Tuesday Jun 19, 2018 Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Contest dates:
Submission period: May 16 - July 18
Judging period: July 19 - August 22
Winners announcement: August 23
Presented by Our State magazine and Mast General Store, the awards honor
unique North Carolina makers and business owners in four categories: Home
& Garden, Style, Food & Drink, and Art.
All products must be able to be reproduced for sale. Submissions will be
judged upon quality (50%), innovation and creativity (25%), and the tie to North
Carolina (25%). Finalists will be notified by July 27 and winners will be
announced on August 23.
A panel of judges will select one winner and two honorable mentions for each of the four categories, and an
overall winner will be selected from among the four category winners. Each category winner will receive email and social media promotion, a short feature on madeinncawards.com and ourstate.com; and a quarter-page ad, valued at $2,000, in the December 2018 issue of Our State magazine. The overall winner will receive an additional $500 prize. Category winners will be featured at the Made in NC Awards Celebration Event on October 13, at Mast General Store’s location in downtown Winston-Salem.