On September 1^st, Slaight Music and Warner Music Canada will kickoff It’s Your Shot 4 Canadian songwriting and artist development competition. The contest, which is open to all musical genres, encourages artists to submit a song and/or video to www.itsyourshot.ca for a chance to win a Grand Prize valued at $50,000.

Each year, Slaight Music – a company focused on discovering, developing, inspiring and supporting Canadian recording artists – partners with one of Canada’s major record labels to support this initiative.  The winning artist this year will receive distribution, radio promotion, publicity, and marketing support via Warner Music Canada, along with a professional photo session, a professionally written biography, the development of an artist website, social network pages and an opportunity to perform at a high-profile musical event in 2015.

Derrick Ross, President of Slaight Music comments, “Every year the It’s Your Shot competition highlights the fact that Canada produces many of the most creative and talented musicians in the world.  Winning this competition is a giant step towards a successful musical career for any emerging artist and we can’t wait to hear what the entrants to It’s Your Shot 4 bring this year!”

Past winners of the competition include: Liz Coyles (2011) who had a Top 20 hit with her debut single “Butterflies”; Hamilton’s Thought Beneath Film (2012), currently writing their sophomore album; and 20 year-old Jill Godin (2013), from Saint John, NB, who is currently in the studio adding the finishing touches to  her debut single and EP  that are due for release via Universal Music Canada in early 2015.  “Most other music contests offer money, but with It’s Your Shot, the money goes toward real artist development and comes with a team dedicated to launching a career”, Jill says.

The contest will run from September 1^st to October 31^st with the winning submission announced on December 15^th.