UPDATE: The Emerging Talent Competition entry period has now ended. Thanks to the thousands of acts who entered. Now that the entries are in, a panel of 40 of the UK’s best music bloggers will help compile a longlist of 120 acts. The longlist will then be whittled down to a shortlist of eight artists by judges including Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis, before the live finals in Pilton in April decides the winning act.

—

Glastonbury Festival’s EMERGING TALENT COMPETITION 2013 is giving new, unsigned artists from the UK and Ireland the chance to compete for a main stage slot at this year’s Glastonbury.

Acts can enter FOR ONE WEEK ONLY from 9am on Thursday 17th January until 5pm on Thursday 24th January. Entries to ETC2013 are free. To enter, acts will simply need to supply us with a link to listen to an original recording of an original song online (on YouTube, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, etc). The entry form is below: