider carefully all opportunities with entry fees and to contact the AMC directly if you have questions or concerns about a particular opportunity.