Application Deadline:  September 1, 2010

Application Fee:  $25 per composition entered

The North Dakota State University Concert Choir seeks new, unpublished scores for mixed choir (SATB); unaccompanied, or with keyboard accompaniment; 3-5 minutes in length;  and suitable for accomplished high school or university choir.  Text may be sacred or secular, either in the public domain or copyrighted, as long as letter of permission from the copyright owner is included with the submission.  Composer must be 35 years of age or younger as of January 1, 2010.  First prize is $1,000 plus travel to appear at premiere performance in addition to a contract from Pavane Publishing to place their composition in the Jo Ann Miller Choral Series.  Additional details can be found online at http://www.ndsu.edu/finearts/music/fissinger/index.html.