MAC Seeks Entries for Dottie Burman and John Wallowitch Awards; Deadline 9/30

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) is currently accepting submissions for its two songwriting awards -- the Dottie Burman Award, and the John Wallowitch Award. You do NOT need to be a MAC member to submit your songs for these awards.

The submission period runs from September 1st through September 30th. We are unable to accept submissions received after Sept. 30. Judging will take place during the month of October. The Finalists will be announced on November 1st and the winners will be announced on November 8th.

Winners each will be awarded $500 cash, a certificate, and a performance of their song at the upcoming MAC event MAC presents They Write the Songs, to be held on November 15th at The Baruch Performing Arts Center.

Below are the qualifications and instructions for submitting for each of the awards. Note that the main difference in qualifications between the two awards is the age of the submitting songwriter:

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THE DOTTIE BURMAN AWARD

The recipient will receive $500 and a certificate. One of their songs will be performed at the MAC event "MAC presents They Write The Songs" at The Baruch Performing Arts Center on Sunday, November 15th.

Qualifications:
• Songwriter must be age 40 or over.
• Songwriter cannot thus far have received significant recognition in the music industry, and may 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: [email protected]
• Each song should be emailed in a separate email. Please send all 3 emails at the same time or as close as possible.
• For each email, in the subject, put your last name and the song title (i.e. Sondheim-Send In The Clowns)
• Each email must also contain your name, the name(s) of your collaborators, and a contact phone number.
• Collaborations are eligible, provided that:
(i) all of the collaborators meet the qualifications,
(ii) all three submitted songs were written by the same writing team, and
(iii) none of the collaborators is also submitting individually or is a member of another writing team that is entering into the competition.

THE JOHN WALLOWITCH AWARD

The recipient will receive $500 and a certificate. One of their songs will be performed at the MAC event "MAC presents They Write The Songs" at The Baruch Performing Arts Center on Sunday, November 15th.

Qualifications:
• Songwriter must be 39 years old or younger.
• Songwriter cannot thus far have received significant recognition in the music industry, and may not have previously won an award from MAC for songwriting.
• Songwriter must submit three songs (MP3 only) in one email with accompanying lyrics in the body of the email only. No PDF or Word attachments or links.
• SUBMISSION EMAIL: [email protected]
• Each song should be emailed in a separate email. Please send all 3 emails at the same time or as close as possible.
• For each email, in the subject, put your last name and the song title (i.e. Sondheim-Send In The Clowns)
• Each email must also contain your name, the name(s) of your collaborators and a contact phone number
• Collaborations are eligible, provided that:
(i) all of the collaborators meet the qualifications,
(ii) all three submitted songs were written by the same writing team, and
(iii) none of the collaborators is also submitting individually or is a member of another writing team that is entering into the competition.

All eligible songwriters are encouraged to submit. For more information, visit www.MACnyc.com.

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