Slides are NOT required, only CD's.

The SAM Awards honor excellence in residential design, merchandising, sales and marketing of new homes in San Diego and southern Riverside County. Following are eligibility requirements to participate in the awards competition.

- All entrants must be BIA of San Diego members as of the SAM entry due date. In order to meet this qualification, both the builder and the principal consultant responsible for a particular award category must be members of the BIA of San Diego. (For example: If the award is for residential design, both the builder and the architect must be members. If the award is for advertising, both the builder/developer and the advertising agency must be members.) 

- The community being entered must have actively maintained a sales complex some time between January 1, 2006, and August 3, 2007. Includes all of San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial counties (Excluding Desert communities). 

- If a community was entered in a previous SAM Award category and didn’t win, it is eligible to re-enter the same category in the current year’s competition, provided the community maintained a sales complex some time between January 1, 2006, and August 3, 2007, and is located in San Diego County or southern Riverside County. Communities that won in a specific category in the previous year are not eligible to enter that same category in the following year.

- For specific category eligibility requirements, refer to the individual entry forms.

Grand Award

In order to be eligible for the Grand Sales and Marketing, Design and Merchandising Award (category six), the community must be entered in all seven required categories as indicated on the entry form. Eligible communities must be within the geographic boundaries of San Diego County or south Riverside County North To Bundy Dr. and Washington as the Eastern boundary.(see map) 

Entry Fees
$135 per entry.

Entry Deadline

August 3, 2007, 12:00 NOON.
All entries, including fees and exhibits, must be received no later than 12:00 noon on August 3, 2007. Entries and fees (checks only) must be delivered to: SAM Awards c/o BIA/SAM, BIA San Diego -  9201 Spectrum Ctr. Blvd. Suite 110, San Diego, CA 92123. Incomplete or ineligible entries may be disqualified and eliminated.

Preparing Entries

All entries must be accompanied by a separate entry form for each entry and ONE check covering ALL entry fees. 

Note: Please Read Each Entry Form Carefully. 

CDs: When entering a category that requires a CD, please note that each CD must be presented in a case or cover clearly labeled with the builder name, project name and category numbers. Each file within the CD are also to be labeled with the builder name, project name and category numbers. A separate CD is required for each category entered. All scanned items must be 4" x 5" and 300 dpi PDF or JPEG. Individual files on each CD are to be labeled as noted above as well. See CD sample below.

Entry Review

Entries will be reviewed by the 2007 Criteria Committee to determine that entry criteria has been met. In categories where actual cost verification is a factor, entrant may be requested to provide receipts, invoices or contracts.

Note: Due to changing market conditions, the SAM Criteria Committee reserves the right to split pricing categories and if necessary to combine categories in the event of fewer than three entries. Judges have final decision in unusual situations. If entry is eliminated, all fees and materials will be returned to the entrant.

Judging

Individual entries will be judged by a distinguished panel of highly qualified judges on the basis of materials submitted.

Judges are selected from outside the San Diego area for their various levels of expertise in the homebuilding field. The Sales Professional categories will be judged by a combination of San Diego area and out-of-area judges.

Each entry is rated on an individual point system by each judge. An authorized representative from the SAM Committee and BIA is present during, and responsible for, monitoring the entire judging process. Entries become the property of SAM and will not be returned.

The Sales and Marketing Council does not accept responsibility for any lost or damaged entries. If you have any questions regarding entries, please call Sue Dowd, Home Buyers Guide (760) 634-2466.