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Article: The ASCAP Foundation/Lilith Fair Songwriting Contest Announced; First-of-Its Kind Competition Designed to Encourage New Female Songwriting Talent.
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- August 19, 1999
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NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Aug. 19, 1999--
In a joint announcement at the Lilith Fair concert at the New World Music Theater in Chicago, Illinois, Marilyn Bergman, President of The ASCAP Foundation, and Sarah McLachlan, artistic director of Lilith Fair, made public The ASCAP Foundation/Lilith Fair Songwriting Contest. An annual national competition co-sponsored by their respective organizations, The ASCAP Foundation/Lilith Fair Songwriting Contest is designed to encourage women songwriters. The contest prizes -- $25,000 for the grand prize winner and $10,000 for the first runner-up - are being funded by a group of the country's most prominent women ...