The nomination submission period for the 2018 National Preservation Awards is now closed. Award nominators and awardees will be notified throughout the summer.  Winners will be announced to the public in November at the 2018 PastForward Conference in San Francisco, California.

Award Categories

• The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards recognize the "best of the best" in preservation projects—projects that highlight cutting-edge preservation approaches or technologies.
• The Louise du Pont Crowninshield Award is the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s highest national honor of an individual, recognizing superlative achievement over time in the preservation and interpretation of cultural, architectural or maritime heritage.
• The American Express Aspire Award recognizes an emerging leader in the preservation field who has made significant achievements in preservation.
• The Trustees’ Award for Organizational Excellence recognizes a nonprofit organization, large or small, that has demonstrated sustained and superlative achievement in historic preservation.
• The Peter H. Brink Award for Individual Achievement in Historic Preservation recognizes an individual who has made extraordinary contributions toward saving a historic place in the past year.