The 50-State Anthem Project

An anthem for every state

Know a team, town, festival, or local organization that deserves a song of its own? Nominate them. Each month we select a few nominees and write them an original custom anthem, free.

Nominate a team, town, or festival Read the rules

0 of 51 states have an anthem.

The map

Where the anthems are

Every state that has one, so far. Our goal is to fill in the whole country, one hometown at a time.

Alabama: no anthem yetAlaska: no anthem yetArizona: no anthem yetArkansas: no anthem yetCalifornia: no anthem yetColorado: no anthem yetConnecticut: no anthem yetDelaware: no anthem yetDistrict of Columbia: no anthem yetFlorida: no anthem yetGeorgia: no anthem yetHawaii: no anthem yetIdaho: no anthem yetIllinois: no anthem yetIndiana: no anthem yetIowa: no anthem yetKansas: no anthem yetKentucky: no anthem yetLouisiana: no anthem yetMaine: no anthem yetMaryland: no anthem yetMassachusetts: no anthem yetMichigan: no anthem yetMinnesota: no anthem yetMississippi: no anthem yetMissouri: no anthem yetMontana: no anthem yetNebraska: no anthem yetNevada: no anthem yetNew Hampshire: no anthem yetNew Jersey: no anthem yetNew Mexico: no anthem yetNew York: no anthem yetNorth Carolina: no anthem yetNorth Dakota: no anthem yetOhio: no anthem yetOklahoma: no anthem yetOregon: no anthem yetPennsylvania: no anthem yetRhode Island: no anthem yetSouth Carolina: no anthem yetSouth Dakota: no anthem yetTennessee: no anthem yetTexas: no anthem yetUtah: no anthem yetVermont: no anthem yetVirginia: no anthem yetWashington: no anthem yetWest Virginia: no anthem yetWisconsin: no anthem yetWyoming: no anthem yet

Small states, and Hawaii, are easier to pick here:

The first anthems are being written now. Tap your state to nominate someone there.

How it works

From nomination to anthem

01

Nominate

Tell us about a high school team or program, a town, a festival, a historic site, or a community group, and why they deserve a song.

02

We select

We read every nomination and select a few each month, aiming for every state. There is no voting; more nominations help us see the story, nothing more.

03

They get a song

The organization gets The Single, an original custom anthem, free. Once it is done, it joins the map.

Every state

Browse by state

The same map, as a list.

Who deserves a song?

The team the whole town turns out for. The festival everyone plans their year around. The Main Street that never gave up. Tell us about them.

Nominate them Get a song for your organization