ACDA sponsors a number of awards and competitions throughout the year designed to celebrate the highest levels of achievement in various areas of the choral art. Announcements are published in Choral Journal and on ChoralNet, and publicized to members in a range of other ways.
Currently Accepting Submissions:
ACDA’s Brock Prize for Student Composers
OPEN NOW! Deadline is July 13, 2023 at 11:59pm central time
Additional Awards:
ACDA Student Chapter Award
2023 submission period is closed.
ACDA’s Composition Focus Prize
The submission period has closed for Treble & Tenor/Bass submissions.
ACDA’s Brock Prize for Professional Composers
Currently closed.
ACDA’s Brock Prize for Student Composers
OPEN NOW!
Raymond W. Brock Memorial Commission
Established in 1991. Not chosen through application.
2022 Julius Herford Dissertation Prize
OPEN NOW!
Pearl Prize
Competition is permanently closed.
Robert Shaw Choral Award
The nomination period for the 2023 award has closed. The next nomination period will open in 2024.
Diverse Voices Collaborative Grant
A one-time award, made in 2019.
Genesis Prize: A Composer/Poet Response
A one-time award, made in 2020.
ACDA National Conference-Related Awards & Competitions
Steven M. Demorest Award for Choral Research
An award made to the highest scoring poster proposal as judged by the poster selection committee.
