Sweetwater/SEAMUS 2026 Student Competition Submission Form
Note that only members of SEAMUS who are full-time students are eligible to enter this competition. If your entry is a collaborative composition, you must have been the primary composer and the work must have been written mostly by students.
Please be aware that the Sweetwater/SEAMUS submission process is entirely separate from the SEAMUS Conference submission process. Submissions for the Sweetwater/SEAMUS prize are not automatically considered for conference inclusion, and vice-versa. Students wishing to enter the competition and submit to the conference must complete both submission processes. Students may submit the same piece for both entries, or two different pieces.
Individuals are allowed one Sweetwater/SEAMUS submission.
This is an anonymous competition. Make sure to remove your name from the content of the files, including MP3 metadata and PDF scores.
Eligibility
Applicants to the Sweetwater/SEAMUS Student Commissioning Competition must be student members of SEAMUS and must be either currently enrolled in an academic program in the United States (high school through doctoral studies) or a United States citizen studying abroad. All completed submissions will be verified for student status against current SEAMUS membership records.
For more information, see the Sweetwater/SEAMUS page at seamusonline.org. Judging of multichannel music submissions may be from stereo audio files depending on the availability of judges with access to the necessary equipment. Please provide a stereo mixdown for adjudication purposes.
Requirements
You must be a SEAMUS member in good standing to submit. If you are not a SEAMUS member, or you have not renewed your membership, please go to SEAMUSonline.org to join or renew.
You will also need a free Submittable account profile to access the submission form. This is a separate username and password from your SEAMUS account—they are not linked. Please use this to log in to the submission form.
Please direct any questions regarding your submission or the submission process to Becky Brown, Director of Technological Development at: techdev@seamusonline.org.
Below is a brief survey (should take less than a minute) with questions that reflect the desire of SEAMUS to gather information that can potentially assist the organization in ensuring that our events and services are available to a diverse membership. These questions are in no way connected to the entry that you have just submitted and these answers are anonymous. Taking this survey is completely voluntary but we appreciate your consideration and action to assist us in imagining future projects, programs, and opportunities.
Please direct any questions regarding your submission or the submission process to Becky Brown, Director of Technological Development at: techdev@seamusonline.org.
SEAMUS 2026 Concert Works Submission Form
Before proceeding, please review the details of the call for submissions at: https://seamusonline.org/seamus-2026-call/
Concert works include fixed media compositions for up to 8 channels, audiovisual works for up to 8 channels of audio, and works for performers with live and/or fixed electronic elements. Pieces for the featured performers are also welcome here (see call above for performer bios).
Anonymous submission reminders
Adjudication of the SEAMUS National Conference is a double-blind review. This means that the judges do not know who you are, and are reviewing your work anonymously. Any distinguishing marks that negate the double-blind review will disqualify the submission, and cause it to be withdrawn from consideration.
Please note that iTunes and Compressor can automatically add your name to the ID3 tag when encoding audio to MP3. Make sure to remove all ID3 tags from your MP3. Please make sure that your name, or any other identifying marks, are not present in this metadata. Audio files that contain identifying information will be automatically withdrawn from consideration.
For videos of performances, seeing the composer performing does not constitute an anonymity violation, as there is no expectation that the performer shown is the composer of the work. Seeing the composer's name, however, does constitute such a violation.
Requirements
You are required to be a current and active SEAMUS member to submit. If you are not a SEAMUS member, or you have not renewed your membership, please go to SEAMUSonline.org to join or renew.
You will also need a free Submittable account profile to access the submission form. This is a separate username and password from your SEAMUS account—they are not linked. Please use this to log in to the submission form.
Please direct any questions regarding your submission or the submission process to Becky Brown, Director of Technological Development at: techdev@seamusonline.org.
SEAMUS 2026 Conference Presentation and Workshop Submission Form
Before proceeding, please review the details of the call for submissions at: https://seamusonline.org/seamus-2026-call/
This submission form is for paper presentation, panel, and workshop proposals.
- Individuals or groups may propose a presentation on a topic related to electroacoustic music composition, performance, pedagogy, etc. Topics especially welcome are those that support the SEAMUS mission of studying past and present electroacoustic music and its social, cultural and artistic practices; technical research and realizations; and listening practices. Papers may also discuss specific music presented in the Conference itself. Presentations will be limited to 25 minutes with an additional 5 minutes for questions. Selected presentations associated with a research paper will be included in Journal SEAMUS.
- Individuals or groups may propose a workshop related to the field of electroacoustic composition and/or performance. Workshops can be from 30 minutes to 2 hours in length.
Individuals are allowed one research submission to the conference. This includes works by multiple authors. If you are part of a collaboration, you cannot submit an additional work as a solo presenter in this category.
Anonymous submission reminders
Adjudication of the SEAMUS National Conference is a double-blind review. This means that the judges do not know who you are, and are reviewing your work anonymously. Any distinguishing marks that negate the double-blind review will disqualify the submission, and cause it to be withdrawn from consideration.
Please note that iTunes and Compressor can automatically add your name to the ID3 tag when encoding audio to MP3. Make sure to remove all ID3 tags from your MP3. Please make sure that your name, or any other identifying marks, are not present in this metadata. Audio files that contain identifying information will be automatically withdrawn from consideration.
Requirements
Membership is required to submit. If you are not a SEAMUS member, or you have not renewed your membership, please go to SEAMUSonline.org to join or renew.
You will also need a free Submittable account profile to access the submission form. This is a separate username and password from your SEAMUS account—they are not linked. Please use this to log in to the submission form.
Please direct any questions regarding your submission or the submission process to Becky Brown, Director of Technological Development at: techdev@seamusonline.org.
SEAMUS 2026 Installations Submission Form
Before proceeding, please review the details of the call for submissions at: https://seamusonline.org/seamus-2026-call/
Installations must involve a significant sound component or engage with sound or music topically in some way.
Installations can be either physical, requiring in-person setup; or fully online, interactive multimedia experiences. Individuals are allowed one installation submission to the conference. This includes works by multiple artists. If you are part of a collaboration, you cannot submit an additional work as a solo artist in this category.
Anonymous submission reminders
Adjudication of the SEAMUS National Conference is a double-blind review. This means that the judges do not know who you are, and are reviewing your work anonymously. Any distinguishing marks that negate the double-blind review will disqualify the submission, and cause it to be withdrawn from consideration.
Please note that iTunes and Compressor can automatically add your name to the ID3 tag when encoding audio to MP3. Make sure to remove all ID3 tags from your MP3. Please make sure that your name, or any other identifying marks, are not present in this metadata. Audio files that contain identifying information will be automatically withdrawn from consideration.
Requirements
Membership is required to submit. If you are not a SEAMUS member, or you have not renewed your membership, please go to SEAMUSonline.org to join or renew.
You will also need a free Submittable account profile to access the submission form. This is a separate username and password from your SEAMUS account—they are not linked. Please use this to log in to the submission form.
Please direct any questions regarding your submission or the submission process to Becky Brown, Director of Technological Development at: techdev@seamusonline.org.