Scholarship Graduate

Nashville Songwriting Scholarship

BMI Foundation, Inc.

$5,000

Avg. Amount Awarded

317

Days

February 1 2020

Application Deadline

Awarded last year

Renewable

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Description

The Nashville Songwriting Scholarship is an annual competition established in 2015 to encourage and support aspiring country music songwriters nationwide. The award commemorates Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)'s 75th Anniversary year and pays homage to musical epicenter and "Songwriting Capital of the World," Nashville, Tennessee. A $5,000 scholarship is awarded for the best original song entry in any of the following genres: Americana, blues, bluegrass, contemporary Christian, country, folk, and roots. GRAMMY-winning recording artist and BMI songwriter Kacey Musgraves has endorsed the competition.

Amount Details

$5,000

Low Amount Awarded

$5,000

Total Amount Awarded

Eligibility Requirements

Must be an undergraduate student, a graduate student or a postgraduate student
Must attend a university, a four-year college, two-year college or a vocational-tech school
Must be at least 17 years old
Must not be older than 24 years old
Must not be attending high school currently
Both full-time and part-time students