2018 Queensland Music Awards Extend Deadline To Submit Entries

Violent Soho won Album of the Year at the 2017 Queensland Music Awards
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Queensland songwriters have a little extra time to submit their songs into the 2018 Queensland Music Awards. The new deadline for submission is midnight, Sunday 28 January.


A platform for artists to catapult their careers forward onto the national stage, the 2018 awards have enjoyed a flood of published and unpublished submissions from musicians across the state.

Among the judges on board for 2018 include Marc Sousley (Sydney City Limits), Petrina Convey (Sony Music Australia), Amy Jarman (BMG Music Australia), Ben Godding (Kobalt Music) and Jack Bridges (Beatport) among a host of prominent media, labels, A&R, managers, booking agents, publishers and sync agents.

The 2018 QMAs span 13 categories including Pop, Rock, Blues / Roots, Country, Hip Hop / Rap, Singer-Songwriter, World / Folk, Jazz, Electronic / Dance, Heavy, Regional, Video and Schools (Grade 6-12).

Click here to read the winners of the 2017 Queensland Music Awards.

Also extended are entries for the 2018 Billy Thorpe Scholarship. The $10,000 award enables an emerging artist or band to record with an established producer, and receive career-planning advice from a Chugg Entertainment representative.

Applicants can apply online through QMusic’s website.

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