Entry Limit


Each library, composer and/or other individual applicant is limited to five (5) submissions per category (regardless of distributer).

Eligibility Requirements


Best Production Music Track

Each track submitted must have been commercially released by a current, active and operational production music library to be eligible. Award eligibility is not limited by age of track release. Tracks are eligible regardless of whether they have been licensed or not.

Best Use of Production Music

To be award-eligible, submissions must have been released by a current, active and operational production music library.

Best PML Artist

Each artist must have been commercially released by a current, active and operational production music library to be eligible. Artists are eligible regardless of whether they have been licensed or not.

Best Cover Art

The cover art submitted must have been commercially released by a current, active and operational production music library to be eligible. Award eligibility is not limited by age of release.

Entry Fees


Entry fees are required only for Best Production Music Track and Best Use of Production Music In categories:

PMA Member Fees



Non-Member Fees



First submission date: May 18, 2020

Submissions close: August 14, 2020



Please send one check payable in US dollars, for the total amount of the entry fees. Entry fees may be paid online by credit card, and will be assessed a 3.25% processing fee. For international entrants wishing to pay via wire transfer, please call 310-913-2289 for details.

Checks should be made payable to the Production Music Association and sent along with a copy of your invoice to:

The Production Music Association
C/O The Mark Awards
P.O. Box 341468
Los Angeles, CA 90034-9468

Late entries are assessed a $35 processing fee per entry.

Entry fees are non-refundable. PMA is not responsible for incorrect or incomplete entries.


Judging



The PMA is proud to honor the best in production music with the sixth annual Mark Awards. The Mark Awards committee seeks judges that have a minimum of 3 years experience in licensing/creating production music. Judges must sign an affidavit that they have no "conflict of interest" in any of the entries. Judges listen to each entry in their entirety and rate on both creativity and execution. Each entry is judged solely on its own merit and are not judged against each other.


Criteria for Judge Selection (A total of 10 judges will be selected by the Committee):



Process:



Criteria for Scoring submissions (on a scale of 1 to 10):



NOTE: The Album Cover Category will be judged visually, using the same criteria (Mastery, Creativity, and Execution), based on the judges experience on what constitutes excellence in album cover design.