"Hana-Ippai Grand Prix" The 10th Pressed Flower Postcard competition << Entry Period >> From Japan: April 1st _ August 31st, 2004 (postmarked) From Overseas: April 1st _ July 31st, 2004 (should be arrived at the International Pressed Flower Art Society) << How to entry >> • Anyone is welcome to this competition. • Your handmade pressed flower work is to be made on the reverse side of an official or a private postcard with message and, on the other side, you should specify the address of this competition as well as your address, name (with the reading by writing kana), age, and telephone number. • Your entry will be counted one par one postcard. (You may submit multiple entries.) • Your entry should be original and must not be entered into any other competition. • Prize winners will be gathered and published in one book. • The copyrights of all the entries belong to "the executive committee of the Pressed Flower Postcard Competition." • Your entries are never returned. (We recommend that you take photos of your entries before sending.) • From abroad, your entries should be sent in one envelope by mail for the office of IPFAS. You may envelop multiple entries in one envelope. • From abroad, please send your entries earlier because mail will not always arrive in Japan as you expect. The Washington treaty or the rules of the quarantine of the plant may let your entries stop at the customs or return to you. We'd like you to inquire of your own country's authorities, such as customs or post office, about the details of the rules. << Address of the competition >> From Japan: Pressed Flower Postcard Competition "Hana-Ippai Grand Prix" Matsumoto Post Office Box No.87 2-7-5 Chuo, Matsumoto-shi 390-8692 JAPAN From abroad: "Hana-Ippai Grand Prix" International Pressed Flower Art Society 2-5-10-7F Takashima, Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0011 JAPAN TEL: +81-45-461-1987 << Awards >> 1 for Hana-Ippai Grand Prix [Japan Post's President Award] 2 for Hana-Ippai Highly Commended [All Japan Hanaippai League's President Award] 5 for Flower City Award [Matsumoto City's Mayer Award] 5 for Flower Letter Award [Japan Post Sinetsu Branch's President Award] 10 for Children Flower Letter Award [Japan Post Sinetsu Branch's President Award] 10 for Flower School Award [Matsumoto City's Superintendent of Education Award] 100 for Honorable Mention [Japan Handicraft Instructors' Association's President Award] 300 for Fine Work Winners << Notice of each award >> September 28th, 2004 Each winner will be notified directly from the office. << Award Ceremony >> November 27, 2004 << Reference >> From Japan: the Executive Committee of the Pressed Flower Postcard Competition [Tokyo Office] TEL: 03-3235-1831 From abroad: The Office of International Pressed Flower Art Society TEL: +81-45-461-1987 << Attentions -- How to make a Pressed Flower Postcard >> (1) After pasting Pressed Flower on the postcard, your work is to be covered with a sheet of transparent seal or Japanese paper (Washi) to keep the Pressed Flower firmly on the postcard. (2) Never wrap your postcard with wrapping for cook.

Notice This year, the " Pressed Leaf Competition " won't be held, which had held annually at Takayama village, Nagano Prefecture.

Winners 2004 Philadelphia Flower Show << Best of Show >> Class145 " THE QUILTS OF PARADISE, PENNSYLVANIA " Susan Stevenson (USA) • Class141 " PARADISE FOUND " 1st Prize : Eugene Burkhart Jr. (USA) 2nd Prize : Rita Marie Dennis (USA) 3rd Prize : None Honorable Mention : None • Class142 " BEACHFRONT PARADISE " 1st Prize : Chiyoshi Hara (JAPAN) 2nd Prize : Kate Chu (USA) 3rd Prize : Yamakawa Kazue (JAPAN) Honorable Mention : Micki Wach (USA) Honorable Mention : Eugene Burkhart Jr. (USA) Honorable Mention : Jeanne Helmers (USA) • Class143 " PERFECTION " 1st Prize : Susan Stevenson (USA) 2nd Prize : Kuniko Yano (JAPAN) 3rd Prize : Sandra Ardnt (USA) Honorable Mention : Reiko Hagiwara (JAPAN) • Class144 " HOME "TWEET" HOME " 1st Prize : Eugene Burkhart Jr. (USA) 2nd Prize : Ginny Friedman (USA) 3rd Prize : Theresa Phillips (USA) Honorable Mention : Dixie Nace (USA) • Class145 " THE QUILTS OF PARADISE, PENNSYLVANIA " 1st Prize : Susan Stevenson (USA) 2nd Prize : June Moyer (USA) 3rd Prize : Nancy Kopack (USA) Honorable Mention : Kate Chu (USA) Honorable Mention : Maria Jacobs (USA) Honorable Mention : Ginny Friedman (USA) Honorable Mention : Julie Daly (USA) Honorable Mention : Eugene Burkhart Jr. (USA) Honorable Mention : Rita Marie Dennis (USA) • Class146 " PARADISE UNDER THE SEA " 1st Prize : Mutsuko Kamijo (JAPAN) 2nd Prize : Reiko Hagiwara (JAPAN) 3rd Prize : Eugene Burkhart Jr. (USA) Honorable Mention : Yaeko Kikuchi (Japan)