Eligible entries must have been projects completed or initiated from May 31, 2023, and May 2, 2024.

Each state DOT may submit no more than six Skills Contest entries per year—this does NOT include individual award nominations. If more than six entries are submitted, all entries may be rejected. Only one entry per sub-category may be submitted by each state.

Each entry may only be submitted once, meaning the same entry cannot be submitted in multiple categories. However, pieces of a campaign can be split up and entered into their respective categories.

“Without a Consultant” categories mean that there was no support from outside the DOT, either paid or unpaid, for the production of the materials or development of the concept.

There are general limitations for 10 PDF pages (typically converted from PowerPoint slides). This means that judges will evaluate the entry based on the first 10 slides/pages; any additional slides will be viewed as supplementary material. States must follow the 10-slide/page limit. Also, if you do not convert a PPT file to a PDF, admins will attempt to catch that before judges score projects but you will likely lost any linked material or special effects you've incorporated, so please remember to only submit PDFs.

If an entry appears to have been submitted in the wrong category, judges and the Awards subcommittee may contact the submitting state to recommend moving the entry to a more appropriate category.

The deadline for submission of all entries is Friday, June 7, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET via the AASHTO portal.

Questions should be submitted to AASHTO Director of Communications and Marketing Maggie Kasperski at mkasperski@aashto.org.