The MAC Board is proud to announce the winners of the 3rd Annual Burman & Wallowitch Awards. 

Dottie Burman Award :  Amy Engelhardt

John Wallowitch Award:  Drew Fornarola

The awards are given in honor of two wonderful songwriters from our community to recognize and celebrate the work of today’s composers.  The award selection is based on the body of work off the 3 songs submitted by the writers. This year's judges were Skip Kennen, Rob Lester, Thomas Honeck, and Gerald Stockstill, as well as final judge Karen Mason. 


Submissions are accepted from Monday Aug 8th to Sunday Sept 11th. Judging will occur from Monday Sept 12 to Oct 9th.  Finalist will be notified at that time.  Final Judging by celebrity judges will occur from Oct 10 to Oct 16th.  Winners for each award will be notified on Monday Oct 17th and will be expected to perform at the MAC General Meeting at The Metropolitan Room on Saturday Oct 22nd.
Please carefully read the breakdowns and requirements for each award and submit accordingly.
We wish you all the best and look forward to hearing your work.
 
DOTTIE BURMAN AWARD
The recipient will receive $250 and a certificate.
Qualifications
Songwriter must be age 40 or over.
Songwriter cannot thus far have received significant recognition in the music industry, and may not previously have won an award from MAC for songwriting.
Songwriter must submit three songs (MP3 only) via email, each song should be in a separate email with accompanying lyrics in the body of the email only. NO PDF or Word attachments or links.
SUBMISSION EMAIL: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
For each email, in the subject, put your last name and the song title (i.e. Sondheim-Send In The Clowns)
Each email must also contain your name, the name(s) of your collaborators and a contact phone number
Collaborations are eligible, provided that all of the collaborators meet the qualifications,
all three submitted songs were written by the same writing team, and none of the collaborators is also submitting individually or is a member of another writing team that is entering into the competition.
 
JOHN WALLOWITCH AWARD
The recipient will receive $250 and a certificate.
Qualifications
Songwriter must be 39 years old or younger.
Songwriter cannot thus far have received significant recognition in the music industry, and may not previously have won an award from MAC for songwriting.
Songwriter must submit three songs (MP3 only) via email, each song should be in a separate email with accompanying lyrics in the body of the email only. NO PDF or Word attachments or links.
SUBMISSION EMAIL: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
For each email, in the subject, put your last name and the song title (i.e. Sondheim-Send In The Clowns)
Each email must also contain your name, the name(s) of your collaborators and a contact phone number
Collaborations are eligible, provided that all of the collaborators meet the qualifications,
 all three submitted songs were written by the same writing team, and none of the collaborators is also submitting individually or is a member of another writing team that is entering into the competition.