OPEN CALL - Protest Song Lyrics
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Open call for protest song lyrics against patriarchal violence and for queer-feminist solidarity:
GRRRLS.AT is looking for YOUR lyrics:
For a critical and solidarity-based protest song, we are looking for original lyrics in German or English that stand against patriarchal violence and for queer-feminist solidarity.
The winning lyrics will be set to music and performed in multi-part harmony by the Grrrls Choir.
We are looking for comprehensible and rousing lyrics that need no introduction and invite people to sing along at concerts and demonstrations.
One text will be selected from the submissions to be set to music and will receive a prize of €250.
The finished song is scheduled to premiere at the STERRRN fest 2026 (Saturday, 20 June 2026).
Submissions:
Send your submission now to:
with the subject line ‘Protest Song Lyrics’
Submission deadline:
1 February 2026, 23:59 CET
Conditions:
By submitting a text to the Grrrls Kulturverein's ‘Open Call - Protest Song Lyrics’, the author of the text agrees to the following points:
The author confirms that they are the creator of the submitted text.
The author's text will be used by the Grrrls Kulturverein to set to music with the Grrrls Choir and subsequently performed in public.
Adjustments to the text to fit the composition will be made in consultation with the author and implemented if a mutually agreeable solution is found.
The finalised lyrics will be made available to the public on a non-commercial basis under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International) licence.