26th annual NSAI Song Contest

Name: 26th annual NSAI Song Contest
Start: 2025-09-01T12:00:00-05:00
Location: 1710 Roy Acuff Pl, Nashville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37203

Schedule

Mon, 01 Sep, 2025 at 12:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1710 Roy Acuff Pl, Nashville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37203 | Nashville, TN

NSAI will begin accepting submissions for the 26th annual Song Contest, beginning at 12:00 p.m. Central on September 1, and songwriters will have two months to submit their best songs and/or lyrics for a chance to win some incredible prizes! Deadline to enter is October 31, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Central and the entry fees are $35/entry for NSAI Members and $45/entry for General Public.
This year's contest will award over $37,000 worth of prizes amongst a total of 13 songwriters who either win or are deemed runners-up in the contest. Grand Prize Winners will walk away with one of two cash prizes ($5,000 and $2,500), a complete Home Studio Recording Package from Custom House at Guitar Center, plus $1,500 towards a Guitar Center purchase courtesy of the Guitar Center Music Foundation, a Taylor Guitars Gold Label 517e guitar, a mentor session with either Ashley McBryde or Rivers Rutherford, a one-year single-song publishing contract with BMG, a pair of tickets to 9th annual Nashville Songwriter Awards in 2026, a personalized Music Row Experience, an experience at The Bluebird Cafe and more! Runners-up will receive prizes from Musicnotes and the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp, custom capos from G7th The Capo Company, and even a chance to participate in a Group Mentor Session with hit songwriter Josh Osborne!
In addition to more prizes than ever for the Grand Prize Winners and runners-up, after the contest winners have been announced, each individual participant in the contest will receive one (1) credit for an NSAI Song Evaluation (value of $25) good to redeem with any song of their choosing after the contest has been completed, as well as the scorecard for every submission entered that provides valuable insight from the judges. The contest welcomes and encourages songwriters of all genres to submit their songs and or lyrics at www.nsaisongcontest.com.