Make your video
When you enter the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest, you join a nationwide community of music-makers and creators. Get started on your video now! Entries open on Feb. 7.
Here's what you do:
- Create a new video that shows you playing one song you've written.
- Do it the way you'd perform a Tiny Desk concert: at a desk. (Any desk!)
- Upload your video to YouTube.
- Fill out our entry form after it opens at 10 a.m. ET on Feb. 7 and before 11:59 p.m. ET on March 13, 2023.
The winner will:
- Play a Tiny Desk concert at NPR in Washington, D.C.
- Be featured on NPR’s All Things Considered
- Headline NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest On The Road tour
Keep these things in mind:
- We're looking for undiscovered talent; you can't have a current recording contract.
- You must be at least 18 years old and live in the 50 United States, District of Columbia, U.S.V.I. or Puerto Rico to enter.
- Our panel of judges — including members of NPR Music, DJs from NPR Member stations and Tiny Desk alums — will choose our winner.
- Check our Official Rules for all the requirements. Take this quiz to see if you're eligible.
Questions? Contact us.