Eligibility Requirements for Music Artists
2025 Eligibility Requirements
Online Awards Entry Period (October 1- December 1, 2024)
Record companies, labels and artist managers may enter recordings and music videos released during the eligibility period. Music and Videos that are eligible for the 2025 VOGMA Music Awards must be released and published from January 1, 2023 to October 1, 2014. This do not include non musical categories.
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All nominations must include a valid email address, and phone number.
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All photos of nominees and artists, must include a clear digital photo image of the nominee, no photo copy or images of others will be accepted.
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A written bio must be included in the nomination form, if one is not included the nominee will not be considered.
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Only music or promos of the submitted nominee will be accepted.
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If a nominee has failed to abide by the rules of VOGMA as a nominee in previous awards, their nominee will not be considered.
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Nominees that submit nominations must be willing to abide by the rules of VOGMA, and be in attendance of the awards event to be considered a official nominee. VOGMA will not issued a award to non-present nominees, or another nominee on your behalf.
***All Nominees Must Be Present To Win*** No Exceptions
Online Submission Process
Record Companies, Labels and Artists Managers may enter recordings and music videos online released during the eligibility period; Nomination submissions will only be accepted online. No phone or email entry will be accepted.
Only artists, artists managers or approved representatives can submit nominations for consideration. All nominations will be screened and voted on separately by the screening committee. Only nominees with valid and verifiable information and music will be accepted.
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Nominations for non-musical categories such as Pastor of the Year, Mime, and Community Service Award do not require management submission, these categories can be submitted by general public. Only one nomination is required. Multiple submissions is not required.
Eligibility Package Submissions and Acceptance
Record companies, Labels, and or Artists Managers must submit two (1) CD’s for each artist entered and two (1) DVD for each artist submitted in the Music Video of the Year Category, along with the online nomination submission, dated by midnight on or before January 01, 2023 in order to complete the entry process and meet any and all deadlines.
Screening Process
A VOGMA Nominating committee will meet to ensure that all entries meet the eligibility criteria, all entries are in the appropriate categories, and are appropriate for the Voices of Gospel Music Awards. The Nominating Committee may encounter product submissions that raise questions about whether or not the product’s lyrics are appropriate for the Voices of Gospel Music Awards. The Nominating Committee reserves the right to remove the product from consideration if it is determined that the lyrics or genre are not appropriate.
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Voting Process
The general public will be allowed to vote on all nominations and categories except that of the Lifetime Achievement Award; voting will be open daily and can vote unlimited times a day in all categories. Official voting will begin on January 20, 2025 – March 20, 2025 at 11:59pm.
Results
Results from all voting will go directly to our Validation Team for validation. The winners will be announced at the 2025 VOGMA main event.