2026 Submissions 

This year’s categories and pricing are listed below.

Deadline for Submissions: June 5 at 5 p.m.


$80 Category Entries:

• New Home: 1,500-3,500 square feet
• New Home: 3,500-5,500 square feet
• New Home: More than 5,500 square feet
• Remodel/Addition: Less than 800 square feet (e.g. kitchen, bath, playroom, areas that are inside or attached to the main house)
• Remodel/Addition: 800-3,500 square feet
• Remodel/Addition: More than 3,500 square feet
• Remodel or New Outbuilding: Less than 800 square feet freestanding residential structure (e.g. ADU, boathouse, detached garage)
• Remodel or New Outdoor Living (e.g. landscape, porch, deck, patio—open to the elements and/or connected to the landscape)

$40 Category Entries:

• Design Detail: Interior or exterior detail (e.g. stairway, mantel, sidewalk)
• Architectural Plans: An on-the-boards residential design that has not been (or many never be) built (plans (including drawings, renderings, or other graphics) submission)
• Judges’ Choice: Have a special residential project that doesn’t fit in any of the above categories? We’d love to consider it in this new award category.

RAVE Awards Eligibility:

• The project can be located anywhere.
• The project must be designed by a licensed Minnesota architect (including AIA-certified architects).
• New construction, remodel, or renovation of an existing residence (the transformation must include significant change to the existing dwelling).
• Construction completed after January 1, 2021.
• Submissions may include projects that have been featured in other publications or have won previous awards (with the exception of RAVE Awards).