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▶︎HOFA SONG CONTEST

Join the international online competition for musicians & producers now and win over €32,000 in cash and prizes.

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Taking part is easy:

1. Upload your best song
2. Share your song with the whole world
3. Win cash & great prizes

Join the 11th HOFA Song Contest now!

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)
View prizes
Contest timeline
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The contest starts

JUN 1, 2026

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Closing date

AUG 8, 2026

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Start of jury voting

AUG 10, 2026

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End of public voting

AUG 20, 2026

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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:

  • Pop
  • Rock & Heavy
  • Electronic Music
  • Hip-Hop / Soul / R’n’B
  • Traditional & Miscellaneous
See contest rules and FAQ ›

New songs

 
Dein Vielleicht
Rocky Smiles
Hip-Hop, R'n'B & Soul 2 0
 
Mein Spiegelbild
Susanne Blettner
Singer-Songwriter 0 0
 
Want You
mfischer
House 4 0
 
See it clear
Tribewood(Andre)
Techno 1 0
 
breakFAST
Skokoo
Drum and Bass 9 1

New comments

Katy Wirtz at 17.06.2026 19:22 about Down By The River by Katy Wirtz:

Thank you for your thoughtful review. I really appreciate the time you took to listen and share your impressions of the song.

Katy Wirtz at 17.06.2026 19:21 about Down By The River by Katy Wirtz:

Ich danke Dir vielmals! Ich war mir erst unsicher, ob ich es verwenden sollte . Aber das Ergebnis zeigt mir, dass das Akkordeon definitiv seinen Platz in der Musik gefunden...

Katy Wirtz at 17.06.2026 19:20 about Down By The River by Katy Wirtz:

Ich danke dir vielmals für deine lieben Worte und für Deine Stimme 🙏🏻 🎵! Liebe Grüße aus dem Ruhrpott nach Köln!

Katy Wirtz at 17.06.2026 19:19 about Down By The River by Katy Wirtz:

Obrigado pelo carinho e pelo incentivo! Fico muito grato pelo seu voto e apoio.

Susanne Blettner at 17.06.2026 19:09 about Mein Spiegelbild by Susanne Blettner:

Ich freu mich auf eine tolle Zeit, auf eure Musik, auf konstruktive Kritik und auf einen schönen Erfahrungsaustausch über die Musik, die für mich sooo wichtig ist. Mein...

toni nogueira at 17.06.2026 19:04 about Be Enough by foresterDNB:

MUITO BOM PARABENS PELO SEU TRABALHO MUSICA BOA É PRA SER VOTADO

toni nogueira at 17.06.2026 19:03 about Try again by banam:

MUITO BOM PARABENS PELO SEU TRABALHO MUSICA BOA É PRA SER VOTADO

toni nogueira at 17.06.2026 19:03 about Everything To Me by WillCragg:

MUITO BOM PARABENS PELO SEU TRABALHO MUSICA BOA É PRA SER VOTADO

toni nogueira at 17.06.2026 19:03 about Everything To Me by WillCragg:

MUITO BOM PARABENS PELO SEU TRABALHO MUSICA BOA É PRA SER VOTADO

editorialefuscoaiello@gmail.com at 17.06.2026 19:03 about NA GUCCIA E CAFE' by Clemente Aiello:

Canzone meravigliosa nel testo nella produzione OTTIMO LAVORO mi dispiace ma non riesco a votarla non mi accetta il voto