SONGWRITING COMPETITION - USA 2025
🇺🇸 CALLING ALL CHRISTIAN SONGWRITERS FROM THE USA! 🇺🇸
Are you a singer, songwriter, or musician from the United States with a passion to see people connect with God through worship?
WorshipCollective.co is offering you the opportunity of a lifetime - the chance to win your own song professionally produced, mixed, and mastered with LUKE MUNNS, Christian Music Producer, Worship Artist, and drummer from global movement Hillsong UNITED, plus a bonus professional Music Video.
The winning prize includes music production, mixing, mastering, music video, artist development, release strategy, and a promotional package valued at over $20,000 USD.
This is your moment to bring your song to life and share it with the world. Don’t miss out!
🚨 COMPETITION CLOSED 🚨
🎤 ABOUT LUKE MUNNS - MUSIC PRODUCER
Luke Munns was one of the founding members, original drummer of Hillsong UNITED, and the main Hillsong Worship recording and touring drummer, helping to redefine the sound of current modern worship - with streams into hundreds of millions.
Luke has been nominated for two GMA Dove Awards. He has a wealth of experience and knowledge of producing music now on hundreds of successful recording projects, and has also produced music for and/or toured with Darlene Zschech, Brooke Ligertwood, Kari Jobe, Reuben Morgan, Martin Smith, Matt Redman, Bethel Music (Brian & Jenn Johnson, Jeremy Riddle, William Matthews), Elevation Worship, Sean Feucht, C3, Awaken Church, Worship Central (Tim Hughes, Nikki Fletcher), Mia Fieldes, and Heart of God Church.
Luke is also a seasoned Worship Leader trained under the leadership of Ps Darlene Zschech, and has been leading worship, writing songs, producing music, and developing creative teams throughout the USA, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Colombia, New Zealand, Australia and more.
‘Hearing Luke's work was one of the highlights of my year.’
— ED CASH (Music Producer/Songwriter - We The Kingdom, Chris Tomlin, Bethel Music, Leeland, Kari Jobe + more)
‘Luke is crushing it!! So good working together!! Can’t wait to do more.’
— JEFF SOJKA (GRAMMY AWARD winning Producer, Engineer, Songwriter, Chris Tomlin, For King & Country, Danny Gokey, Crowder + more)
‘Luke is a world-class producer, a truly talented professional, and a genuinely great guy! His music production is top-notch, and his clear direction transformed our collaboration into a joyful experience.’
— NICK TSANG (Ed Sheeran, Backstreet Boys, Lewis Capaldi + more)
LUKE HAS PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH:
Luke’s new single ‘IN THE LIGHT’ has recently hit 2 million views on YouTube.
🎧 WHO SHOULD APPLY?
🌱 UNCOVER YOUR TALENT
Whether you're an emerging worship leader, a Christian singer-songwriter, or just beginning to put melodies to the message in your heart—this is your moment.
Our Songwriting Competition welcomes artists of all levels: beginner, intermediate, or advanced. With three entry tiers—BASIC, STANDARD, and PREMIUM—you’ll receive the level of feedback, encouragement, and development support that meets you right where you are and helps propel you toward your calling.
🫣 “WHAT IF I’M NOT GOOD ENOUGH?”
You’re not alone. Even seasoned worship leaders and professional Christian artists wrestle with imposter syndrome—second-guessing whether their songs are truly “good enough.”
Here’s the truth: We don’t judge based on recording quality.
If your song carries a powerful message and a genuine heart, we’ll take care of the rest—elevating it to radio-ready, streaming-standard production that can impact people around the world.
"Do not throw away your confidence, because it has a great reward."
– Hebrews 10:35
✏️ WANT FEEDBACK ON YOUR SONG?
While the BASIC entry doesn’t include feedback, our STANDARD and PREMIUM options offer personal support to help you grow. You'll receive written feedback from Luke or a 1-on-1 Zoom call to explore your song, your calling, and your next steps. This isn’t just feedback—it’s mentorship.
🎁 EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS FOR ENTRANTS
As a thank-you for stepping out and submitting your song, you’ll receive 10% OFF all LUKE MUNNS Music services—including production, mixing, and mastering. Plus, the TOP 10 entries will receive a 30% discount as a reward for their excellence.
🏆 PRIZE DETAILS
The winner will receive the following prizes valued at over $20,000 USD:
✅ 1 x Praise, Worship or CCM single professionally recorded and produced with Luke Munns during a recording studio session (to be later mixed and mastered at LUKE MUNNS MUSIC studios in Australia)
✅ A professional Music Video directed, filmed, edited, graded and released on YouTube
✅ Breakfast mentoring session with Luke Munns (Music Producer/Worship Leader) - Breakfast included
✅ A single released and distributed on all digital stores worldwide via WorshipCollective.co (Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube etc)
✅ A professional single cover art design
✅ Interview/feature article and post for winner on WorshipCollective.co and instagram.com/worshipcollective.co
✅ Your song and lead vocals featured as a collaboration on a thelukasband single release
✅ Ground transportation arranged/covered
📋 TERMS & CONDITIONS
BASIC entry fee is $19 USD per 1 x song entry, with unlimited entries allowed per person
STANDARD entry is $29 USD per 1 x song entry, with unlimited entries allowed per person, with written feedback
PREMIUM entry is $99 USD per 1 x song entry, with unlimited entries allowed per person, with written feedback, and a 50-minute one-on-one Zoom songwriting mentoring session with LUKE MUNNS
Entry fee is non-refundable
Unlimited entries are allowed per person, however, payment is required for each song entry
We accept PayPal, Credit Card (Visa, Mastercard), Apple Pay, or Google Pay
Submissions can range in audio quality from a basic smartphone voice memo with raw vocals through to a professionally fully arranged and produced quality track. Although a quality demo helps, only the song itself (lyrics, melody, chords) is taken into consideration
Individuals, groups, bands or churches may enter, and must be based in the USA
Entering is non-exclusive and supplementary alongside any other prior commitments or agreements
Any style or genre of praise, worship or CCM music is acceptable to enter - eg. ballad, indie, rock, pop, EDM, gospel, R&B, folk, country, acoustic etc
Song submissions can be unreleased or previously released songs/tracks
Submitted song must be an original song composition or a collaboration including yourself as a writer
Winner must be available to record with Luke within the week of 5th-9th May 2025, date to be arranged and confirmed
Entries close Monday 21st April 2025 at midnight PST, with winner notified on Wednesday 23rd April 2025
📝 ENTER YOUR SONGS NOW!
Entries close Monday 21st April 2025 at midnight PST || Basic Entry Fee $19 USD
HOW TO ENTER:
1. Hit the ENTER NOW button
2. Pay the entry fee (through PayPal, Credit or Debit card)
3. Fill out the entry form details and hit SUBMIT
ANY QUESTIONS?
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👏🏼 OUR PAST COMPETITION WINNERS:
Ivan Emperador aka IVNFIL, was the winner of the 2023 Philippines Competition. Our music video for ‘Glass Shuttle’ gained 500k views on YouTube in the first few months of release.
Julz Savard - I Can Live Again (Reimagined) - Philippines
’I Can Live Again’ reached over 300,000+ streams on Spotify, and was picked up by a signed a-list artist McKenna Johns from The Young Escape, from the USA.
Esther Lo - Perfected - Singapore
Esther gained over 1 million streams, and was chosen as the support act for Pat Barrett (Housefires).
Amanda Guillory - No Greater Love (It Is Finished) - USA
Amanda recorded at Capitol Records in Los Angeles, USA, then went on to work with Integrity Music.