PRS for Music and Sony Music Publishing have partnered with Girls I Rate (GIR), a movement focussed on equality, diversity and opportunities for young women in the creative industries, to launch its 2022 GETHEARD Future Hitmaker competition.

Applications are now open for women aged 16-30 to submit their tracks via Girls I Rate by 21 November 2022. Contestants will have the opportunity to have their music heard and be given feedback by a panel of A&R experts.

To encourage submissions across the UK, GIR has partnered for the first time with BBC Music Introducing. Beginning this month, GIR will host takeovers across BBC Music Introducing’s network of shows, with the freshest shortlisted GETHEARD undiscovered and under-the-radar entries broadcast to BBC’s audiences.

Three songwriters (or producers) will receive a Future Hitmaker Award of up to £3000, PIRATE.COM studio time to hone their craft, audio equipment from Audio-Technica and apparel from ellesse.

Must be UK-based to receive a bursary (Ireland residents can still apply but not eligible for a bursary)

See link below for further details.