2024 Water Artisans of the Year Award Winners

Enter the 2025 Water Artisans of the Year Contest

Entries will soon be accepted for the 2025 Water Artisans of the Year contest. Winners and runners-up in the 2025 Water Artisans of the Year contest will be featured in the March/April 2026 Issue of Pond Trade magazine and online at pondtrademag.com.

Requirements for the 2025 Contest

Submit a 100- to 300-word summary with 3 or 4 photos of the most impressive parts of the job – minimum of 3 images and max. of 4 – that you’ve completed in 2024 and 2025.
No manufacturer or product name should appear in any photo or write-up.
Eligible projects must have been completed between Nov. 1, 2024 and Nov. 1, 2025.
Multiple entries for the same project in different CATEGORIES are NOT permitted.
Open to professional installers only.
Winners for each category (4) will be selected blindly by our judges. Winning entries will be published in the March/April 2026 issue of POND Trade magazine and posted on our website.
The DEADLINE to enter is November 30, 2025 and payment information is below!
See below for payment details!

PAYMENT INFO COMING SOON

Each entry costs $25 (proceeds are benefiting the St. Jude’s Children Hospital) but NO entry is official until write-up, photos and money are received.
Click here to pay online or you can send a $25 check per entry payable to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital c/o POND Trade Magazine (P.O. Box 2721, Orland Park, IL 60462).

Pay your entry fee to St. Jude’s

Looking for inspiration? Check out last year’s Water Artisans of the Year winners.