Note: Members of the Student/Collegiate Division should also carefully check NFMC Summer Music Centers Awards, as various age levels are included in Summer Music Center and Camp opportunities.
Students may enter one manuscript with a $20.00 entry fee by March 1. Judges will adjudicate all compositions and determine winners of the awards listed below. Awards are not to be applied for separately.
Class I – Sonata or comparable work for solo wind or string instrument with piano, or for any combination of 3 to 5 instruments, of which the piano may be one.
Class II – Choral work
Class III – Piano solo
Class IV – Vocal solo with piano, organ or orchestral accompaniment. English text.
Category: Composition
| Age Limit | Entry Fee | Award Amount | Deadline for Application |
| Must have reached the 19th, but not the 26th birthday by the application deadline. Must be a junior, senior, or graduate student in college, majoring in composition |
$20 |
See Below |
March 1 |
| Name of Award | Amount of Award | ||
| NFMC Marion Richter American Music Composition Award | $1,100 | ||
| NFMC Young Composers Award | $1,100 and $900 | ||
| NFMC Devora Nadworney Award for Vocal Solo | $400 | ||
| Hatz Special Recognition Award | 2 – $50 awards sponsored by Nancy B. and Russell C. Hatz | ||
| NFMC Chairman: | Cal Slater |
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