The 2009 Washington International Competition for Composition took place on March 22, 2009. The next composition competition will take place in 2012.
Composers regardless of nationality were invited to submit original, unperformed chamber works for three to five instruments in one of the following combinations:
- String trio (violin, viola, violoncello)
- Piano trio (violin, violoncello, piano)
- String quartet (2 violins, viola, violoncello)
- Piano quartet (violin, viola, violoncello, piano)
- Piano quintet (2 violins, viola, violoncello, piano)