ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards

Eligibility Requirements

Written works must be published in the United States in English, during the calendar year of 2011.

The subject matter may be biographical or critical, reportorial or historical - almost any form of nonfiction prose about music and/ or its creators. However, instructional textbooks, how-to-guides, or works of fiction will not be accepted. Paperbacks that were originally published in hardcover are not eligible. Reprints or translations of works that were previously published outside the United States that are now being published in the United States for the first time are eligible. Program notes, recording liner notes and on-line publications are also eligible.