Poster Competition

Poster submission for the Poster Competition is now officially closed.

Accepted posters will be receiving guidance notes shortly.

Joyce Stewart Best Poster Trophy for 20^th WOC Poster Competition
The WOC Trustees have donated a trophy, the Joyce Stewart Trophy, to be awarded to the best poster presented at the 20^th World Orchid Conference in Singapore, this November. The Trophy remembers the late Mrs Joyce Stewart, MBE, VMH who was a WOC Trustee and closely engaged in the preparation for the 20^th WOC. The Joyce Stewart Trophy will be crafted by the well-known American glass artist, Larry Mayse.

• Judging Rules:
  • Posters will be judged on the basis of a soft copy submitted prior to the Conference by 1 November 2011. The displayed and submitted poster must be the same
  • Posters will be judged by two categories of authorship
    • Posters by students
    • Posters by all other authors not students
  • For student posters, the work should be primarily that of one or more students, and the primary author should accordingly be a student registrant. More than one student may co-author a poster, with or without a supervisor
  • Posters will receive rosettes for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places in each category of exhibitor
  • The Joyce Stewart Trophy will be awarded to the best overall poster. It will be presented to the winner at the 20^th WOC Closing Ceremony on 16 November 2011
  • Judging Criteria

    Posters may be scientific or horticultural. Judges will take into account the following factors:

    • Extent of new and original contribution in horticulture, science, or in general awareness or orchids
    • Difficulty and quality of reported work.
    • Clarity of content exposition including the use of figures or tables
    • Quality of layout and effectiveness of all visual elements in conveying the message
  • The judges' decision will be final.