a) The competition is open to all composers.
Participants who were awarded prizes in 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022, or 2025 are no longer eligible to enter.

b) The submitted work must not be more than two years old and must not have been exploited in any manner reserved to the author, in particular by being reproduced, distributed, publicly performed, broadcast, or made publicly available on the Internet.

c) Only one work may be submitted, and it must be submitted in its entirety, not merely in part.