Photo by Robbie Michaels 

Our friends at the newly launched independent music development and A&R community SongCircle Music (formerly The New York Songwriters’ Circle) are accepting entries for their fifth annual songwriting contest.  The SongCircle's contest has quickly become a hotbed for discovering aspiring artists and has helped launch the careers of previous grand prize winners Kate Voegele (Interscope), Company Of Thieves (Wind-Up/Sony), Mieka Pauley, and Reed Waddle , above. 

In 2010, contestants will compete for over $25,000 in cash and prizes for the best original songs which includes a recording, publishing and full label services joint venture agreement with SongCircle Music distributed by EMI, cash awards up to $10,000, guitars from Gibson and Martin, studio sessions with a top record producers, and more.