The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc.

 RULES FOR STATE AWARDS

1. Awards Year: January 1st to December 31st annually, unless award states otherwise.
2. Eligibility: Only clubs that are members of The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc. are eligible to apply.
3. Deadline: December 1st annually. All applications and supporting evidence must be in the hands of the state awards chairman on or before this date. EXCEPTIONS: Applications must be received by July 1st for Award I, Award III-B, Award III-E, Award XI-A, and Award XVI. Award V, is due on the odd year 30 days prior to the Federation Annual Meeting. Award XII-B, is due January 25th.
4. Application Forms: All applications shall be on the State Awards Application Form and must be signed by the project chairman and club president. Application forms must be submitted in duplicate.
5. Source of Forms: Download application forms from the GCFMA website.
6. Number of Applications: The Federation Awards Committee will consider only one application from a club for each award category. Clubs may apply for state, NE region, and national awards for the same project providing application forms and one Book of Evidence are submitted. EXCEPTIONS: Application is not required for Awards VI-H, VI-K, VI-M, VI-N, VI-O, VI-P, VI-U, VI-V, and VI-W.
7. Number of Awards Granted: Each GCFM club may receive all awards merited in any given year, provided all qualifications are met. The same award may not be presented to a club for two consecutive years.
8. If no Scale of Points is given for an award, refer to NGC’s National Awards Rule #9.
All trophies may only be retained for one year except the Evelyn R. Cole District silver bowl, which is retained for two years.