We're thrilled to announce that Small Firms, Great Projects (SFGP) is back, and it's better than ever! Small Firms, Great Projects offers a platform for small business owners to amplify their firm's visibility in print and online. In its 20th Edition, Small Firms, Great Projects explores the theme of Design Matters. Whether as a verb or a noun, Design Matters invites you to share work that makes an impact and engages with critical topics shaping the built environment today. Think adaptive reuse, ADUs, disaster-resilience design, downtown revitalization, and more. Small firms are encouraged to share how they lead through collaboration, craft, and contextual thinking.
Save the date for the SFGP launch party on November 5th, 2026
Submission Deadlines
Early Deadline: Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Submissions are due by 5:00 PM (PST).
Regular Deadline: Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Submissions are due by 5:00 PM (PST).
Editorial Contnent:
Deadline for Editorial Content: Thursday, April 16, 2025. Submissions are due by 5:00 PM (PST)
Please contact pkim@aiasf.org with any questions about submitting editorial content.
Layout Options + Pricing
One–Page Layout
Members:
- Early Deadline: $675
- Regular Deadline: $725
Non-Member:
- Early Deadline: $975
- Regular Deadline: $1,025
Two–Page Spread:
Members:
- Early Deadline: $975
- Regular Deadline: $1,075
Non-Member:
- Early Deadline: $1,675
- Regular Deadline: $1,775
Entry Fees are nonrefundable. Submissions must be fully completed and entered before the deadline.
Submission Eligibility: Open to small firms representing San Francisco Bay Area architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, and architectural lighting, Small Firms, Great Projects 21th edition provides a platform to feature their best work in print, online, and with AIASF programming. Featured work and profiles may include any client sector, or built project type completed within the past five years. Completed project photography required, we will not accept renderings. Firms may submit work for a profile in a one-page layout or two-page spread. Firms may submit projects previously published in Small Firms, Great Projects, or other publications.
We reserve the right to make edits to all submissions for grammar, clarity or otherwise noted.
Questions: Paul Kim, Communications Coordinator, pkim@aiasf.org
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