Fdemetrio, these are important comments and quite relevant to our situation. We opened our first songwriting contest (looking for a better word than 'contest') and when we did not achieve the desired volume of submissions, this presented problems similar to those you mention. I did not want to go back and announce that the contest is open until closed. It is so important to our organization that we retain our credibility. So we need to conduct a deep dive analysis of what did not work and put actions into place that resolve those challenges. That is the primary reason I am seeking thoughts on this topic. In the meantime, I need to find a quality original song we can present to our young musicians to record and move our project forward. I may start a new thread and open the invitation up to all willing songwriters at JPF to work with us. It is a bit humbling to feel like we are bogged down in the mud with our tires spinning.

Bill