1. The competition has 11 categories and is open to everyone from around the world.
   
   
2. Full rules are detailed on the rules tab above and on the entry form
   
   
3. The deadline for entries is midnight Friday 2nd July 2010.
   


4. The minimum entry fee is £5 which covers 1 entry and can be paid either by credit card or cheque (made Payable to Ashdown.co.uk Ltd). You can enter as many items as you like but each entry can only appear in one category.
   
   
5. All entrants will be judged anonymously and finalists selected by Friday 16th July 2010. Notification will be shortly thereafter.
   
   
6. Finalists will then need to send their pieces in for final judging by Friday 30th July. These pieces will also appear on display at The Big Bead Show on Saturday 30th October 2010 at Sandown Park. 
   
   
7. The first place winner in each category will win a specially engraved award. The 2nd and 3rd place winners will each receive a certificate. Finalists will also have their winning pieces displayed in an article in Bead Magazine, the UK's best selling beading magazine, as well as on our web TV site www.Bead.tv. There will also be a special winners’ display at the Big Bead Show itself for all our thousands of visitors to view. Finalists will be invited to the awards ceremony at the show. Two tickets will be provided per qualifying finalist. 
   
   
8. We reserve the right to disqualify any pieces deemed as made earlier than the qualifying dates or not made by the entrants.
   
   
9. Whatever your experience, you are invited to enter any or all of the categories and detailed in the entry form:
   
   
10. If you are having any difficulty or enquiries regarding entry please call us on 01903 884988 or email elizabeth@ashdown.co.uk.

Every submission will be acknowledged by email therefore please be sure to include your email address in your application. If you submit your entry and do not receive an email acknowledgement please call to ensure that we have received your entry.

1. The competition is open to professional and amateur beaders from the around the world. Employees of Ashdown.co.uk Ltd or any or its subsidiaries are not eligible.


2. Entry fee of £5 covers the submission of one piece.


3. Each entrant may enter multiple categories but only one piece per category @ £5 per entry.


4. Entry is by photo in the first instance with no more than two pictures being supplied of each item entered. One photo must show the whole piece. Images to be emailed to Elizabeth@ashdown.co.uk or posted to:
   Ancient Lights
   19 River Road
   Arundel
   West Sussex
   BN18 9EY
   and must be received with application form by July 2nd 2010. Preliminary judging will be conducted anonymously to select the finalists in each category and will be determined by Friday 16th July 2010. Notification will be shortly thereafter.


5. Short listed items will need to arrive at the Bead magazine offices for final judging by Friday 30th July 2010.


6. All work entered must be original and created between September 2009 and July 2010.


7. For the under 16 entry photographic proof of age for finalists will be required; e.g. passport. Entrant must be under 16 on July 2nd 2010.


8. Entries may be the work of a single person or collaboration by several people.


9. Due to space and security issues we reserve the right to exclude large pieces from the Exhibit at The Big Bead Show and to limit peripherals in the display.


10. International participants are responsible for all duties and/or taxes for items shipped for judging. Bead Magazine will not accept delivery on packages that require Customs duty to be paid.
    
    
11. Each entrant must also cover return postage cost by providing credit card details.


12. Entrants are responsible for providing insurance cover for shipping to Bead Magazine, your items display at The Big Bead Show, it's time at the Bead Magazine office and it’s return to you. While every effort will be made to protect and safeguard your item while in our offices and at the show, we are not responsible for any damages or loss.


13. Ashdown.co.uk Ltd, Bead Magazine, The Big Bead Show retain the right to use the entry photos, to photograph all submitted items, and to use the photographs in any lawful way, including but not limited to publicity, publications, electronic media etc., with full credit to the artist.

The judges joining Bead Magazine editor, Jean Power, for the 2010 British Bead Awards are:


1. Jill Devon
   http://www.jilldevon.com/
   http://www.beadmerchant.co.uk/
   
   Jill is an award-winning bead designer who is well respected in the beading industry not just for her work as a designer or for running her business, The Bead Merchant, but also for being the instigator and founder of The Beadworkers Guild and being the creator of the first beadwork show in the United Kingdom.
   Jill, who was profiled in Bead in issue 8, has co-edited and co-authored best selling beading books and travels the Uk (and now the world) teaching her designs



2. Sarah Downton
   http://www.sarahdownton.co.uk/
   
   Sarah is widely known and highly regarded in the lampworking world not just for her beautiful beads but also for her involvement within and support of the bead making community. Sarah, who was profiled in issue 20 of Bead and was a finalist in the 2009 British Bead Awards, produces work that delights all those who see it.
   

Click on the image to view the winners in each category.