Submission Rules

Rules, Dates, & Deadlines:

Deadline for submission is October 30th (Bottle shipments must be received by 11/2. NO applications will be accepted after this date)
Public Voting for the People's Choice Awards begins on November 2nd. Distilleries will be sent links and other multi-media materials to promote their submissions.
ALL WINNERS will be announced via a LIVE broadcast on November 16th. Digital benefits & awards will be sent out immediately. Mailed items to closely follow. Medals may take 4-6 weeks.
The entry fee is $275/bottle category entered.
Each product entry must also submit two (2) 750 ml bottles for sampling and promotional purposes.
Clearly mark shipping container with ’Samples-not for resale’

Ship to:

givingLOCAL/Three Crosses Distilling

Attn:ECCSA

3835 Old Buckingham Road

Suite A

Powhatan, VA 23139

In order to be included for consideration, a distillery must:

Produce Craft "Distilled" or "Blended" products
Produce under 100,000 proof gallons annually
Majority owned by founders. Disqualified if majority ownership is by entity that produces more than 100,000 proof gallons a year.
Be located in one of the "East Coast" States (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine)

Benefits of Participation

Every Entry will receive:

Feature Distillery & Product listings on website with links to your website. This will boost your SEO/Google Listing.
Product promotions on Facebook
Guaranteed acceptance to future in-person festival/event (details to follow)
Public promotion for People's Choice Award. This will give you two weeks of social media promotion!
Option to submit a 90 second video description and virtual sampling per product

Winners will also receive:

*additional items will be available for purchase