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UPDATE BCI 2015

PHOTO

COMPETITION

& ALBUM

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

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