One Month Left! High School Musicians—Enter the Your Song! Your Voice! Competition

February 20, 2025

Calling all high school musicians in New Jersey—there’s just one month left to enter the Your Song! Your Voice! Shout Down Drugs competition!

If you (or a student you know) love writing music and want to use your talent to spread a positive message, this is your chance. The challenge? Create an original song about substance use prevention and healthy choices. Whether you’re into rock, hip-hop, jazz, or R&B, all genres are welcome!

Why enter? In addition to the chance to inspire others, the grand prize includes a $5,000 music contract, and the winning song will be shared throughout New Jersey over the next year, reaching hundreds of thousands of listeners. Finalists will have their songs featured in a virtual concert hosted by 95.9 WRAT’s Jimmy Steal, where an expert panel will choose the winner.

This competition, now in its 21st year, is run by PDFNJ and sponsored by the New Jersey Broadcasters Association (NJBA) and 95.9 WRAT.

But don’t wait—the deadline to submit is Thursday, March 20, 2025! Encourage the talented teens in your life to enter and make their voices heard.

For full details and entry rules, visit www.shoutdowndrugs.com

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Diane Higgins, Program Coordinator
diane@drugfreenj.org
(P) 973.275.7985
(Fax) 973.467.2188

The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey

History of the Event

Formerly known as New Jersey Shout Down Drugs since 2005, Your Song! Your Voice! Shout Down Drugs New Jersey has been rebranded with a new name that fully encompasses what the competition is all about – challenging teens to create peer-to-peer original music, songs and lyrics in their own original style, whether it be hip-hop, rock, folk or any other genre. Each year the contestants’ songs are featured on ShoutDownDrugs.com. The online voting periods allow the public to listen to and vote for their favorite songs. To date, more than one million votes have been cast since the online voting feature began in 2010. The contest finalists participate in the Annual Prevention Concert during which the first, second and third place winners are chosen by a panel of judges to receive contracts worth $5,000, 3,000 and $2,000 respectively to perform their award-winning songs at events throughout the year.

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One Month Left! High School Musicians—Enter the Your Song! Your Voice! Competition

February 20, 2025

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