The USDLA Awards Committee is pleased to announce the five award categories for the 2025 USDLA annual awards. These award categories have been designed to provide an opportunity for a wide range of activities and individuals to participate in this years’ nominations. Each award category is listed below with a brief description of the award and a link to the criterion rubric.

The cost to submit a nomination will be $100.00 for USDLA members and $200.00 for non-members. The award submission fee for non-members includes a single USDLA Member-Individual membership for one year. This membership will be valid for one year from the date of submission.

The USDLA 2025 Awards will be presented to the award winners at the 2025 National
Conference, June 23rd – 26th, 2025.

NOTE – please do not submit a nomination for the same project/person that won an award in
the previous three years. Nominations that are the same as previous winners will be rejected.

The criteria matrix for this award can be found here: https://usdla.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/USDLA-Dr.-Janet-McMahill-Rising-Star-award.pdf