Submit Your Instrument
Submissions for the 2027 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition are now open!
Approximately ten finalists will be invited to attend the 2027 edition of the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition at the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta on March 26 and 27, 2027. Finalists must attend the competition in person to present their work to the judges, perform on a public concert, and compete for $10,000 in prizes. Finalists will receive an honorarium ($500 for finalists located within North America and $1000 for finalists traveling from other countries) to help defray the cost of traveling to Atlanta.
Call for Submissions
2027 Competition
Musical inventors from around the world are invited to submit their instruments to the 2027 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition.
Every year, we invite musical inventors to share innovative musical instruments at the intersection of musicality, design, and engineering. The Guardian called the competition "The Pulitzer of the New Instrument World."
The deadline for submissions has been extended to October 23.