The time has come to announce the winners of the 2018 Worship & Christian Music Songwriting Contest! We had two separate categories, Praise & Worship and Contemporary Christian. We have the Top 12 winners of each category, but also have an overall winner that gets the big prize!
We had 191 total song entries this year, which is about a 24% increase over last year! The top songs cover a wide array of styles including worship, country, rap and more!
[ MEET THE JUDGES ]
== OVERALL WINNER == "Fearless" by Trey Hill
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PRAISE & WORSHIP |
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN |
1. "Our Praise Will Rise" |
1. "We Sing" |
2. "Lift You High" |
2. "Lion's Den" |
3. "Jesus" |
3. "Song For The Broken" |
4. "The Name Of Jesus" by Bel Thomson & Cody Norris |
4. "Christ Alone" |
5. "Waiting" by Jeremy Sims |
5. "Finding The Light" |
6. "Dawn Is Breaking" by Reuben Douglas |
6. "In The Hallway" |
7. "Draw Me Closer" by Neal McArthur |
7. "And I Call On Jesus" |
8. "The Cross (My Refuge)" by Trey Hill & Kimber Terry |
8. "With You" |
9. "Lord Of Life" by Erik Gibson |
9. "Chosen By You" |
10. "Always Close (You Love Me)" by David Lockard |
10. "It's Not You It's Me" |
11. "The Pledge" by Paul Harding |
11. "Made For This" |
12. "The God Who Saves" by Russ Parrish & Megan Kot |
12. "I Am Yours" |
The top 6 from each category (including the overall winner) will be included on the upcoming "Worship The Rock 2018" compilation album (digital release)! An ETA for this album and other prizes will be announced soon so stay tuned!
Congratulations to all of our winners! Also, a big thanks to all of our judges for their help in evaluating all of the song entries!