With more than $60,000 in prizes, each project has a chance to win up to $12,500 in cash.

 

There are just six days left in NKBA’s early-bird promotional period to enter NKBA’s prestigious Professional Design Competition for 2022. Members get their first entry free through Monday, May 31. From June 1 through July 2, each member entry is $129; non-members may enter at any time through July 2 for $199 per project. There is no limit on the number of entries a designer may submit.

Designers will compete for prizes in large (more than 250 square feet) and small (under 250 square feet) kitchens in Contemporary and Traditional categories; large (more than 55 square feet) and small (under 55 square feet) bathrooms in Contemporary and Traditional categories; and specialty categories of Outdoor Kitchen spaces and submissions by a Builder/Remodeler.

Winners will be revealed next February at KBIS 2022 in Orlando. First-place winners in the kitchen and bath categories earn $2,500; second place wins $1,500 and third place earns $1,000. Specialty categories take home $2,000 each. In addition, winners of Best Overall Kitchen and Best Overall Bath, chosen from among the first-place kitchen and bath category winners, each take home an additional grand prize of $10,000. So top projects have the potential to win $12,500.

Besides cash prizes, all winners will receive one (1) personalized award and a valuable KBIS 2022 package.

Grand prize winners will also be featured in industry publications/media ads and other editorial and promotional materials. All winners will be covered in KBB magazine other trade and consumer outlets, featured on the NKBA website, and promoted via national press release to consumer and trade media.

The competition is judged by design-industry professionals. Amateur photos, including phone images, are acceptable for the submission process. After the first round of judging, contestants will be asked to submit high-resolution, print-quality shots; a full design statement; product specification form, and photo release.

For more details, full rules and to enter the NKBA Professional Design Competition, click here.