{"id":2091002,"date":"2025-10-14T19:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2091002"},"modified":"2025-10-14T19:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:03:15","slug":"the-22nd-annual-iama-deadline-is-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-22nd-annual-iama-deadline-is-near\/","title":{"rendered":"The 22nd Annual IAMA Deadline Is Near"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<!-- ARTICAL CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p>The 22nd Annual <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/inacoustic.com\/?utm_campaign=press-release&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-96vXt-mO5l8AmcsraP7DD9HJklUgdP0IUVLgVC38VNBMDyIFSbTHy5g_JTCurjsETfTxrG\" title=\"\">International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA)<\/a>\u2014one of the most respected global competitions for unplugged artists\u2014is about to close its doors for entries. Musicians have until November 7 to submit their work and stake their claim for recognition, radio airplay, and a hefty prize package worth over $11,000.<\/p>\n<p>Far from your average songwriting contest, IAMA celebrates the art of <em>stripped-back sound<\/em>\u2014those pure, human moments that happen when wood and wire meet emotion. Categories range from Folk and Americana\/Roots to Bluegrass, Country, and even an \u201cOpen\u201d slot for anything that defies labels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very nice to have an award and to be recognized for doing something that I love,\u201d said last year\u2019s top winner, blues-folk heavyweight <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicconnection.com\/charlie-parr-wins-top-honors-in-21st-annual-acoustic-music-awards\/\" title=\"\">Charlie Parr<\/a> (pictured), whose gravelly voice and fingerpicked grit earned him the 2024 Grand Prize.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Charlie Parr perform \u201c1890\u201d live:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charlie Parr - 1890\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X74nBiFcMoI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The IAMA has a habit of discovering future stars before the rest of the world catches up. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicconnection.com\/meghan-trainor-friends-los-angeles-ace-hotel\/\" title=\"\">Meghan Trainor<\/a> was a young songwriter when she won over the judges more than a decade ago. Fast forward: \u201cAll About That Bass\u201d hits No. 1 for eight weeks, she bags a GRAMMY for Best New Artist, and suddenly the girl who once entered an acoustic contest is a household name.<\/p>\n<p>Other alumni include Zane Williams, whose winning song was later recorded by Jason Michael Carroll, landing on the Billboard Country Charts; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicconnection.com\/jeff-gutt-stone-temple-pilots\/\" title=\"\">Jeff Gutt<\/a>, who became an <em>X Factor USA<\/em> runner-up; and Charlie Dore, known for her timeless hit \u201cPilot of the Airwaves.\u201d Even legends like Bertie Higgins (\u201cKey Largo\u201d) and The Bellamy Brothers have claimed category wins.<\/p>\n<p>Relive Meghan Trainor\u2019s breakout moment:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7PCkvCPvDXk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Last year\u2019s winners roster reads like a crash course in acoustic diversity:<\/p>\n<p>Beyond bragging rights, IAMA winners gain genuine industry traction. The overall Grand Prize includes radio promotion to 250+ stations across North America\u2014an opportunity that\u2019s launched several past winners into Billboard territory. Sponsors like PreSonus, Sirius XM, SSL, Ditto Music, and Acoustic Caf\u00e9 give the competition major credibility in both the recording and broadcast worlds.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline is November 7, enter your work <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/inacoustic.com\/enter-here\/\" title=\"\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n                  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n                  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3&appId=1385724821660962\";\n                  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.musicconnection.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 22nd Annual International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA)\u2014one of the most respected global competitions for unplugged artists\u2014is about to close its doors for entries. Musicians have until November 7 to submit their work and stake their claim for recognition, radio airplay, and a hefty prize package worth over $11,000. Far from your average songwriting contest, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2091003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2091002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-22nd-Annual-IAMA-Deadline-Is-Near.webp.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2091002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2091004,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091002\/revisions\/2091004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2091003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2091002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2091002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2091002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}