• Images must relate to laser materials processing.
• The competition will run for a year covering 4 magazine editions (the final edition being Issue 91, February 2019).
• Entrants will submit photos by a given deadline for each issue of the magazine.
• One winner will be chosen for each magazine issue, and will go forward to the Grand Final to win a prize.
• The prize is a £25 Amazon voucher, and the image will be featured on the front cover of The Laser User if suitable.
• The images will be judged by Dave MacLellan (AILU Executive Director) and the winner will be announced in each magazine issue.

Competition rules

1. Photographs must be submitted by email to photocomp@ailu.org.uk  

2. The entrant must include the following statement in the text of the email submission:

I have the relevant permission to enter the attached photograph(s) in the competition and give the AILU the right to publish the photograph(s) in the magazine (print and online).

3. The entrant must also provide: 

• title/caption for each submitted photograph, 
• a short description of the photograph, noting whether the photograph is a composite of several images or has been enhanced in any way, 
• any due acknowledgements. 

4. Photographs submitted previously cannot be re-submitted, but you may submit more than one image to each issue.

5. Photographs should be of good print quality, at 300 dpi, ideally portrait orientation and at least 2000 pixels wide. 

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us at photocomp@ailu.org.uk. We're looking forward to receiving your images!

Best regards

Cath

Dr Catherine Rose
Publications Manager
Association of Industrial Laser Users (AILU)
100 Ock Street
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 5DH
+44 (0)1235 539595