This webpage was updated on September 19, 2021, and not all awards have updated deadlines – click the link to see up-to-date information and other details.
August 16th, 2021
Submission Deadline for the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra Commissioning Competition
August 15th
Submission Deadline for Fall Issue of the Oregon Music Educators Journal
September 15th, 2021
Application Deadline for the Jazz Education Network Young Composer Showcase
September 17th, 2021
Submission Deadline for the SCI Jazz Composition Award
September 29th, 2021 (est.)
Application Deadline for Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition
not updated for 2021…
Submission Deadline for the ASCAP/MPL Paul McCartney Scholarship for Best Arrangement
October 14th, 2021
Submission Deadline for the 2022 ISJAC/USF Prize for Emerging Black Composers
October 14th, 2021
Submission Deadline for the 2022 ISJAC/USF Owen Prize in Jazz Composition
October 15th, 2021
Application Deadline for the Sisters in Jazz Collegiate Combo Competition
November 15th, 2021
Submission Deadline for North American Saxophone Alliance Collegiate Jazz Solo Competition
December 9th, 2021
Submission Deadline for International Trombone Association – Jazz Trombone Competitions
December 15th, 2021 (this is an estimate – the webpage has not been updated for 2021)
Submission Deadline for ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards
December 15th, 2021 (this is an estimate – the jazz division guidelines have not been updated)
Application Deadline for National Trumpet Competition
December 31st, 2021 (this is an estimate – the jazz division guidelines have not been updated)
Submission Deadline for Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards
January 1st, 2022
Deadline for JEN Scholarships and Awards
January 7th, 2022
Deadline for the David P (’60) and Susan W. Wohlhueter Jazz Ensemble Composition Contest at Ithaca College
January 5th-8th, 2022
Jazz Education Network Conference | New Orleans
January 15th, 2022
Application Deadline for the American Jazz Pianist Competition
February 1st, 2022 (this is an estimate – the webpage has not been updated for 2022)
Submission Deadline for the Sammy Nestico Award – Jazz Composition Contest
February 1st, 2022
Submission Deadline for the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Improvisation Contest
February 1st-March 31st, 2020 (est.)
Application Period for Presenters/Performers at 2021 Jazz Education Network Conference
February 15th, 2022
Submission Deadline for Spring Issue of the Oregon Music Educators Journal
March 1st – June 1st 2022 (est.)
Application Period for the Carmine Caruso Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition
June 30th, 2021
Deadline for Presenter/Performer Applications for 2022 Oregon Music Educators Association Conference
June 30th, 2022 (this is an estimate – the webpage has not been updated for 2022)
Submission Deadline for the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra Composition Contest
July, 2022 (this is an estimate – the webpage has not been updated for 2022)
Submission Deadline for National Band Association Jazz Composition Contest
May 12th-14th, 2022 (est.)
ISJAC Symposium | University of Texas-Austin
(not updated with information for 2022 competition)
International Society of Bassists Competition