Remember that you can create many opportunities. For now, we will focus on choral composition competitions, call for scores, and commission competitions. They differ in just a few details, but the overall process is the same. Set up and launch the event, the composers apply, and the judges decide the selected composers.
Before Launching the Competition
I know it looks like a lot, but it is easier than you think. We just separate it in several posts so you don’t feel overwhelmed 
This is a key part of the process because this establishes the foundation of your competition and how people will see it from the outside. We know you care, now let’s get ready to show the world.
- Select theme, subject, occasion for the piece and event
- Setting healthy deadlines for all artists and organizations
- Setting fair prizes without bankrupting your organization
- Rules for you, rules for them. Rules!
- Judges, Judging procedures, and selecting collaborators
- Submission platforms, communication methods
- Advertise, Spread the news!
After Receiving Submissions
The key here is to keep your files in order so the process can flow with ease.
- Organize submissions and prepare files for judging
- Internal communication: Judging process, results and comments, securing the winners availability
- External communication: Announcement, social media
After the competition
The adventure does not end with letting the composers know the results After working so hard, it is time to collect the benefits. You get to make meaningful art that is in sync with your mission and that speaks to your community. The following steps are just a part of how much work you can do with the selected composers.
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