Contest: Create next Nokia Ringtone and win up to $10,000 USD

Like always Nokia today announced another contest for creating next Nokia ringing tone. The winning entry, along with being awarded $10,000 US, will be added to millions of Nokia phones coming in 2012. The winning ringing tone will also be added to Ovi Store to be downloaded.

Additionally five runners up will be awarded $1,000 US each and the entries will be available to be downloaded from Ovi Store.

It’s a classic, we all know it when we hear it and it’s been around since 1994. It’s that short series of tones, that when we hear it, we instantly know that somebody owns a Nokia phone. What are we talking about? The iconic sound that is the Nokia Tune. How would you like to create your own version to win up to $10,000 US?

For the first time ever, Nokia – together with AudioDraft – is asking you to create the next Nokia ring tone within select phones of Nokia’s 2012 product portfolio. This means your winning entry will be made available on some 100 million devices and also be obtainable from Ovi Store.

Of course, the $10,000 prize is enough to make anybody want to compose their own small melody, however having your very own Nokia Tune heard over 1 billion times a day is an exciting enough reason in itself. It is the world’s most recognised audio brand asset.

In order to participate, simply register yourself over at http://nokiatune.audiodraft.com to submit your entry. Otherwise, you can also just help other people win by casting a vote against your favourite submission. Entries must be submitted by October 2, 2011 so you have about 4 weeks to create that perfect little ditty.

The five most voted for entries will qualify automatically as finalists, where a panel of judges will pick further five entries for the finals and then make the deciding vote on who shall win the top prize of $10,000. Five runner-ups will also have their Nokia Tune available for download from Ovi store and be awarded with $1,000 each.

[via Nokia Conversations]