Word Publishing scored several honors at the SESAC Christian Music Awards held March 3 at City Winery in Nashville. The awards recognized activity for songwriters and publishers in 2014.

Word Publishing songwriter Justin Ebach was among the night’s biggest winners, walking away with three Society of European Stage Authors and Composers awards, including one for his song, “Hope Can Change Everything.” Ebach wrote the song for the Detroit K-LOVE Hope House, and one hundred percent of artist and writer royalties from the song, which features Bart Millard (MercyMe), Francesca Battistelli, Matt Maher, Dave Frey (Sidewalk Prophets), Jeremy Camp and Jamie Grace, go towards World Hope and the revival for Detroit. Find more information about that here.

Another winning song, “We Are the Brave,” came from a relatively new Word Recording artist, VERIDIA. The band’s vocalist, Deena Jakoub, and guitar player Brandon Brown co-wrote the song with Ian Eskelin, who also scored three awards. 

In between the award presentations, the evening was punctuated with special moments and surprise performances. Among the highlights was a surprise performance by Battistelli, who sang her No. 1 hit, “He Knows My Name,” written by Christian Songwriter of the Year, Seth Mosley, who took home 12 performance awards. 

Overall, seven songs from Word Publishing were recognized, totaling nine individual awards.

An entire list of SESAC Christian Music Awards winners can be found here.

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