The fifteenth annual Musicworks Electronic Music Composition Contest is now open. We invite you to share the news with your readers, audiences, and communities.
Our annual juried contest spotlights new musical talent from around the world, offering cash prizes and opportunities to be heard and published. In 2024, we received 148 submissions from twenty-four countries, including Canada, U.S.A., Finland, Japan, Italy, Brazil, U.K. and others.
First prize: $500, a composer profile in Musicworks in 2026, and the composition released on the accompanying Musicworks CD.
Second prize: $200 and composer coverage on musicworks.ca in 2026.
Third prize: $100 and composer coverage on musicworks.ca in 2026.
Marcelle Deschênes Prize in Electronic Music / prix Marcelle Deschênes pour la musique électronique: $300 and a composer profile in 2026. This prize is open to entrants who self-identify as female or non-binary.
REQUIREMENTS
Compose and submit an experimental piece in any electronic-music genre—acousmatic, electroacoustic, glitch, soundscape, intelligent dance music (IDM), turntable art, or video music. The contest is open to entries from anywhere in the world and from artists at any stage of their careers. Pieces must be previously unpublished (i.e. not released on a commercially available recording at the time of submission).
