- Works which are awarded a prize in any other competitions, or have been published/performed before, or are scheduled to be published in the near future cannot enter the competition.
- The composer agrees that the winning compositions will be worldwide promoted and published by Edition Svitzer. The winning contract is fully living up to the standards in the global publishing industry.
- If the composer is bound exclusively to another publisher, he/she shall be responsible for obtaining an exemption (clearance) to participate in the competition.
- It can appear that publishing is offered to non-winning compositions as well. In that case, the composers will be contacted by the organization after the composition.
- The music score should be presented as PDF Score, where the notation can be done in all modern notation software such as Sibelius, Finale, MuseScore, etc. Handwritten manuscripts are not accepted.
- The composer agrees that any published pieces from the competition may be included in the special promotion package which is sent by the publishing house to 100 universities worldwide. These copies will not be valid in any sales Royalties statement since they are donated and therefore considered as free copies for promotion issues solely.
- When entering the competition, composers agree that their enclosed PDF Score can be presented as a Video PDF on YouTube. Without a score to follow the jury and the audience is not able to make sufficient and valid voting.
- The participation fee is nonrefundable.
- The jury reserves the right not to award a prize by non-appearing required level and its decisions are final.
- By entering his/her work, the composer indicates his/her acceptance of the conditions and the decisions of the selection committee on the entry forms.
- Works by composers who do not submit to the requirements above will be disqualified.