Songs of Lament and Songs of Hope - Rules

1) Submissions should be English language (or multilingual including English) Christian congregational songs on the given themes. 

2) Songs should be received by Sunday 12 March 2023 in order to considered for the collection.

3) Songs may be by single or multiple authors, but the contact details for the account used to make the submission will be used for all correspondence.

4) There is no limit on the number of songs that may be submitted, but we do ask you to avoid sending songs that are unrelated or tenuously related to the themes.

5) Submissions must include lyrics and an audio recording. You may also submit a score or chord chart, but these are not required and will not affect the editorial decisions.

7) Submissions can be edited and changed by the author after they have been uploaded, up until the closing date.

8) Submissions may be withdrawn, up until the closing date.

Editorial Process & Selection

9) The songs will be evaluated anonymously. To preserve anonymity, the name of the composer and author of the song should appear only on the entry form and not on the copies submitted.

10) All entries will be first reviewed by the Resound Worship editorial panel. Those selected for the shortlist will be subject to editorial amendments as recommended by the editors. It will be a requirement of inclusion in the final collection that necessary revisions are made to the satisfaction of the editorial panel, within the supplied deadlines.

11) In the case of a complete metrical hymn, Resound Worship reserves the right to accept the text only and pair it with another tune when publishing.

12) All songs selected will be subject to an agency agreement with Jubilate Hymns Ltd. All entries must be previously unpublished, and entrants must be free to enter into a publishing arrangement with Jubilate Hymns Ltd without interest from any other publishers. Entries unable to enter into the publishing agreement will not be considered. A copy of the publishing agreement can be found here.

13) Resound Worship reserves the right to cancel the project in the unlikely event of there being too few entries of a sufficient quality.

14) It will not be possible to enter into detailed correspondence regarding songs outside the shortlist.