General
- The Youth Music Awards in association with Hal Leonard Europe will take place on Wednesday 16 October 2024 at Troxy, London.
- Nominations for all categories in the Youth Music Awards are now open and will close at 11pm on Monday 8 April 2024.
- Nominations are to be submitted only via Award Force.
- Entry to the Youth Music Awards is free of charge.
- Entrants may only enter each category once, but they can enter as many categories as they like.
- The Youth Music Awards are open to be won by anyone who has taken part in a project funded by Youth Music over the past five years (i.e. since 1 January 2019).
- Entrants can nominate themselves or the organisation they've worked for, a friend, a family member, or someone they've worked with on a project.
- To nominate someone else or an organisation, you must be aged 16 or over.
- To nominate yourself, you must be aged 18 or over.
- Those who have not taken part in a project funded by Youth Music over the past five years are not eligible to enter or win a Youth Music Award. However, those nominating someone else do not have to have taken part themselves (for example, a parent or carer can nominate a child who took part in a Youth Music project).
Data protection and intellectual property
- All contact information provided to Youth Music via Award Force will be solely used for Awards administration purposes (notifying entrants that they have been shortlisted etc) in line with Youth Music's data protection policies.
- When you register to use Award Force you will have to agree to Creative Force's Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy and Terms of Service, all of which are hyperlinked on the Award Force Registration Page.
- Each entry form contains a question to sign up to further information from Youth Music. This question is mandatory but you can answer "No". If entrants do not answer "Yes" they will still be notified about awards administration, but will not be added to Youth Music's newsletter lists.
- All submitted music videos, audio tracks and other media may be used by Youth Music as part of Awards promotion, including promotion by Youth Music's Awards partners and sponsors. The author(s) will always be credited, using the information provided in the entry form. Please ensure that you have the permission to share all media with Youth Music, and that you are not violating any copyright laws.
Judging process
- All Awards nominations submitted by the closing date will be considered for shortlisting by a panel of Youth Music team members and invited guests.
- The winners of the following Awards will be chosen by a panel of music industry figures: Rising Star Award (Artist), Music Producer Award, Original Track Award (Group), Original Track Award (Solo), Music Video Award and Lyricist Award.
- The winners of the following Awards will be chosen by a panel of Youth Music team members and invited guests: Rising Star Award (Industry), Social Action Award, Inspirational Music Leader Award, Young Leader Award and Outstanding Project Award.
- All judges' decisions are final.
Contact
If you have a technical issue with the nomination forms or any questions about the Youth Music Awards, please email events@youthmusic.org.uk