SUBMIT YOUR SONGS
Music Aid International has joined forces this year with The ISAs International Songwriting Awards, The UK Songwriting Contest, Music Aid FM, The SCO Song Copyright Organization and The Lyricist of the Year Awards to accept song submissions. Submit your songs through our partnership with the UKSC. Winning songs and finalist songs will be promoted and featured on Music Aid FM to its million plus users and will feature in an MAFM Featured Artists 2023 Compilation Album.

To submit songs use the entry form here and select MA Original Song or MA Cover Song from the entry categories.​

This prestigious international songwriting event was formed with The BRIT Trust and other industry professionals to discover and encourage new songwriting talent. All songwriters from any country are welcome to submit songs and full details and entry forms are online at UK Songwriting Contest.

The judges are leading music professionals and include Platinum Album awardees, members of The Grammys selection panels, music academics and top music producers. Entry in other songwriting events is included and the contest is well known for its supportive and friendly community of fellow writers. Many entrants have gone on to international success and every song entered is carefully examined and receives a Star Rating from the judges. Entrants also receive an Award Certificate with the position reached in the event. Visit the UKSC website for full details and the entry form and see the many genuine glowing testimonials from previous entrants.

NOTE: Music Aid International staff recommend this songwriting competition as the best and most supportive for new songwriters. The UKSC is also a Music Aid supporter and the competition donates part of the entry fee every year to help Music Aid International's work

Website:  UK Songwriting Contest

Copyright theft happens every day and copyright registration may provide the insurance that you need to help you protect your valuable creative work and enforce your legal rights.

​The following information is taken from Music Aid's resources and services partner, The SCO Song Copyright Organization. For more details about copyright laws, registration forms, and tips about protecting your songs visit SongCopyright.org.

The international laws relating to song copyright state that your songs are your creative work and your property. This legal principle of ownership means that the writer controls and owns all rights relating to the use and reproduction of the song - including the right to sell or assign the copyright and ownership to another individual or company. This is the law under international legal agreements and it is the basic principle of copyright that is accepted throughout the world. Most countries have formalised the principles of copyright outlined above by signing up to an international agreement known as the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. It was first adopted in 1886 as an agreement to honour the rights of all authors who are nationals of countries that are party to the convention. The current version of the convention is the Paris Act of 1971. The convention is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). A search on the internet will show a number of sites with up to date lists of the countries that have signed. This international agreement provides legal protection to the authors of original works where these works have been presented in a tangible, fixed and physical form of expression.This agreement makes it very clear that as soon as your song, music or lyrics are written down, or recorded as a sound recording, they are automatically copyrighted and the writer(s) has/have full legal ownership. This is a very important point. It is not enough to compose a song in your head and keep it in your memory - it must also exist in a physical and tangible form, a form that others can see or hear, for the copyright rules to apply. So under the Berne Convention you officially and legally own the copyright in your work as soon as you express it in a tangible and verifiable form. This protection applies to both published and unpublished works.

For more information about copyright for songwriters, the legal issues, practical advice and tips, visit the SCO at SongCopyright.org.