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BCI 2015 PHOTO COMPETITION & ALBUM
Thank you to all who have sent their entries to the Best or BCI 2015 Photo Competition. All entries have been prepared for final selec- tion where judges from around the world will choose the Competition Finalists to be ex-
hibited at the grand BCI Convention in Guangzhou, China in 2015. The deadline for entries was May 31. We received a total of 205 photographs of trees and 82 images of stones. BCI director Budi Sulistyo is the chair of the committee that is responsible for the con- test and publication of the book. Tom Elias and Joe Grande are assisting Budi in the process just as they did with our 2013 Best of BCI book.
A panel of three judges was established to evaluate the trees and a second panel, also of three judges, was established for the stones. There was one judge from Europe, one from North America, and one from Asia on each of the panels. The judges were given the im- ages and sizes, but not the name of the owners of the trees and stones. This will allow us to rank the entries by country. Our goal is to have as broad a representa- tion of trees and stones from as many countries as possible in the book.
While the judging process was underway, we called for bids for the layout and design of the book. We are anticipating having from 150 to 200 trees and stones illustrated in the book. Thus, it will be a larger volume than our 2013 Best of BCI which contained 50 trees and 50 stones. We anticipate that our 2015 volume will contain approximately 125 to 150 trees and perhaps 50 stones. We will not know the actual numbers until we have reviewed the scores from the judges.
The size of the book, 30.5 x 22.8 cm, will be larger than our earlier 2013 Best of BCI (22.5 x 21.5 cm). This will result is a more impressive book. The book will be printed by a leading book publisher. Reserve your copies now at the pre-publication price of $50.00.
Once the judging is completed, we will send the highest scoring tree and stone photos to Guangzhou, China for printing and display at our September convention.
The finalists of our new 2015 BCI Bonsai & Stone Photo Competition will be published in a high- quality hardcover book. Photos will be exhibited at the grand BCI Convention in Guangzhou, China on September 17 to 21, 2015.
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Reserve your copy now!
Best of BCI 2015:
Viewing Stones and Bonsai
(Working Tittle)
Hard cover, est. 200 pages, full color, 12 x 9 inches/305 x 228 mm
limited edition.
Pre-publication cost: $50.00 Anticipated Publishing Date: Nov. 2015
• Single copy: Full retail price plus shipping
• Participants in contest who order 2 or 3 copies: 20% discount plus shipping to same address
• Drop shipments of 100 copies or more at the time of printing: 30% discount plus shipping to same address
• BCI Clubs who orders 6 or more copies at one time: 20% discount plus shipping to same address
• Wholesale (for resale by retail businesses):
50% discount on orders of 6 or more copies per order
Look for this image on the home page for a link to the article and order form.
For personalized service and pre- publication discounts, contact Carole Roske, Business Manager by e-mail, bcimanager@ visn.net or call 440- 871-4797.
You can also pre-order from the BCI website, www.bonsai-bci.com.
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