Cécile Kayirebwa’s song ‘None Twaza’ was among the 26, 000 entries submitted in 23 categories vying for prizes for the 2020 year’s edition of the International Songwriting Competition (ISC).

ISC is an annual song contest whose mission is to provide an opportunity for both aspiring and established songwriters to have their songs listened to internationally.

The celebrated musician, whose song was nominated among the semi-finalists in the ‘World Music’ category three weeks ago, now edges closer to winning a top prize after the song made it among the finalists of the global music contest.

The songs that progressed to the finals correspond to one per cent of the total songs submitted for the music contest from the very beginning.

"#NoneTwaza has made it to the finalist list… Delighted to be part of the 1% artist making it out of 26 000 global participants. Now it's up to a celebrity judge panel to select the winners,” the music icon posted on her Twitter account on Wednesday, March 16.

People can also vote ‘None Twaza’ for it to stand a chance to win the People’s Voice prize where the song with the most public votes will be the People's Voice winner, which is in addition to and separate from the regular winners selected by ISC’s judge panel.

The winner of People’s Voice is selected solely by public vote and winners will be announced along with all ISC winners by April or May.

‘None Twaza’ could see Kayirebwa among the 71 winners who will share in the cash and prizes.

The grand prize winner will take home a $25,000 cash prize, a fully mastered album from Lurssen Mastering, a pair of LCD-X headphones from Audeze, a Sonic Blue Electric Guitar from Fano Guitars, global promotion distribution for a single or album release from Play MPE, 12-month Master Tour subscription by Eventric and a V Collection 7 bundle from Arturia. 

The winner will also be granted one Spire Studio from iZotope, two free releases (single or album), free publishing administration, free YouTube monetization, store automator for both releases, new Music Friday Spotify playlist consideration provided by TuneCore, a $100 gift certificate from Sweetwater Sound Inc and One Studio One Professional provided by PreSonus, among others.

The winner will also be granted a one-year free subscription to Celebrity Access one-year Featured Membership from GigSalad, 12-month subscription to Merch Cat and one-year Platinum membership of SongU.