The competition, the Hohaiyan Indie Music Awards, is open to entrants from throughout the Chinese-speaking indie music world, and offers a first prize of NT $ 200,000.
競賽類的「海洋獨立音樂大賞」，開放給華語地區的獨立樂團報名參加，首獎獎金新台幣 20 萬元，近年來吸引了無數樂團前仆後繼爭相競逐。