BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin International Music Festival is currently accepting applications for the ninth annual Composition Competition.

The 2016 competition is for works written for string quartet (two violins, viola and violoncello). To be eligible, composers must be students living within the United States and be under the age of 35.

The selected work will be premiered during Bowdoin’s 2016 Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music July 28 to 31.

This is an opportunity for a young composer to have his or her work performed during a major music festival. 

A prize of $1,000 will be awarded to the winning composer. A modest travel stipend, lodging and a recording of the work will also be provided.

FMI: bowdoinfestival.org.