The BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition 2008 is now open for entries.

If you're aged 12–18 and you write your own, original music, Inspire is here to kick-start your career as a composer! Brought to you by the BBC Proms, and incorporating the Young Composers' Competition, Inspire is a scheme that will provide you with a friendly environment in which to share ideas, participate in workshops, meet other young composers, get feedback and develop your musical creativity.

Best of all, it's all free!

Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2007/youngcomposers/ for more details.