American Songwriter

As long as your songs or lyrics glorify LGBTQ you are the winner and the king. I wonder if they do that by choice or just simply forced to comply. They don't even realize how many young minds they infect by their actions.

I am very dissatisfied. I should have read the reviews before I entered last year. Now they have taken fifty three dollars out of my checking account for a yearly membership which I did not apply for. Their customer service will not reply to me. Stay away from this company.

I'm sadden by the people they chose for the July august contest I feel that my work was completely look over and threw to the side because of the context nothing sexual or gang related but that shouldn't matter its a song writing contest a song is a song but $30 gone and no response from these people about anything I don't even hate to say it see any black creators wining these contest at all if you look thru the winners list all white winners with poor taste in song writing just look threw them and you will see its very unfortunate that a space where I felt I can come and express my art and get a fair chance to get some kind of response good or bad I just feel like I've been bamboozled and its not a good feeling for someone who is hungry for this. (You live and you learn)

This magazine has several lyric contests every year. I decided to enter it a few months ago. I NEVER received a reply from them indicating that they received my money or lyrics. I waited a month and decided to contact them. I was told that they never received anything from me! NO money and NO lyrics! When I told them that my bank indicated that they received my money I told them to send me a refund since they claimed that they never received anything. As soon as they heard the word " refund " they suddenly changed their story and said that, yes, they did receive my lyrics but they can't give me a refund because they already " reviewed " it. When I asked them why wasn't I ever informed about the status of my entries or money, the idiots told me that it's their policy to ONLY inform the " winners " and NOT everyone else in the contest! So in other words, these idiots have absolutely NO accountability or acknowledgment of the lyrics that they are supposed to " review ". They can simply throw them in the garbage and pocket the contestants money! After the Better Business Bureau made SEVERAL ATTEMPTS to contact them they finally replied to them but lied about the problem and refused to issue a refund. This is a very shady magazine. Never enter any of their song or lyric contests.