Eligibility

Professional Awards

To enter the General Design, Residential Design, or Analysis and Planning categories, the official entrant must be an Associate, Full, or International ˿Ƶ member, or eligible to join ˿Ƶ in one of those categories. The Research and Communications categories are open to non-professionals, but the official entrant must be (or join as) an ˿Ƶ Affiliate, Associate, Full, or International member. The non-member fee includes a one-year membership in ˿Ƶ. *An official entrant in The Landmark Award category is not required to join ˿Ƶ to enter.

The jury process is “blind.” In other words, the identities of the entrant and creative team are not revealed to the jury. Members of the professional awards jury, as well as the firms, organizations, agencies, or employers they represent, are not eligible to enter the professional awards program. ˿Ƶ retains the right to disqualify any entry that does not meet the program requirements or that presents a conflict of interest. In such cases, refunds will not be issued.

Student Awards

The official entrant must be a Student, Student Affiliate, or FREE Associate member of ˿Ƶ or eligible to join ˿Ƶ in either of those categories in order to enter. (First, Second and Third Year Associates are not eligible to enter the Student Awards.) With the exception of the Student Collaboration Category, student entries may be individual or team efforts. For team entries, all team members who are landscape architecture students must be or join as Student or Student Affiliate ˿Ƶ members. The non-member fee includes a one-year membership in ˿Ƶ. *All team members and their course of studies must be submitted with the entry.

The jury process is “blind.” In other words, the identities of the entrant and creative team are not revealed to the jury. Members of the Student Awards Jury will recuse themselves from judging any entries with which they have a conflict of interest (for example, a juror who teaches in a landscape architecture program will not judge entries submitted by students from that program). ˿Ƶ retains the right to disqualify any entry that does not meet the program requirements or that presents a conflict of interest. In such cases, refunds will not be issued.

*Non-members entering multiple projects may pay the non-member fee for the first entry and the member fee for any additional entries. For information on membership qualifications, please visit or call
1-888-999-˿Ƶ.