Attention songwriters: two of the major bluegrass songwriting contests have opened their submissions for the 2025 events. Both the Podunk Songwriters Contest, put on by the Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival in Goshen, CT, and the Hazel Dickens Song Contest, managed
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Hazel Dickens Tribute Show in Fairfax, VA
The DC Bluegrass Union has scheduled a special tribute show on January 24 honoring the life and music of Hazel Dickens. And in keeping with Ms. Hazel's passion for female artists, headlining the concert will be Dede Wyland with an All-Star, All-Girl
Entries due for 2023 Hazel Dickens Song Contest
The DC Bluegrass Union Hazel Dickens Song Contest celebrates the life and muse of one of bluegrass music's most beloved songwriters. Each year since 2014, the DC Bluegrass Union (DCBU) has extended invitations to songwriters in recognition of the enduring influence
Don’t Put Her Down – Hazel Dickens film by Julia Golonka
A new Julia Golonka film about IBMA Hall of Fame member Hazel Dickens takes its title from Dickens' powerful anthem Don’t Put Her Down, You Helped Put Her There, and explores how she, along with her musical partner Alice Gerrard, became
DCBU names winners of Hazel Dickens Songwriting Contest
The DC Bluegrass Union has announced winners of the annual Hazel Dickens Songwriting Contest. The list contains a number of writers well known in bluegrass and Americana circles. First prize and $500 was awarded to John Cloyd Miller for the song
2021 Hazel Dickens Song Contest winners announced
The DC Bluegrass Union has today announced the winners of their 2021 Hazel Dickens Song Contest. The annual competition chooses from among dozens of submissions from writers who receive less than half of their income from songwriting royalties, with proceeds
DCBU accepting entries for 2021 Hazel Dickens Song Contest
It's that time of year again... Time for all you bluegrass songwriters to sharpen your pencils and get ready to submit your latest creations to the DC Bluegrass Union and their 2021 Hazel Dickens Song Contest. This annual event is held
2020 Hazel Dickens Song Contest winners announced
The DC Bluegrass Union, who promote bluegrass music in the greater capitol region, have announced the winners in their Hazel Dickens Song Contest for this year. The annual competition is held in honor of Dickens, a former DC resident whose
2020 Hazel Dickens Song Contest accepting entries
The DC Bluegrass Union has opened submissions for their 2020 Hazel Dickens Song Contest, held to honor the late former capitol area resident who pioneered the role of a female songwriter in bluegrass. Since launching a few years ago, this competition
West Virginia bridge to be renamed Hazel Dickens Memorial Bridge
The locally known Montcalm Bridge, carrying County Route 11 over the Bluestone River in Mercer County, West Virginia, is to be named the Hazel Dickens Memorial Bridge. On March 9, 2019, the West Virginia legislature voted in favor of Senate Resolution