ALBUM SUBMISSION
Got an album you think we should know about?
Submit it for consideration for the 21st (2025 albums)
SOUNDMERCH Australian Music Prize.
FOR AN ALBUM TO BE ELIGIBLE
— Artist must be Australian
— Album must be commercially released in Australia for the first time in 2025
26.10.24 — 24.10.25
(digital-only releases are ok - proof may be requested)
— Album must have a minimum length of either 9 tracks or,
any number of tracks but at least 33 1/3 minutes of music.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nominated (meaning at least 3 of our judges think the album may make the Shortlist) albums are announced as they happen from early June through to the Shortlist announcement.
The Shortlist will be announced on a date TBA in October, 2025.
The winner will be decided on at a meeting of the judges within three weeks of the Shortlist being announced - date TBA - and such winner will be announced later that same day at a venue TBA.
IMPORTANT:
Asking your ‘fans’ to submit your album is useless, we only require one submission per album, ideally by the artist or their manager, label, agent, or publicist. All other ‘fan’ submissions are deleted. Album nominations are decided by judges listening to albums, not by how many ‘fans’ you ask to submit.