▶︎HOFA SONG CONTEST

The international online competition for musicians & producers.

▶︎HOFA SONG CONTEST

The international online competition for musicians & producers.

The winners have been chosen!

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11th HOFA Song Contest

The HOFA Song Contest is an international online competition for musicians and music producers. Convince the HOFA jury of your skills and collect votes in the public voting. There is no fee to participate!
NEW: You now have the option to enter with a music video.

Present your song worldwide

The contest is open to artists from every genre. We will make your talent heard and provide you with a stage for your music. The prize money of €6,000 will go to the winners of the five main categories and the music video award. You also get the chance to win attractive non-cash prizes from our sponsors.

Listen, vote, and leave a comment

This is a public contest, so your song will be heard by fans and music lovers from all over the world. Each and everyone is invited to cast their votes and leave comments.

About HOFA

Founded more than 35 years ago as a recording studio, HOFA divided into the following areas of music production and audio engineering:

HOFA-College
Online academy for audio engineering & music production – learn more ›

HOFA-Akustik
The patent remedy for optimum room acoustics – learn more ›

HOFA-Plugins
Intelligent audio plugins for PC & Mac – learn more ›

HOFA-Media
The best choice for your CD & vinyl duplication – learn more ›

HOFA-Studios
Recording, mixing & mastering studios – learn more ›

Win over €32,000 in cash and prizes!

There will be a main prize of €1,000 donated by HOFA in each of the five categories. We are also awarding €1,000 in prize money for the best music video. In addition to the main prizes, a lot of attractive special prizes will be awarded – we are very happy about the support from our sponsors!

6x €1,000 Main Prize

5x Audience Award: Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO X

HOFA AUDIO DIPLOMA online course in sound engineering

Native Instruments Komplete 26 Ultimate

SPL Phonitor One d

Arturia V Collection 11 Pro

Celemony Melodyne 5 Studio

Genelec 8010AP pair of monitors

Shure SM7dB studio microphone

Korg Kaoss Pad V

Ableton Live 12 Suite

Soundtoys 5 Bundle

Steinberg Cubase Pro 15

2x FL Studio All Plugins Edition

Steinberg Absolute 7

iZotope RX 12 Standard

Shure MV7i microphone

Spectrasonics Omnisphere 3

2x Sennheiser HD 480 PRO

2x Toontrack Superior Drummer 3

Yamaha HS5 MP Black pair of monitors

Yamaha URX22 audio interface black

ADAM Audio T7V monitor pair

Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Studio Pack

Lewitt LCT 440 PURE microphone

Avid Pro Tools Studio annual licence

2x Sonarworks SoundID Reference for Speakers & Headphones

Teufel ROCKSTER CROSS 2 Bluetooth speaker

Lewitt CONNECT 2 audio interface

Arturia Pigments

Native Instruments Absynth 6

SSL 1 Audio Interface

ADAM Audio H200 headphones

100x €50 HOFA Voucher (College, Plugins, Akustik)

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Contest timeline

The contest starts

JUN 1, 2026

Closing date

AUG 8, 2026

Start of jury voting

AUG 10, 2026

End of public voting

AUG 20, 2026

The winners are announced

AUG 24, 2026

Terms and conditions

Any solo artist, band, project etc. can participate with one of their original songs. Remixes and cover versions are excluded. Every participant can upload their song until August 8.

The musical genre of your song is not relevant, because there are several main categories in each of which winners will be determined. These are the available categories: