Local songwriters have the opportunity to be the voice of Durham Tourism. Songwriters – professional or amateur – can submit a one-minute jingle about Durham for a chance to win $500 and perform their jingle live at the Songwriters Music Festival.

Jingles will be judged by Durham Tourism and Ron Beer of the Durham Regional Songwriters Group. The winner will be announced at the Songwriters Music Festival in Whitby at the Whitby Centennial Building on Jan. 29, where the winning jingle will be performed during the opening ceremony. For more information about and to purchase tickets for the Songwriters Music Festival, please click here!

Jingles should be one minute in length, be original compositions and must not infringe on any copyright. Songwriters may opt to use the Durham Tourism “Good Natured, Good Times” slogan or create a new catch phrase.

How to enter:

• Write your jingle and videotape it being performed.
• Upload the video to YouTube.
• Go to www.artoftransition.ca to submit your video before 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 24.

The winning jingle will receive:

• A $500 grand prize ($250 for the songwriter and $250 for the performer).
• National exposure with the opportunity to perform their winning jingle at the Songwriters Music Festival in Whitby on Jan. 29, where songwriters from across Canada will be on hand.
• The jingle may be recorded for use in Durham Tourism marketing campaigns, including “Durham Destinations” segments on Rogers TV Durham.
• An artist profile in an upcoming issue of Transitions magazine.

The Art of Transition Songwriting Competition is now closed. A winner will be announced on Saturday, Jan. 29.

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In the meantime, we request that you please add a comment to “What does the art of transition mean to you?” with a link to your YouTube video.  We’ll ensure these are added to the YouTube group.

To upload your video to YouTube, you need to:

• Log into your YouTube account.   If you don’t have a YouTube account, you’ll need to create one: http://www.youtube.com/create_account
• Click the gold ‘Upload’ button at the top right of the page
• Follow the instructions to upload your video
• Go to ‘My Videos’, and click the name of your video
• Near the top right side of the page, you’ll see the ‘URL’. Copy and paste this, and add to your comment on “What does the art of transition mean to you?”

• Log into your Flickr account.   If you don’t have a Flickr account, you’ll need to create one: http://www.flickr.com/signup/
• Go to http://www.flickr.com/groups/1223791@N24/
• Next to Group Pool, click “Join?”
• Next to Group Pool, click “Add photos or video”
• Select photos to add to the group (You can add 6 at a time)  NOTE:Your photos  need to uploaded to your own Flickr account before they can be added to the group
• Click Add to Group.