Music Awards, Contests & Talent Search 2021

Winning a Canadian Music Award is a great honour for any musician, but just being nominated is a career launcher! Each time the nominees are listed your name will appear, you’ll receive national radio play, interview opportunities, more streams, more followers, more hits. So how do you get nominated???

Below is a list of music awards available for Canadian Musicians, each award has different criteria and a CLOSING DATE for submissions. As more nominations open we will up date this list regularly. On average, a musician will need to submit an enormous amount of times to be nominated, this blows, I know, but theres value in just submitting, it broadens your net of listeners!

MUSIC AWARDS
LISTED BY EARLIEST SUBMISSION CLOSING DATES:

THE INDIES

Canadian Independent Music Awards
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE FEBRUARY 5TH, 2021
CRITRIA

 

WOMEN’S FREEDOM SONGS

SUBMISSIONS CLOSE MARCH 1ST, 2021
CRITRIA

 

BREAKOUT WEST FEST

SUBMISSIONS CLOSE MARCH 19TH, 2021
CRITRIA

FOR MUSIC AWARDS SPECIFIC TO YOUR REGION
CHECK OUT YOUR PROVINCE OR TERRITORIES MUSIC ASSOCIATION:

TALENT SEARCH

EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL SUBMISSIONS CLOSE JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021
EDMONTON/ALBERTA SUBMISSIONS CLOSE FEBRUARY/MARCH/APRIL 2021

JIM BEAM VIRTUAL NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH TOUR

In Association with CMW (Canadian Music Week)
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE MARCH 8TH, 2021
RULES & GUIDELINES