International Alliance for Women in Music
Awards
IAWM Awards are to recognize excellence, dedication, and other contributions that encourage, support, and bring attention to superior musicianship.
Pauline Alderman Awards
The Pauline Alderman Awards were founded in 1985 by the International Congress on Women in Music to honor the memory of pioneering musicologist Pauline Alderman, Ph.D. (1893-1983), founder and chair of the Music History Department of the University of Southern California.
Pauline Alderman Awards – Guidelines
Applications are now open for the Pauline Alderman Awards! Prizes up to $300 will be awarded for works published in 2022 and 2023 about women in music. The deadline is November 15, 2024. Click below for additional information.
Pauline Alderman Awards – Guidelines
Applications are now open for the Pauline Alderman Awards! Prizes up to $300 will be awarded for works published in 2022 and 2023 about women in music. The deadline is November 15, 2024. Click below for additional information.
Programming Awards
This new IAWM award is to honor and endorse those performers who have made deliberate, conscious efforts to achieve greater gender equity in their programming by including women composers and/or performers. Soloists, chamber ensembles, and arts organizations.
Pauline Alderman Awards – Guidelines
Applications are now open for the Pauline Alderman Awards! Prizes up to $300 will be awarded for works published in 2022 and 2023 about women in music. The deadline is November 15, 2024. Click below for additional information.
Pauline Alderman Awards – Guidelines
Applications are now open for the Pauline Alderman Awards! Prizes up to $300 will be awarded for works published in 2022 and 2023 about women in music. The deadline is November 15, 2024. Click below for additional information.