Cascade Blues Association
Best Self-Produced CD
2023 competition now open!

1. Entries are now open for the best self-produced CD competition. The winner will represent the Cascade Blues Association in the International Blues Foundation Best Self-Produced CD competition 2023.
2. The artist submitting the CD, or at least one member of the band, must be a Cascade Blues Association Member.
3. Entry fee is $25. Payment can be made via check made out to ‘Cascade Blues Association’ and included with your entry, or made via PayPal to cascadebluescalendar@gmail.com
4. Entries are open now and close on midnight September 25 2022. Entries may be mailed to: Cascade Blues Association Best Self-Produced CD, PO Box 6566, Portland OR 97228-6566
5. Entries must include –

• 7 copies of the CD
• phone and email contact details for the entrant
• Cascade Blues Association member number

6. Eligible entries are those released between September 25, 2021 and September 25, 2022.
7. Compilations are not eligible.
8. A performer who has previously been nominated for a Blues Music Award (formerly WC Handy Award) shall not be eligible for this competition. A CD issued in the name of an otherwise eligible performer which also includes the contributions of a Blues Music Award nominee may be ineligible, depending on the extent of the contribution. Please contact the President directly to confirm eligibility.
9. A CD on a record label that has previously been nominated for a Blues Music Award shall not be eligible for this competition.