Eligible Entries:

Any materials or products marketed within the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex by a member of the Dallas Builders Association during the calendar year 2024 are eligible for competition. No entry will be judged without payment of the entry fee. All entries must adhere to exact entry requirements and judging criteria. Failure to comply with these specifications will result in disqualification of entry and forfeiture of entry fees. Categories with fewer than three entries may be excluded from award consideration, and entry fees refunded.

Entries may be submitted by Builders, Developers, Associates, and Suppliers

NOTE:  Other than OF THE YEAR categories – the previous year’s winner is ineligible in the marketing categories.

The deadline for all entry applications, supporting materials and payment is March 3.

Please select your entry categories carefully. Refunds will not be issued.

Please download the full Call For Entries for complete category requirements.
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**DEFINITIONS**

Custom Builders: These are builders who create one-of-a-kind homes, either for a specific client or as a speculative build, with a volume of under 125 homes per year.

Custom Builders are eligible to submit entries in any professional achievement or marketing categories as desired. In Interior and Design Categories, they fall under the “Custom/One-of-a-Kind Homes” classification.

Production Builders: Also referred to as volume builders, these builders construct 150 or more homes per year in a sequential manner.

Production Builders can operate at local, regional, or national levels.

While they typically offer a range of floor plans and options, buyers may have less flexibility to modify the designs.

Production Builders are eligible to submit entries in any professional achievement or marketing categories as desired.

In Interior and Design Categories, they are classified as “Production Housing.”

Interested in entering the 2025 McSAM Awards?  Get a leg up on the competition by watching the McSAM Awards Tips & Tricks for Entries.

McSAM Award Producers & Judging Coordinators, Lisa & Shane Parrish with Team PMP, will give you insightful tips and tricks to help your entries stand out with the judges.

For questions regarding submission entries, please contact Lisa Parrish at lisa@teampmp.com or 800-658-2751.

Judging: Out-of-state judges selected from across the nation are among the most creative and successful indi­viduals within the home building industry, and represent the many disciplines contributing to new home sales and marketing, as well as geo­graphic diversity. Judges are ineligible for entry. Judges reserve the right to eliminate any catego­ry where the quality of work does not warrant a winner. All decisions of the judges are final.

Changes to Categories or Entries: The McSAM Awards Committee reserves the right to combine or eliminate any category or categories due to insufficient entries. Ad­ditionally, the committee reserves the right to create new categories should the McSAM judges determine a situation warrants such action. Judges may also re-categorize any entry, if, in their opinion, it has been entered in the wrong category, or if the entry is better suited to another category. Special awards may be presented at the judges’ discretion.