SONGWRITING CONTEST
Climate Week is Oct 1-8!
Submit your original song to be featured at San Diego events supporting Climate Week's theme of UNITY.
RECORDING PRIZE
Oceanside Music Studios is pleased to award the contest winner with a free studio recording of their original song (valued at $850-1500.)
PROMOTION
The winning song will be featured (with credit) in Climate Week promotion across San Diego.
AWARDS
- Rising Voices (best youth submission)
- Comic Relief (best humorous submission)
- Climate Week Banger (best dance song)
RULES
- Lyrics must be written by you without AI. Winners will be selected based on the power of the lyrics' message.
- Accompanying music also needs to be composed by you.
- Songwriters must be 12 or older and those who are 12-17 will require parent permission.
- Each group or individual can submit 1 song. If desired, the studio can provide instrumentalists or vocals for the recording.
- The submission form will ask you to send us a link to an audio or video recording of your song (such as Google Drive, Youtube, or Soundcloud). We cannot accept files.
- Have fun and don’t worry about sounding perfect.
What is San Diego Climate Week?
A bold, community-powered movement
- Designed to inspire collaboration, build climate resilience, shape policy, and connect people across the region
- Engaged 5000+ people in its first year (2025)
- Music, art, education, dialogue, community, and activation will converge at the five summits focused on Air, Land, Water, Fire, and People, and 120+ other community-led events.