National Songwriting Competition 2026 Entry Form.

Competition closes midnight Monday September 21

Please read the Terms and Conditions for the competition at https://acmf.com.au/terms-and-conditions/ before filling in this form.

Has this song been entered in any other competiton? *

Has this song been commercially released, or made available for purchase? *

Are you entering as an individual or a group? *

Individual
Group

Is this a school entry or an independent entry? *

Independent
School

If you submit your entry as a school entry, your teacher will be the contact person for all communication regarding the competition. If you enter as an independent, your parent/guardian will be the contact person.

Your Details

Entrant Name *

First

Last

If you are entering as an individual, this will be the name of the student who wrote the song. If you are entering as a group, nominate one student as the main contact point – you will be able to enter the names of other people in the group later in this form.

School Year *

Enter your grade year as a number. If you are a group, this will be the grade year of the oldest group member.

Entrant Gender

Male
Female
Other/prefer not to say

Entrant Date of Birth *

Entry Contact Email *

This will be the email address of the entrants parent/guardian if an independant entry, or the teacher if a school entry. This is used for all communications regarding the competition.

School name *

If homeschooled, enter “Homeschooled” as school name.

School Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State / Province / Region

Postal Code

Country

Principal/Music Teacher name

First

Last

This can be your principal, the music teacher at your school or your private music teacher.

Principal/Music Teacher Email

Song Details

Song title *

Upload your song recording here: *

Drag & Drop Files, Choose Files to Upload

MP3 or M4A files only, 20Mb limit!

Upload your song lyrics here: *

Drag & Drop Files, Choose Files to Upload

.DOC or .PDF files only! Please note – if your entry does not have lyrics, it will need to be entered in the “Instrumental” category.

Video clip (optional)

We’d love to see you in action – you can enter a URL (web link) to a video on youtube, facebook or other web services here. This can either be a video of your song, or a short (less than 30 seconds) video of you talking about what songwriting and music means to you. The video will NOT be judged, but we may link to your video as part of our social media campaigns.

Entry Fee

Entry to the ACMF National Songwriting Competition is free – however, a donation to the Australian Children’s Music Foundation to support the running of this Competition would be very much appreciated!

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Declaration *

I hereby declare that the music and lyrics submitted are the exclusive original work of the entrant/group and do NOT contain any sample/s or material taken from works with existing copyright, and that AI tools have NOT been used to generate any part of this entry.

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National Songwriting Competition 2026 Entry Form.

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School details

School details

Song Details

Entry Fee

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