Applicants must submit a recording or link to a performance to ORBS318@GMAIL.COM to be eligible for entry.

The performance at the International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis is made possible in part by support from Ouachita River Blues Society (ORBS).

The winners of ORBS’ local Blues Challenge will receive a travel stipend and ongoing support through the IBC application and competition process.

The winners of the ORBS Blues Challenge will acknowledge this support in interviews and public appearances until the Blues Foundation IBC's are complete.

Any act that wins an ORBS Blues Challenge category cannot compete in that same category the following year — regardless of how they place in Memphis. They may compete in the category they were not in (e.g., a Band-category winner may enter Solo/Duo the following year, and vice versa). After sitting out one year, they may compete in any category again.

Example: If your act wins the Band category at ORBS this year and goes to Memphis but doesn't advance, you are still ineligible to enter Band at ORBS next year — you'd need to enter as a Solo/Duo instead (or sit that category out).

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