Judith Crossley Memorial Songwriting Award

18/09/2025

A huge congratulations to our Top 10 Finalists for the JCMSA 2025 👏
We loved listening to all of your songs! Thank you to everyone who entered!! It is the highlight of our year to hear the wonderful, thoughtfully crafted music that YOU make in response to this competition.
Stay tuned as our judges determine the winner...

13/09/2025

Finalist news is coming soon 🫣

01/09/2025

Thank you to everyone who sent us your entry for the 2025 Judith Crossley Songwriting Comp! Remember to like and subscribe on our socials, and if you want to stay in the loop make sure you have opted in to our email list (via link in bio). We appreciate your artistry, talent and hard work, and look forward with enthusiasm to hearing your songs!!!!

31/08/2025

Time is running out folks! Get your entries in by MIDNIGHT tonight to be in the running for the prestigious Judith Crossley Memorial Songwriting Award. It's free to enter, but you'll need to be quick!

28/08/2025

The effects of the algae bloom on some of our beaches has been incredibly difficult to watch. Countless times I have brought a rotten mood, a broken body, or a sub-optimal offering of myself to the shores of our beaches, and as if by magic, found a better version of myself by the time I left - heart fuller, thoughts calmer, warmth in my smile again, headache swept away. Now this iconic place that I associate with peace, comfort and health, is in desperate need of healing. Somebody, please write her a song!! Be her voice, tell her story, sing her a lullaby, we need your music 🎶

27/08/2025

We want to listen to your song! Listening to you unfurl stories that South Australia has tucked away is such a joy and celebration of this land and the people in it, we can't get enough!! Get your songs finished and sent in ASAP, entries close on Aug 31

25/08/2025

You have ONE WEEK to enter your song! Let's hear what you've got 🔥👏🤩
Entries close on August 31st

25/08/2025

Stories from times gone by, or stories that are still unravelling - we love it all! Last night, a local songwriter told us that she has an idea for a song about the mistress of an historical figure, whose name is celebrated throughout Adelaide, and we said LET'S HEAR IT!!! We can't wait 👏

23/08/2025

Get your songs in! Entries close soon

22/08/2025

Some of you have told us that your song isn't quite finished yet! We're not interested in the quality of the recording, just your song itself. You have until Aug 31st to send it to us. You've already started, so you might as well keep going and get it finished -remember, done is better than perfect! ❤️ You can do it!

19/08/2025

Closing soon 🔜 send in your entry before August 31

01/08/2025

The Importance of Verse Melody -

Chorus melody has a big EGO! It better have - it's got to make sure that plenty of people pay attention to it. Verse melody on the other hand is somewhat shy. "Don't notice me" it says, You're supposed to look at my friend, the chorus.