“Sing a new song to the Lord;
let the whole earth sing to the Lord.” Psalm 96:1 (CSB)
The Southern Baptist Church Music Conference
Songwriter’s Competition
We are thrilled to host another songwriter’s competition for the 2025 conference.
To submit an entry:
The Deadline to submit an entry is February 2nd, 2025.
Winners are contacted in late February or early March. The judges may suggest a few edits or rewrites for the winning songs, and the winners will be consulted about how the songs will be introduced live. Each winning song will be introduced live for congregational singing at the 2025 SBCMC Conference at Red Bank Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on March 30-April 1st, 2025, and sheet music will be published through www.sbcmc.org.
2024 Winners:
Grant Keith, arr. Grant Keith & Heath Perritt
“Dry Bones (Back to Life)”
Number Chart Lead Sheet Chord Chart Capo-Chord Chart Piano-Vocal Cello
Michael Logsdon
“I Have No Other King Than Christ”
Lead Sheet Anthem Piano-Vocal Congregational Piano-Vocal Chord Chart Vocal Chart Hymn Sheet Number Chart
Andrew Belmore & Jamie Pruitt
“We Have an Anchor”
Piano-Vocal (Ab orig.) Piano-Vocal (G) Piano-Vocal (F)
Lead Sheet (Ab orig.) Lead Sheet (G) Lead Sheet (F) Lead Sheet (Numbers)
2024 Judges:
Dennis Allen, three-time Dove-Award Winning arranger and composer
Emily Martin, songwriter and worship-leader
Daniel Doss, former staff writer with Word Worship (WORD/CURB)