New Song Writing Competition

25th May 2013

Nairn Book and Arts Festival Launches New Songwriting Competition – Winning entrants to perform live at Festival.

Organisers of the Nairn Book and Arts Festival are calling for entries for a new songwriting competition. A Nairn Festival first, the competition will be judged by top Scottish singer/ songwriters Gillian Frame and Findlay Napier.

Winning entrants will receive a cash prize and perform live at the Festival, in a concert to be headlined by Frame and Napier, best known as members of folk group Back of the Moon and, subsequently, contemporary indie folk band Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers.

Elizabeth Findlay, Chair of the Nairn Book and Arts Festival said: “This new competition offers a great opportunity for a budding songwriter to perform their work live in a concert featuring two of Scotland’s finest musicians, and we’re looking for young talent as well as entries from more experienced musicians. It’s an exciting new element to the Festival, now in its tenth year.”

The Nairn Book and Arts Festival runs from 3rd – 8th September. Competition winners will be informed in late August and asked to perform their song, or have someone of their choice perform it, in a concert on 4th September at Nairn’s Little Theatre. Entries from under-18s and over-18s will be judged separately and two cash prizes will be awarded in each age category.

All topics and styles of song will be considered, and the focus of judging will be on the nature and content of the song, rather than performance. Entries must be received by 31st July 2013.

For more information about the competition and how to enter, visit www.nairnfestival.co.uk .
The Nairn Book and Arts Festival 2013 Programme is due to be announced in early June.