Is free songwriting contest a normal thing?

[Paganinio]

There's a related thread here. http://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=174640

Almost every kind of songwriting/singing contests in my area is entrance fee free. You can even submit as many songs as you like. I'm just wondering whether it's a normal thing to have these free opportunities. So maybe the judges are randomly put together and some of them are even less musically experienced than most competitors...

[Fenderville]

I have entered where there was a fee and some where there was no fee. The contest that John Mayer is running I think is free....

[applewormy]

here's a legit list of songwriting contests...most you need to pay

http://www.musesmuse.com/contests.html

[dgatwood]

Originally Posted by Paganinio

There's a related thread here. http://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=174640

Almost every kind of songwriting/singing contests in my area is entrance fee free. You can even submit as many songs as you like. I'm just wondering whether it's a normal thing to have these free opportunities. So maybe the judges are randomly put together and some of them are even less musically experienced than most competitors...

Local and regional contests are more likely to be free than national/international contests. That said, read the fine print....