Texas Songwriters Serenade
Contest Rules
Hallettsville Texas
April 28, 2007

Entry Fee: $10 per Entry Form. Up to two songs may be submitted per Entry Form. No limit on entries.

Entry Form: The Entry Form must be completed in full. Lyric sheets and a cassette or CD for each song submitted must be attached to the Entry Form.

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1. Write the song title on each lyric sheet.

2. Do not write your name on lyric sheet or cassette / CD or case.

3. Mail your Entry Form, lyric sheets, cassette / CD, and fees in one package.

4. This contest is open to any amateur songwriter who has not earned more than $5,000 from songwriting-related royalties within the last five years.

5. A song is defined as a melody with lyrics. Songs may be no longer than five minutes in length.

6. Entries should be mailed to Texas Songwritersí Serenade Entry, Fiddlersí Frolics, P.O. Box 46, Hallettsville, Texas 77964. All entries must be received no later than April 15, 2007. Neither Texas Songwritersí Serenade nor Fiddlersí Frolics is responsible for lost, damaged or misdirected entries or for the quality of the recording. Entry material will not be returned. Do not send your only copy.

7. Entrants agree that if their song is a winner, the promoters (Fiddlersí Frolics and Texas Songwritersí Serenade) will have the right to publicize the winnerís names and likenesses. By accepting the prize, winner releases Fiddlersí Frolics and Texas Songwritersí Serenade from any and all liability regarding prizes awarded.

8. Any contest entrant under the age of 18 years must provide express written consent to enter from parent or legal guardian.

9. Each entrant retains all rights to his or her submitted song.

10. Each entry will be listened to in its entirety.

11. All entries will be considered. Submissions which have lyrics which are deemed inappropriate for family listening by the panel of judges shall be disqualified. Texas Songwritersí Serenade is a family-friendly event.

12. Ten semi-finalists will be chosen to perform their submitted song at the Texas Songwritersí Serenade Finals on April 28, 2007. Semi-finalists will be notified by April 18th of their qualifying entry and must be available to attend and perform at an appointed time on April 28 at the Texas Songwritersí Serenade Finals in Hallettsville, Texas or they will forfeit their semi-finalist status and the next highest scoring entry will be selected.

13. Six finalists will be chosen based on their live performance of their entry song at the Texas Songwritersí Serenade on April 28, 2007. The six finalists will be ranked with the winning contestant receiving a first prize of $500 and the remaining five contestants each receiving $100.