2025 GUIDE TO TOP COMPETITIONS
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IAWM Programming, Concert, Education and Search for New Music Competitions
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ABOUT THIS COMPETITION
The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWN) advocates for women in music around the globe and promotes their music through concerts, competitions, conferences, and grants.
MAIN OFFICE
International Alliance for Women in Music
2712 NE 13th Avenue Portland, OR 97212 Mailing office only; IAWM works virtually UNITED STATES
971-275-2534
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ELIGIBILITY
Competitions are open to women and non-binary composers/performers and educators. All competitions require IAWM membership with the exception of The Educator Grant, which does not require membership. See below for further information:
Search for New Music Competition Programming Awards Call for Works: Annual Concert 2025 Education Grant ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE(S)
Composition • Programming • Education
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| Travel Covered? | No |
| Frequency | Annual |
| First prize | Less than $10,000 |
| Smallest prize | Less than $5,000 |
| Additional prizes | Performances |
| Jury chair(s) | 1 to 5 |
| Jury size | Varies annually |
| Application fee | No fee |
| Application deadline | April 27, 2025 |
| Application notes | Multiple 2025 deadlines -April 27, Annual Concert -May 4, Search for New Music -October 26, Programming Award and the Education Grant |
FINALS (live rounds)
Annual Concert, October 2, 2025, Cologne Germany; digital competitions, Programming, Education, and Search for New Music competitions are not in a particular location. See website for details. |
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COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
✖ Not open to the public
PAST COMPETITION WINNERS
2024 Annual Concert Call for Scores Winners
Stefania de Kenessey, Unorthodox Redux
Chia-Yu Hsu, Urban Sketches
Jiyu Hu, The Romantic Nebula
Sarah LeMieux, 20 Years
Lucy Shirley, I Think I Should Have Loved You
Qingye Wu, Waves
Sum Yee Lee, Ondine
Ningxin Zhang, Travelers among Mountains and Streams
Christine Clark/Theodore Front Prize: Elizabeth J. Start, Unied States, Traces: Inspired by Strong Women
Miriam Gideon Prize; Linda Dusman, United States, Triptych of Gossips
Libby Larsen Prize: Janice Chia-Ying Shieh, Taiwan, Once a Sea
Pauline Oliveros New Genre Prize: Janice Misurell-Mitchell, United States, Resistant Noise
Leah Reid Electroacoustic and Music in Technology Prize: Melissa Hyatt Foss, United States, Palingenesis
PatsyLu Prize: Chia-Yu Hsu, Taiwan/United States, Dance Rhapsody
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble Prize: Annie Booth, United StatesCactus Blossom
Alex Shapiro Prize: Emily Graham, United States, She Made Her Way Through Desolation
Judith Lang Zaimont Prize: Jiyu Hu, China, Everychanging Times
Choral/Vocal Ensemble Prize: Lilia Ugay, Uzbekistan/United States, Point of Entry
Stefania de Kenessey, Unorthodox Redux
Chia-Yu Hsu, Urban Sketches
Jiyu Hu, The Romantic Nebula
Sarah LeMieux, 20 Years
Lucy Shirley, I Think I Should Have Loved You
Qingye Wu, Waves
Sum Yee Lee, Ondine
Ningxin Zhang, Travelers among Mountains and Streams
2024 Search for New Music Competition
Ruth Anderson Commission Prize: Shabnan Jafarinasab Kermani, Iran/United States, Gisovān: Voicing a RevolutionChristine Clark/Theodore Front Prize: Elizabeth J. Start, Unied States, Traces: Inspired by Strong Women
Miriam Gideon Prize; Linda Dusman, United States, Triptych of Gossips
Libby Larsen Prize: Janice Chia-Ying Shieh, Taiwan, Once a Sea
Pauline Oliveros New Genre Prize: Janice Misurell-Mitchell, United States, Resistant Noise
Leah Reid Electroacoustic and Music in Technology Prize: Melissa Hyatt Foss, United States, Palingenesis
PatsyLu Prize: Chia-Yu Hsu, Taiwan/United States, Dance Rhapsody
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble Prize: Annie Booth, United StatesCactus Blossom
Alex Shapiro Prize: Emily Graham, United States, She Made Her Way Through Desolation
Judith Lang Zaimont Prize: Jiyu Hu, China, Everychanging Times
Choral/Vocal Ensemble Prize: Lilia Ugay, Uzbekistan/United States, Point of Entry
2023 Education Grant
Dr. Estibaliz Bastesi, Bak Middle School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL2023 Programming Award
Whistling Hens duo: Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano, and Natalie Groom, clarinetistSOCIAL LINKS
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