The John Lennon Songwriting Contest is an international songwriting contest that began in 1997. JLSC is a companion event to the John Lennon Education Tour Bus, a nonprofit state-of-the-art mobile recording studio that provides free hands-on programs to high schools and community groups nationwide.
The Contest is open to amateur and professional songwriters who submit entries in any one of 12 categories. The JLSC is open year-round and features two Sessions — with 72 Finalists, 24 Grand Prize Winners, 12 Lennon Award Winners and 1 Maxell Song of the Year.
Session II
Open – June 16, 2007
Deadline – December 15, 2007
Winner Announcement – March 1, 2008
So, if you are interested, go to www.jlsc.com for more information. Good luck to all of you who enter.
Ed Goldberg
Teen Services Librarian