How to Enter

Offline Entries:

1. Read Rules and Regulations
2. Download the Entry Form (The file is in PDF format and may require Adobe Reader)
3. Follow instructions on Entry Form.

Online Entries with Sonicbids.com:

You can enter online using Sonicbids.com. Just go to the WLSC 2007 Sonicbids Submission page and follow their instructions.

Rules and Regulations Part 2 (How the Competition Works):

First Round

• (A) All recorded entries will be heard by screening juries, 150 entries will be selected to participate in the Second Round, requiring live performance of the song.

Second Round

• (B) The 150 entries making it to the Second Round will be invited to perform their song at one of a series music nights at several venues in or near Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These should take place in Autumn of 2007 (dates to be announced soon). You will get three weeks notice of the date and place of your performance. We will try to accommodate requests to reschedule your performance, but cannot guarantee it. Contestants must check-in at 7:00pm to their assigned performance venue on the date they are assigned to attend. All contestants must wait until they are called up to play, which could be as little as 10-minute notice. Contestants who are over 30 minutes late for check-in may be disqualified. From the Second Round, 18 contestants will be selected to compete in the Third Round.

Third Round

• (C) The 18 entries making it to the Third Round will be invited to perform their song at a venue in or near Williamsburg, Brooklyn on (date to be announced). Nine finalists will be selected from the Third Round to play in the Finals.

Finals

• (D) The nine finalists will perform their entered songs and one additional original song at a venue to be announced in Brooklyn, NY scheduled for (date to be announced). Finalists who cannot make the Final Round will receive a finalist certificate but will not be eligible for cash prizes.
• (E) Winners will be chosen by a Judging Committee comprised of music industry professionals whose decisions will be final. Songs are judged on originality, lyrics, melody, composition and, for those who qualify for the Second Round, and subsequent rounds, performance. The winners release sponsors from all liability regarding prizes won. Taxes are winners' responsibility. Contestants will retain full rights to all work submitted for the competition, except if you participate in the Second or Third Round or the Finals (live performances), you give Jezebel Music LLC the rights to make video and audio recording of your performance for its own promotional and commercial purposes, including in a documentary film of the Competition and a compilation CD, podcast, or other compilation format, but you keep all publishing and other rights to the song.
• (F) Winners will be notified by mail and must sign and return an affidavit confirming that winner's song is original and he/she holds rights to the song. Failure to sign and return the form within 30 days will result in disqualification and an alternative winner will be selected. Entry constitutes permission to use winner's names, likeness and voices for future publicity and advertising purposes without additional compensation.