BMI Foundation Announces Nashville Songwriting Scholarship Details

The BMI Foundation has established a Nashville Songwriting Scholarship. It will be an annual competition open to emerging country music songwriters nationwide who will compete for a $5,000 scholarship.

BMI Foundation Board Member and Nashville music industry executive, Clay Bradley, serves as Director of the competition.

Entrants must be current students of a U.S. college or university and between the ages of 17 and 24. Entries are open to the following genres: Americana, blues, bluegrass, contemporary Christian, country, folk, and roots. All lyrics and music must be original. Online applications opened Oct. 1, 2015 and must be submitted no later than Feb. 15, 2016. For more information, visit bmifoundation.org/nashville.

The program has been generously funded by Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) in celebration of its 75th anniversary.