Next steps for the 2020 competitions can be found on each of the individual competition pages. A link to video recording guidelines is below for those competitions that require video recordings for future rounds. Entrants will be notified by Thursday, April 30, 2020 of the judges' decisions.
Recording Guidelines
Next Held: 2022
Entry Fee: $55
Competition Prize: $1,500, $750, and $400
Next Held: 2021
Entry Fee: TBD
Competition Prize: $1,500, $750, $400, $100, $100, $100
Next Held: 2020
Entry Fee: $55
Competition Prize: $1,000 + Geoffrey Gilbert Scholarship + From the Top automatic finalist, $500, $300, Deveau Scholarship
Next Held: 2020
Entry Fee: $55
Competition Prize: $1,500, $750, $400
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Next Held: 2020
Entry Fee: $55
Competition Prize: $1,500, $750, $400, $100, $100, $100
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Next Held: 2020
Entry Fee: $85
Competition Prize: $6,000 + Career Enhancement Grant, $3,000, $1500, $100, $100, $100
Next Held: 2020
Entry Fee: $55
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Next Held: 2021
Entry Fee: $55
Next Held: 2020
Entry Fee: $55
Competition Prize: $1,000, $750, $400
Next Held: 2021
Entry Fee: $55
Competition Prize: $1,000, $750, $400
Next Held: 2021
Entry Fee: $55
2020 General Competition Information & Rules and Regulations
The NFA will hold 16 competitions for its 48th annual convention in Dallas,TX, August 6-9, 2020. Please review the information below as well as the information
for the specific competition that you wish to enter.
Submission deadline is Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
NFA Membership and Convention Registration
All flutists must be current NFA members at the time the entry is submitted. If chosen to perform or present at the convention, flutists must also be current members at the time of the convention and register for the convention by July 1, 2020. To join or renew, go to nfaonline.org/signup.
Submission Process
Contestants must complete a separate entry for each competition
they wish to enter.
The entry form, recordings/supplemental materials, and fees must be submitted by Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Competition Recordings/Supplemental Materials
Editing a recording, including studio-produced effects, or talking during a recording is strictly prohibited.
Do not post your competition recordings/supplemental materials on social media sites (Facebook, YouTube, etc.) prior to May 1, 2020.
No repertoire substitutions will be accepted. Carefully read all details related to required selections, including
keys, opus numbers, movements, and publishers.
Competition Information
Entrants chosen to perform or present at the 2020 convention in Dallas, TX, agree to appear at their own expense. Flute Choir Composition Competition
entrants are not required to attend convention and are exempt from this requirement.
Convention recordings may become part of the NFA archives.
Contestants are expected to demonstrate the ability to represent the
NFA in a professional manner, and shall exhibit appropriate behavior, attitude and demeanor toward judges, fellow contestants and others, and may be evaluated on those qualities.
Contestants may not contact or communicate in any way, directly
or indirectly, with any competition judge before the competition commences or at any time prior to the announcement of the contest winners.
Competitions are subject to all rules and regulations on this page as well as the provisions stated on each individual applicable competition page.
Decisions of the judges are final.
NFA will notify competition entrants by e-mail
in late April concerning their status.
Failure to abide by the rules and regulations above may result in disqualification from the competition.
General Competitions Coordinator
John Lane
nfacompetitions@gmail.com