2026 Award Submissions

Deadline to apply for PCA's Industry Awards is January 5, 2026.
You can view a description of all awards: here.

What's your name?(Required)

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What's your email address?(Required)

What's your company name?(Required)

What's your phone number?(Required)

Are you nominating yourself or someone else?(Required)

Myself

Someone else

Please enter your address(Required)

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What is the name of the person you're nominating?(Required)

First Last

What's their email address?(Required)

What's their company's name?(Required)

What's their phone number?(Required)

Please enter their address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

What award are you applying or nominating for?(Required)

PIPP Category(Required)

Picture It Painted Professionally Award

Project Name(Required)

When did you complete this project?(Required)

Did you complete the project on time and on budget?(Required)

Yes

Please describe the project from start to finish(Required)

What was the extent of surface prep for this project?(Required)

What were some of the challenges with this project, and how did you overcome them?(Required)

These could include, but are not limited to, height, terrain, poor substrate, coating failure, heat, sequence problems. etc.

What was the top priority/request made by the client?(Required)

What made your company stand out against the competing bidders?(Required)

Did the client make any last-minute requests?(Required)

What was the end result for the client and the community?(Required)

Describe the products you used in this project(Required)

What are some of the professional techniques you used in this project?(Required)

Refer to the PCA Industry Standards that helped you complete this project.

What made this project stand out?(Required)

Describe your safety plan for this project.(Required)

What was your biggest takeaway from this project?(Required)

Project Media(Required)

Please upload all your project photos to a Google Drive folder and share the link to this folder here. Please ensure that the folder is not marked as private, so that our judges can access and review the images.

For each image uploaded to the Google Drive folder you've linked above, please specify why you chose each image, and how it describes the project and the work you've done.(Required)

Creative Business Marketing Strategy Award

What marketing strategy/tools have you developed to increase your engagement with the community, prospects, and customers?(Required)

Marketing strategy and purpose, description / analytics of success, media / materials produced, podcast, website, rebranding, etc.

What have you done in the past year to improve your social media presence, reach and/or engagement?(Required)

Social media sites, media/materials produced for social media, analytics

Social Media Link(Required)

Please provide a link to one of your social media accounts that shows how your marketing strategy has been implemented

Marketing Collateral(Required)

Please create a Google Drive folder (make it publicly accessible) and upload a minimum of 3, and maximum of 5 examples of marketing collateral that have benefited your marketing strategy this year. Examples include: ads, mailers, signs, social media posts, etc.

Community Improvement / Humanitarian Award

How long has the nominee been involved with the PCA?(Required)

How many hours of volunteer work has the nominee and their employees done this year?(Required)

Is the nominee a board member of any local non-profits?(Required)

Yes

I don't know

How has the nominee contributed to their community this year?(Required)

What contributions has the nominee made to the industry to better it?(Required)

Service Project Documentation(Required)

Please create a Google Drive folder (make it publicly accessible) and provide up to three documents.

Associate Industry Partner of the Year Award

How long has the nominee been involved with the PCA?(Required)

What PCA events has the nominee attended or helped with this year?(Required)

How has the nominee advocated for the industry?(Required)

Please describe in at least 5 sentences why the nominee's efforts for the industry have been significant(Required)

How has the nominee demonstrated PCA's mission?(Required)

"...dedicated to the success of painting and decorating contractors through ethics, education and excellence."

L.E. Travis Jr. Craftsman of the Year Award

How long has the nominee been involved with PCA?(Required)

Reason for nomination(Required)

Please provide a brief summary of why you think this person deserves this award.

Nominee's substrate knowledge(Required)

Describe the nominee's ability to identify, analyze and classify substrates so as to determine the most appropriate approaches for surface preparations and applications.

Nominee's knowledge of paint chemistry(Required)

Describe the nominee's understanding of ingredients of paint and the basic principles of adhesion and application under differing conditions.

Nominee's tool knowledge and use(Required)

Describe the nominee's level of identifying the most appropriate tools of the painting and decorating trade for specific application and using them in a highly skilled manner.

Nominee's mastery of the trade(Required)

Describe the nominee's unique capability to have one’s work demonstrate exceptional surface preparation, superior application techniques, and attention to detail.

Nominee's safety procedures(Required)

Describe the nominee's commitment to practicing safety procedures and policies.

Nominee's skill level and techniques(Required)

Describe the nominee's skill levels and techniques that meet or exceed those presented by the PCA Craftsmanship Operating Procedures (COPs).

Nominee's knowledge and use of PCA's Industry Standards(Required)

Describe the nominee's knowledge and use of PCA Industry Standards and give examples of frequently referenced standards.

Craftsmanship Portfolio

Please create a Google Drive folder (make it publicly accessible) and upload a minimum of 5, and maximum of 10 photos demonstrating the nominee's craftsmanship.

Richard A. Liddeke Distinguished Service Award

How long has the nominee been involved with PCA?(Required)

Describe the nominee's dedication and efforts to improve the industry and PCA(Required)

Speak to the nominee's contributions and service to PCA and the painting industry.

How has the nominee demonstrated PCA's mission?(Required)

"...dedicated to the success of painting and decorating contractors through ethics, education and excellence."

Al Quilici Outstanding Member Award

How long has the nominee been involved with PCA?(Required)

Describe the nominee's dedication and efforts to improve the insdustry and PCA(Required)

Speak to the nominee's contributions and service to PCA and the painting industry.

How has the nominee demonstrated PCA's mission?(Required)

"...dedicated to the success of painting and decorating contractors through ethics, education and excellence."

2026 Award Submissions

Picture It Painted Professionally Award

Creative Business Marketing Strategy Award

Community Improvement / Humanitarian Award

Associate Industry Partner of the Year Award

L.E. Travis Jr. Craftsman of the Year Award

Richard A. Liddeke Distinguished Service Award

Al Quilici Outstanding Member Award

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