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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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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 ›

Songs

 
Die Liebe kommt von allein zu Dir
AVIVIENCE
German Schlager 29 2
 
A Good Man
pmtnroy
Singer-Songwriter 139 24
 
Dreamscape
LAYERS RESPOND
Progressive 149 39
 
Never say Never
Sepp
Singer-Songwriter 44 7
 
It's about Time
Frank Hainke
Rock 81 5

New comments

JuKa at 16.08.2026 13:22 about Mit 80 noch einmal um die Welt by JuKa:

Dankeschön, das freut mich!

Cruel Mechanized Body at 16.08.2026 13:01 about Hypnagogia by Tranquility Base Commander:

Jazzy post metal fits quite good. I was not prepared for the ending part. But that's really cool. Like the vocals. Vote.

Cruel Mechanized Body at 16.08.2026 13:00 about Hypnagogia by Tranquility Base Commander:

Jazzy post metal fits quite good. I was not prepared for the ending part. But that's really cool. Like the vocals. Vote.

Cruel Mechanized Body at 16.08.2026 12:58 about Too Late by sleepyinspain:

Great. Like it. Great Vocals. Vote.

Cruel Mechanized Body at 16.08.2026 12:55 about Snatch It Away by Alexixmix:

Sehr cool. Geniale Stimme. Passt perferkt. Interessanter Song. Vote.

Cruel Mechanized Body at 16.08.2026 12:52 about Ragde Eop by Die Biomechanik:

Sehr kreativ. Gefällt mir gut.

Vivyd at 16.08.2026 12:49 about Schrödingers zwischen uns by Vivyd :

Dankeschön 😊 vielen Dank für das Feedback.

Cruel Mechanized Body at 16.08.2026 12:48 about Eidolon by Teraphim:

Sehr cool. Diese dunkle Atmosphäre spricht mich sofort an. Vote.

Cruel Mechanized Body at 16.08.2026 12:46 about The Dead by Cruel Mechanized Body:

Vielen Dank, hatte auch überlegt, wo es besser passen würde.

Cruel Mechanized Body at 16.08.2026 12:45 about The Dead by Cruel Mechanized Body:

Vielen Dank.