Moonless International Music Competition

The Moonless International Music Competition is an exciting new arm of the Moonless International Film Festival & Screenwriters/Playwrights Competition, dedicated solely to celebrating the universal language of music.

We’re not just recognizing great songs—we’re spotlighting powerful, inspiring, and purpose-driven music that moves hearts, uplifts spirits, and leaves a lasting impact. From soulful ballads to dynamic performances, this competition honors artists whose work embodies creativity, passion, and timeless values.

Whether you’re an emerging artist or an established musician, this is your stage to share your voice with the world. If you believe music can transform lives and shape culture, submit your work today and let your sound be heard.

The Moonless International Music Competition

As part of the Moonless International Film Festival & Screenwriters/Playwrights Competition, the Moonless International Music Competition proudly celebrates purpose-driven, inspiring music that uplifts, empowers, and connects across cultures. All finalists will be recognized during the 2026 Moonless International Film Festival, with one standout artist earning the Grand Prize.

Grand Prize Winner (Music Category)

$1,500 Cash Prize
Moonless International Grand Laurels
Professional Demo Recording Session to bring your winning song to life
Private meeting with a music manager for career guidance and opportunities
VIP All-Access Pass to the 2026 Moonless International Film Festival
Live performance showcase at the festival before industry guests and fellow creatives
Featured interview on the Moonless International Podcast
Official award plaque and certificate
Promotion across Moonless International press and media channels

The Moonless International Music Competition

See https://www.moonlessmedia.com/moonless-international-music-competition for all the rules and terms.

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Dates & Deadlines

September 23, 2025
Opening Date
October 31, 2025
Super Early
November 30, 2025
Early
March 31, 2026
Regular
June 16, 2026
Late
August 14, 2026
Final
August 16, 2026
Notification Date
August 21 – 22, 2026
Event Date

Categories & Fees

Best Christian Music Video
- Super Early
- Standard: $35
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $25
- Early
- Standard: $45
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $35
- Regular
- Standard: $55
- Student: $40
- Gold Members: $45
- Late
- Standard: $65
- Student: $50
- Gold Members: $55
- Final
- Standard: $75
- Student: $60
- Gold Members: $65
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Best Country Music Video
- Super Early
- Standard: $35
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $25
- Early
- Standard: $45
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $35
- Regular
- Standard: $55
- Student: $40
- Gold Members: $45
- Late
- Standard: $65
- Student: $50
- Gold Members: $55
- Final
- Standard: $75
- Student: $60
- Gold Members: $65
Submit Now
Best Rock/Pop Music Video
- Super Early
- Standard: $35
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $25
- Early
- Standard: $45
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $35
- Regular
- Standard: $55
- Student: $40
- Gold Members: $45
- Late
- Standard: $65
- Student: $50
- Gold Members: $55
- Final
- Standard: $75
- Student: $60
- Gold Members: $65
Submit Now
Best Rap Video
- Super Early
- Standard: $35
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $25
- Early
- Standard: $45
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $35
- Regular
- Standard: $55
- Student: $40
- Gold Members: $45
- Late
- Standard: $65
- Student: $50
- Gold Members: $55
- Final
- Standard: $75
- Student: $60
- Gold Members: $65
Submit Now
Best Country Song Unreleased.
This category is for a written country song that the artist has not released to the public. It can be presented in either written form or as a demo.
- Super Early
- Standard: $35
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $25
- Early
- Standard: $45
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $35
- Regular
- Standard: $55
- Student: $40
- Gold Members: $45
- Late
- Standard: $65
- Student: $50
- Gold Members: $55
- Final
- Standard: $75
- Student: $60
- Gold Members: $65
Submit Now
Best Rock/Pop Song Unreleased
This category is for a written rock or pop song that the artist has not released to the public. It can be presented in either written form or as a demo.
- Super Early
- Standard: $35
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $25
- Early
- Standard: $45
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $35
- Regular
- Standard: $55
- Student: $40
- Gold Members: $45
- Late
- Standard: $65
- Student: $50
- Gold Members: $55
- Final
- Standard: $75
- Student: $60
- Gold Members: $65
Submit Now
Best Rap Song Unreleased.
This category is for a written rap song that the artist has not released to the public. It can be presented in either written form or as a demo.
- Super Early
- Standard: $35
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $25
- Early
- Standard: $45
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $35
- Regular
- Standard: $55
- Student: $40
- Gold Members: $45
- Late
- Standard: $65
- Student: $50
- Gold Members: $55
- Final
- Standard: $75
- Student: $60
- Gold Members: $65
Submit Now
Best Country Duet
- Super Early
- Standard: $35
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $25
- Early
- Standard: $45
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $35
- Regular
- Standard: $55
- Student: $40
- Gold Members: $45
- Late
- Standard: $65
- Student: $50
- Gold Members: $55
- Final
- Standard: $75
- Student: $60
- Gold Members: $65
Submit Now
Best Rock/Pop Duet
- Super Early
- Standard: $35
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $25
- Early
- Standard: $45
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $35
- Regular
- Standard: $55
- Student: $40
- Gold Members: $45
- Late
- Standard: $65
- Student: $50
- Gold Members: $55
- Final
- Standard: $75
- Student: $60
- Gold Members: $65
Submit Now
Best Rap Collaboration
- Super Early
- Standard: $35
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $25
- Early
- Standard: $45
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $35
- Regular
- Standard: $55
- Student: $40
- Gold Members: $45
- Late
- Standard: $65
- Student: $50
- Gold Members: $55
- Final
- Standard: $75
- Student: $60
- Gold Members: $65
Submit Now
Best Live Performance
- Super Early
- Standard: $35
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $25
- Early
- Standard: $45
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $35
- Regular
- Standard: $55
- Student: $40
- Gold Members: $45
- Late
- Standard: $65
- Student: $50
- Gold Members: $55
- Final
- Standard: $75
- Student: $60
- Gold Members: $65
Submit Now
Moonless Country Entertainer of the Year Award
Nominate Your Favorite Country Artist for the Moonless Entertainer of the Year! Submit a song from any professional country singer, duo, or band, and we’ll feature it in our monthly tally on our website. Each month, fans can follow the rankings and celebrate the incredible talent shaping country music today. In August, our committee will personally reach out to the top nominees and extend a formal invitation to attend the awards ceremony in person to accept the honor of Moonless Country Entertainer of the Year.
- Super Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Regular
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Late
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
Submit Now
Moonless Pop/Rock Entertainer of the Year Award
Nominate Your Favorite Pop/Rock Artist for the Moonless Entertainer of the Year! Submit a song from any professional Pop/Rock singer, duo, or band, and we’ll feature it in our monthly tally on our website. Each month, fans can follow the rankings and celebrate the incredible talent shaping music today. In August, our committee will personally reach out to the top nominee and extend a formal invitation to attend the awards ceremony in person to accept the honor of Moonless Entertainer of the Year.
- Super Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Regular
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Late
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
Submit Now
Moonless Christian Entertainer of the Year Award
Nominate Your Favorite Christian Artist for the Moonless Entertainer of the Year! Submit a song from any professional Christian singer, duo, or band, and we’ll feature it in our monthly tally on our website. Each month, fans can follow the rankings and celebrate the incredible talent shaping Christian music today. In August, our committee will personally reach out to the top nominee and extend a formal invitation to attend the awards ceremony in person to accept the honor of Moonless Entertainer of the Year.
- Super Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Regular
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Late
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
Submit Now
Moonless Rap Entertainer of the Year Award
Nominate Your Favorite Rap Artist for the Moonless Entertainer of the Year! Submit a song from any professional rap singer or duo, and we’ll feature it in our monthly tally on our website. Each month, fans can follow the rankings and celebrate the incredible talent shaping rap music today. In August, our committee will personally reach out to the top nominee and extend a formal invitation to attend the awards ceremony in person to accept the honor of Moonless Entertainer of the Year.
- Super Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Regular
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Late
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
Submit Now
Best New Album
- Super Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Regular
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Late
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
Submit Now
Best Country Album
- Super Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Regular
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Late
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
Submit Now
Best Pop/Rock Album
- Super Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Regular
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Late
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
Submit Now
Best Rap Album
- Super Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Regular
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Late
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
Submit Now
Best Christian Album
- Super Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Regular
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Late
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
Submit Now
Best Christian Song
- Super Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Regular
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Late
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
Submit Now
Best New Song
- Super Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Regular
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Late
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
Submit Now
Best Country Song
- Super Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Regular
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Late
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
Submit Now
Best Rap Song
- Super Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Regular
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Late
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
Submit Now
Best Pop/Rock Song
- Super Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Early
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Regular
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Late
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
Submit Now

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