Submission Guidelines
1. It is not necessary to register a copyright
on your work before submitting it.
2. Submissions are not accepted or
reviewed in person. Submission can
either be by email or hard copy
mail.
a. We prefer submissions by .mus file (common to
the Finale family of products).
b. Submissions by PDF file or legible hard copy
score are also acceptable.
c. As long as they are legible, handwritten
manuscripts are fine.
d. A quality recording of an actual
performance by a choral group is helpful, but by no means necessary.
3. We do not accept unsolicited
submissions of multi-part major works, cantatas or musicals. If you wish to submit a larger work, please
contact us prior to submission and we will let you know if we would like to
review it.
4. Depending on the time of year it can
sometimes take several weeks before you will hear from us.
5. If the pieces submitted are not 100%
your own original work, permission and contact information from the other party
or copyright holder is required at the time of submission. If the other work is
in the public domain, a copy of the source document demonstrating the public
domain status is required.
6. Please do not send us scores for
review that are being looked at by other publishers. If we receive a score for
review, we will assume we are the only publisher reviewing it for possible publication.
7. PLEASE DO NOT send your only copy of the score. Any materials you wish to have returned to
you should be sent along with a postage paid return envelope.
WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING
CHORAL WORKS FOR SPRING OF 2008 (LENT/HOLY WEEK/EASTER) and NON-SEASONAL
ANTHEMS.
WE ARE ESPECIALLY
INTERESTED IN MUSIC FOR CHILDREN’S CHOIRS AND CHORAL MUSIC WITH VOICINGS OTHER
THAN SATB.
WE ARE ALSO ACCEPTING
SUBMISSIONS FOR 2008 FOR A NEW ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IMPRINT. THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
SHOULD BE SUITABLE FOR USE IN WORSHIP AND SCORED FOR ORCHESTRA, STRING
ENSEMBLES, OR SOLO ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ORCHESTRAL OR KEYBOARD
ACCOMPANIMENT.
Submissions should be
sent as follows:
Email:
U.S. Mail
or other carrier:
The Dream
Mill Music Company
1034 North
Street
Mount Airy,
NC 27030
If your piece is
chosen for publication
1. We will send you a letter informing
you of our intentions and at some point an “Assignment of Copyright” which will
assign all copyrights to The Dream Mill Music Company, and will spell out the
royalties to be paid.
2. In some cases we may ask for your
permission for revisions or ask for rewrites of sections of a piece before we
make our final decision.
3. A final draft will be sent to the
composer for review prior to printing.
4. Royalties paid will be the standard
10% (or 5%/5% split between composer and owner of words, arranged melody or
other copyrighted source.)
If your piece is not
chosen for publication
1. Please do not take it
personally.
2. Choices for publication depend most
on current needs and production schedules.
3. Please do continue to send us
submissions.
4. Due to time constraints, we cannot
give a thorough discussion of our reasons for not accepting a piece for
publication.
5. Hard copy scores and other items
sent by U.S. mail or other carrier that are not accompanied by self-addressed,
postage paid packaging will be destroyed.