{"id":65018,"date":"2025-06-01T11:28:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T09:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hofa-college.de\/?p=65018"},"modified":"2025-06-16T13:12:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:12:51","slug":"10-years-of-hofa-song-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hofa-college.de\/en\/blog\/10-years-of-hofa-song-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Years HOFA Song Contest \u2013 Now With \u20ac10,000 in Prize Money, Non-Cash Prizes Worth \u20ac20,000 and Wider Reach"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"65018\" class=\"elementor elementor-65018 elementor-64991\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b262b7f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b262b7f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-469a95b elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"469a95b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/dtcd1KdPMDE?si=L_EyUkYAL99aLZU5&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85950bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"85950bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c08f1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c08f1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The international HOFA Song Contest starts for the 10th time.<br \/>This online competition is organised by the HOFA-College online academy for audio engineering and open to musicians, songwriters, producers and bands. Music creators from all genres can submit an original song with no entry fee and get the chance to win prizes worth over \u20ac30,000. To do so, they must impress the expert jury and collect votes in the online voting.<br \/>In this anniversary contest, participants will also have the opportunity to present their music to an even larger public.<\/p><p>The submitted songs will be presented in five categories:<\/p><ul><li>Pop<\/li><li>Rock &amp; Heavy<\/li><li>Electronic Music<\/li><li>Hip-Hop \/ Soul \/ R&amp;B<\/li><li>Traditional &amp; Miscellaneous<\/li><\/ul><p>The best song in each of the five categories in this anniversary year will receive prize money of \u20ac2,000, plus numerous high-quality non-cash prizes worth a total of \u20ac20,000.<\/p><p>Start of the contest: June 1, 2025<br \/>Closing date for entries: August 5, 2025<br \/>Award presentation: September 1, 2025<\/p><p>The HOFA Song Contest 2025 is supported by:<br \/>Steinberg, Arturia, Beyerdynamic, Sennheiser, Focusrite, SPL, Toontrack, Avid, iZotope, Celemony, Native Instruments, Ableton, Lewitt, Shure, Soundtoys, ADAM Audio, PreSonus, Novation, Spectrasonics, Teufel, R\u00f8de, Sonarworks und HOFA.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c261b05 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c261b05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/hofa-contest.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Join the HOFA SONG CONTEST<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The international HOFA Song Contest starts for the 10th time. 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