01.
Concept
The songs/pieces work together as a solid body of work, illustrating strong vision, ideas and rationale.
Music entries are judged using these five equally valued criteria
01.
02.
Composition
The music showcases compositional, lyrical (if relevant), songwriting, storytelling and arranging excellence.
03.
Creativity
The music displays innovation, ambition, experimentation, risk-taking, uniqueness and relevance.
04.
Audio Quality
The recordings provided display excellence in production, superb audio quality, and is exciting to the ear.
This criteria is NOT relevant for Community Awards.
05.
Execution
The recording/s provided capture an excellent musical performance.
The above criteria apply to the Best of the Best Awards (with very slight variations in wording to suit Best Song or Track, Best Producer and Best Musician categories), Community Awards (except criteria No.4) and all Genre Awards.
Subject to specific eligibility requirements of each Award, you may enter once into each of the Best of the Best Awards categories, once into each of the Community Awards and into just ONE of the Genre Awards categories.
Entries
Open
9am Monday
3 July 2023
Entries
Close
2pm Friday
21 July 2023
Nominees
Announced
8am Thursday
14 September 2023
Public Voting
Closes
12 Noon Friday
13 October 2023
Awards
Ceremony
6pm Tuesday
31 October 2023
Contemporary Music Victoria Inc.
Unit 1, 35 Johnston Street
Collingwood Yards
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country
Collingwood VIC 3066
Music Victoria advocates, celebrates and supports on the unceded lands of the peoples of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Elders, past and present, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We deeply respect the role that music and songlines play and have played in the continuation of their culture for the past 60,000+ years.