Song contest with maritime/nautical theme first prize money increased to £200 at Wessex Folk Festival, Weymouth, Dorset

The 2010 Wessex Folk Festival maritime/nautical themed song contest has been revamped to provide two opportunities, one for under 18s and one for 18+, giving even more incentive for a greater number of people to submit their songs to this popular song competition.

The Wessex region has a long and rich association with the sea and the Wessex Folk Festival Committee wish to take this opportunity to mark the part that Weymouth & Portland are going to play in hosting the 2012 sailing events with these prizes.

Submission details:

• £6.00 per song
• Entries to be received no later than 3 May 2010
• Entries to be submitted on tape, CD - please include printed lyrics.
• Remember to include your name and contact details
• If you want your tape/cd returned, please enclose a stamped, addressed envelope

Note: You can submit as many entries as you wish, but please ensure that you enclose £6.00 per song. If you don't pay your fee your song(s) will not be judged.

Judging:

Our judges will be scoring the songs out of 10, in each of the following categories:

• Relevance to the theme ("Maritime" or "Nautical")
• Appeal
• Memorability
• Lyrics
• Originality

Please see the Wessex Folk Festival website http://www.wessexfolkfestival.co.uk for more details and the entry form

The winner will be announced on 2nd June 2010