Nominations are open for the 2016 Country Awards.

Entry for Best Country Music Album 2016 is now open to NZ Country Musicians with recordings released between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2015.

Entries must be submitted to Recorded Music NZ before 5pm on Monday 14 March.

To view the full Terms & Conditions of entry please follow the link to the nominations site here.

If you would like to make a nomination, please contact Sarah Leota by email, or phone 09 361 6871, to obtain a password to access the online forms.

The winner/s will be announced and the Tui trophy presented at the Country Music Awards in Gore on the evening of Thursday 2 June, 2016.

Entries for the APRA Best Country Music Song 2016 are also now open. For details and to submit a nomination head on over to APRA AMCOS