Great American Song Contest 2026
Songwriting competition allowing limited AI assistance while requiring human primary authorship.
Great American Song Contest 2026 records its AI-use rule as “AI may assist instrumentation, backing, vocals, or melody development for human-authored songs.”. The next deadline is 18 Nov 2026. The entry fee is not verified.
Can I enter Great American Song Contest 2026?
| Status | open |
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| Next deadline | in 81d · 18 Nov 2026 |
| AI use | AI may assist instrumentation, backing, vocals, or melody development for human-authored songs. |
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What is the deadline?
18 Nov 2026in 81d
Who can enter Great American Song Contest 2026?
| Who can enter | worldwide; songwriters earning under USD 10,000 annually in publishing royalties; semi-professional and emerging under stated royalty threshold |
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What do I need to submit?
| What to prepare | song recording; lyrics where applicable; entry form and fee |
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Does Great American Song Contest 2026 accept AI music?
| AI involvement | AI may assist instrumentation, backing, vocals, or melody development for human-authored songs. |
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| Voice cloning | No separate synthetic-voice rule located; entrant must have rights to submission. |
Read the official rules before submitting.
What rights does the entrant grant?
| Notes | Songwriters retain rights; contest receives limited administration/publicity permissions under rules. |
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Read the official rules before accepting terms.
When were the rules last checked?
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Update history
- Deadline type unknown → close date
- Deadline TBA → 18 Nov 2026, 12:00 UTC
- Timezone TBA → TBA
- Date precision unknown → day
- Deadline unknown → Dated
- Status unknown → upcoming
- Record maintenance · 1 field updated
- Entry fee unknown → 40 per song; maximum 10 songs
- Notification date TBA → TBA
- AI rules unknown → AI use: AI may assist instrumentation, backing, vocals, or melody development for human-authored songs.; voice cloning: No separate synthetic-voice rule located; entrant must have rights to submission.
- Rights terms unknown → notes: Songwriters retain rights; contest receives limited administration/publicity permissions under rules.
- Official URL unknown → www.greatamericansong.com/rules.php
- Status unknown → open
- Type unknown → music submission
- Title unknown → Great American Song Contest 2026
- Eligibility unknown → worldwide; songwriters earning under USD 10,000 annually in publishing royalties; semi-professional and emerging under stated royalty threshold
- Record maintenance · 6 fields updated