Genest Project Feature Awards
Congratulations to the Winners of Our 2024 Contest!
2024 Grand Prize Winner: Morton’s Treescape Featured Projects: Ken Fengler Landscaping, Proscapes, Godfrey Cove Engineering
Showcase Your Most Photo-Worthy Hardscape Projects & Win!
If you’ve recently completed a stunning hardscape project using Genest paving or wall stone, this is your chance to be featured in our 2026 Paving & Wall Stone Catalog and win up to $2,500 in Genest-manufactured products!
We awarded over $14,000 of Genest products to contractors whose work appeared in our 2025 catalog, and this year we’re excited to offer another opportunity to win!
How It Works
- Submit Your Project – Send us a photo of your completed hardscape installation featuring Genest paving and/or wall stone.
- Include a Photo Release Form – Have the property owner sign the release form to grant permission for photography and marketing use.
- Let Us Handle the Photography – If we feel your project is a great fit for our catalog, we’ll send a professional photographer to capture high-quality images.
- Win Genest Product Credits – If your project is selected for our catalog, you’ll receive:
- $2,500 for the cover photo
- $1,500 for feature photos
- $500 for accent photos
Why Enter?
- Gain recognition for your craftsmanship
- Get professional photography of your project – free of charge!
- Win Genest product credits to use on your next order
- Have your work showcased in our widely distributed catalog
Submission Guidelines
- Projects must use Genest-manufactured paving stones, wall systems, or Comfort Block.
- Combination with natural stone is allowed, but no other manufactured concrete products can be included.
- We are especially looking for projects completed in the last three years, featuring:
- Paving stones in Charcoal, Granite Blend, Summer Blend, or Autumn Blend
- Wall systems in any color blend
- Comfort Block with any exterior finish
How to Enter
A photo release form signed by both the contractor (entrant) and the property owner is required with each submission. Download the photo release form here. Submit your entry by emailing your Genest rep or enter online using the form below. Multiple entries are encouraged – each project is a new chance to win!
Contractor Photo Contest Entry Form
Rules & Guidelines
2025 Contest Rules, Guidelines, and Conditions:
- All entries must be received by September 30, 2025.
- Winners will be selected and notified in the spring of 2026 after our catalog design is finalized.
- Projects already featured in our previous catalogs are ineligible to win again unless significantly expanded or altered.
- All photos must be original work, taken by the entrants. The photo must not infringe upon the trademark, copyright, moral rights, intellectual rights, or rights of privacy of any entity or person.
- Paving stones, wall stone, and other elements of the hardscape installation must be manufactured by Genest. Genest products may be used in combination with natural stone but not concrete products from other manufacturers.
- Multiple entries are accepted, but each project must be submitted with a separate entry form.
- Entries will be judged by Genest. All decisions are final. Genest reserves the right to disqualify any entry that is deemed inappropriate or does not conform to stated contest rules.
- By entering the contest, entrants grant royalty-free use of their photos by Genest and Comfort Block for advertising purposes. Genest reserves the right to edit, crop, and otherwise alter any photos submitted.
- By entering the contest, entrants agree that they received authorization from the property owner for the property to be photographed and for Genest to use the photographs for marketing purposes. Property owners’ names and addresses will not be published or otherwise disclosed in Genest marketing materials.
- A photo release form signed by both the property owner and the entrant is required with each contest submission. Entries that do not include a valid and complete photo release form will be disqualified and deleted.
- Each prize must be collected by the winner and is nontransferable.
- Each winner will be contacted via the email address provided during entry. If no response is received after five business days, the winner will forfeit all rights to the prize.
- Winners will be awarded the following prizes. An entrant whose project is selected for publication on the cover of Genest’s 2026 Paving Stones & Walls catalog will receive a credit in the amount of $2,500 toward their next order of Genest manufactured products (limited by product availability). An entrant whose project is selected for publication as a feature photo in Genest’s 2026 Paving Stones & Walls catalog will receive a credit in the amount of $1,500 toward their next order of Genest manufactured products (limited by product availability). An entrant whose photo is selected for publication as an accent photo in Genest’s 2026 Paving Stones & Walls catalog will receive a credit in the amount of $500 toward their next order of Genest manufactured products (limited by product availability).
- The contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law.
- Participation in this contest is limited to legal residents of the U.S. over the age of 18.
- The entrant must be the installer of the hardscape project featured in their photo submission.
Questions?
Contact Katie O’Connor, Marketing
katieo@genest-concrete.com
207-324-3250 ext.124
