Call for Entries

Join the "best and the brightest" by entering the nation's largest awards program for sales and marketing professionals and communities, The Nationals℠. The Nationals℠ offers publicity and prestige to award winners on the national level. The Nationals℠ will pay tribute to housing industry professionals for excellence in sales and marketing. Gold and Silver Award winners will be announced at the Annual National Sales and Marketing Awards Ceremony to be held during the International Builders Show on January 22, 2013, in Las Vegas, NV. Presentations will also be made to "Legends of Residential Marketing," honoring builders and marketers who stand apart as innovative leaders in new-home marketing.

Deadline & Delivery

Call for Entries available: July 15, 2012
Entry application deadline: October 5, 2012
Entry materials deadline: October 19, 2012

New Entry Form Functionality

Entrant fills out their entry and payment information
After the information is submitted, it is automatically stored within a database and an alert is sent to The Nationals℠.
The Nationals℠ generates a unique URL specific to that entry.
The Nationals℠ will supply the URL to the approved entrant.
When the entrant clicks the link, they will be able to upload their entry materials. (There will be a text box where they can add any comments.)
Once uploaded, the file(s) are stored within the database and an alert is sent to The Nationals℠

Questions regarding entries – please contact:
The Nationals℠ (NSMA)
10416 Hamilton St., Alta Loma, CA 91701
(800) 658-2751

Individual Achievement and Council Categories 1–7

NSMC Member $150.00 per entry
Non-NSMC Member $175.00 per entry
Non-NAHB Member $200.00 per entry

Marketing Categories 8–49

NSMC Member $175.00 per entry
Non-NSMC Member $200.00 per entry
Non-NAHB Member $225.00 per entry

Companies submitting multiple entries may pay all entry fees with one check. Please attach a list of category numbers entered to check.

Make checks payable to: National Sales & Marketing Awards.
Entry URL information will not be supplied to the Entrant until entry fees are paid.

Eligible Entries

Those who excelled in industry contribution, sales volume, community involvement, and overall professionalism during the period ofSeptember 1, 2011 to September 1, 2012 are eligible for The Nationals℠ Awards judging.

For Marketing Categories

New or rehabilitated residential real estate projects with homes available FOR SALE OR RENT during the period September 1, 2011 to September 1, 2012 are eligible for The Nationals℠ Awards judging.

Judging

Each entry will be judged on its own merits by a panel of distinguished individuals selected for professional expertise in sales, marketing and design. The Nationals℠ Awards Judges Panel reserves the right to combine or eliminate any category or categories due to insufficient entries. The Nationals℠ also reserves the right to create new categories if the judges believe it is warranted. Judges may re-categorize an entry if they believe it has been entered in the wrong category, or is better suited to another category. Special Awards for specific innovations may be presented at the Judges' discretion.

All entries, with the exception of Local Sales & Marketing Council entries to the Best Sales & Marketing Council category, become the property of the NSMC/NAHB and will not be returned.

In entering the awards program, entrants grant permission to the NSMC and/or NAHB to publish and/or reproduce entries in any NAHB publication and/or product, as well as grant the NSMC and/or NAHB the right to grant permission for the entries to be published and/or reproduced in any trade or consumer publication or product.

Notification

Entrants who have been chosen as finalists (Silver or Regional winners) will be notified by email by November 30, 2012, as well as posted on this website.

Important Digital Photography Guildlines

Cosmetic removal of construction or environmental challenges is acceptable (power lines, construction, traffic, reflections, etc.).

Download Forms

Marketing Statement

Rookie of the Year

Salesperson and Online Sales Counselor of the Year

Sales Team of the Year

Sales Manager of the Year

Marketing Director of the Year

SMC of the Year

SMC Judging Form

Marketing Categories Submission Checklist

Regional Map

Team Information