AIA North Carolina Design Awards FAQs

Yes, you can change the category you submit to once the submission is copied. You can also copy a submission you created in the previous three years for a local section and change the category to submit to the state-wide awards. Projects submitted in the last three years for the state design awards can be duplicated and used for local section awards. 

This method is only for copying projects from the previous three years. However, there is a way to copy projects from the current year. 

It can. Because it copies all of your data from last year, You will not have to retype or re-upload all of the information. Instead, you can use your time verifying the data and updating any information that may be out of date.

You can contact staff at AIA North Carolina for assistance with your username or password. 

Verify that you are using the correct username. It is possible the project was submitted under a different username. If you don’t see the project you are looking for, contact the staff at the AIA North Carolina offices for assistance. They can help you look up the project and determine the with whose username it was submitted.

Our awards work in two “rounds.” There is a “Registration Round” where you tell us what you’d like to submit and pay for the project. Once you’ve paid and submitted that information, you will be automatically forwarded to the “Submission Round.” In that round, you will upload your images and input your descriptive data during the submission round. 

All images need to be in 16:9 format, at least 300 dpi. Images must be uploaded in either .jpg or .pdf format. 

Yes, you can have composite images where more than one photo or elevation is included in a single image. 

While AIA North Carolina does not currently require you to include an image of every elevation, it is highly recommended to include them. Juries are very observant and will notice if an elevation is missing. This omission usually leads to the dismissal of the project by the jury. 

Yes! If you have before and after images (especially for renovation or historic preservation), then it is recommended that you include them. Site plans are also beneficial and encouraged to help convey the story of your project to a jury. 

If you realize you’ve made a mistake soon after submitting your project, contact the AIA NC staff for assistance. They can reopen your project and allow you to edit it or do the edit for you. This feature is usually available for the first couple of days after submissions are due. Edits cannot be made within five business days of the scheduled jury review.