Entries

Like many things to do with the club this is 'Anything Goes', which I guess is our way of saying 'open category', the only stipulations are that the words and tune have to be original, The songs don't have to be the work of just one person, group efforts are very welcome.
The songs being entered for the competition will be sung as part of the normal sing-around format, the singer(s) declaring before the performance that the song is an entry and giving his/her/their name(s) and a title for the song.

Marking

As with all its competitions the club uses the time honoured 'EuroVision Song Contest' Rules (St. Denys variations).
For previous songwriting competitions at the club the panel of judges has been the audience. All of them! We have decided to continue this idea but with a slight twist, every one, including the singers, can mark the songs, the only restriction being that the singers, à la 'EuroVision Song Contest', can not mark their own entry. The resultant 'holes' in the score grid will be compensated for by a process of averaging. The same goes for scores from late arrivals. Shame on you!

Trophies/Certificates

We present small trophies and certificates to the first three places and commendation certificates to the next three places. Ties for places are coped with in the normal way.

Other Competitions

We currently have just the one club competition a year. This is a Song Writing Competition in the middle of January. As stated above the primary stipulations for this are that both the words and the tune are original.
However not everyone is happy with doing everything from scratch so we are considering adding a mid-year/autumn competition for comedy/parody/derivative songs. Comments please.