Amount of award: $2 500
Deadline to apply: May 5, 2023


The SOCAN Foundation/MusCan Awards for Writings on Canadian Music are intended to encourage students’ research and writing on Canadian music topics and music professors’ mentorship of students in these endeavors. The competition is open to any student (undergraduate or graduate) who is a Canadian student or landed immigrant and does not yet hold a doctorate or full-time teaching appointment.

Submissions take the form of a 2500-3000 word scholarly paper on any topic in Canadian music, broadly defined.

For more information on prize and submission details, please visit SOCAN/MUSCAN Award for Writings on Canadian Music