Two notes I neglected to bring up in the initial announcement.
First of all, obligatory promo for the Mega Man Music Mania contest running currently. It's currently 10 days deep and while it's unlikely to overlap with this contest outright, I don't want this announcement to detract from its participation. You can catch up on the results over here if this is the first you've heard of it, not that I think that's very likely. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80564455
Secondly, another obligatory promo for the unofficial listening party night next saturday (time tbd, expect it to run for most of the afternoon/evening in US times) for this contest. Anyone (and I mean
anyone
) is welcome to drop into the vgmusic channels on the b8 discord then to post songs they want to share from games they want to nominate when that happens some time. They can be songs planned to be also shared in the sample songs for said noms or just whatever you want really as long as it's something that can actually be used for the 2022 contest