The award is open to female and non-binary identifying musicians aged 25 and under on 10th November 2025. Applicants must be Victorian residents. The award invites eligible musicians to submit a composition written in the spirit of jazz and improvisation.
What to submit: A lead sheet or score of your composition (pdf) and a recording of your composition (mp3 or link to audio file on Soundcloud, YouTube, Dropbox, or similar). The prize consists of $1,250 and a performance opportunity at the 2026 MWIJF.
Submissions due 10th November 2025, 5pm Entries can be submitted here
Shannon Barnett photo Lena Ganssman
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2024 Rolling Stock Recording Prize winners MAS (Xani Kolac and Anita Quayle) with Louisa Rankin, recording a preview of Louisa’s The Lighthouse live in the PBS studios in November 2024
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