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Sundial Design Competition

This takes place every 5 years and has been established to promote both the production of new sundials and the restoration of old sundials. These competitions are well supported and many dials of outstanding artistic and technical merit are submitted. The winners receive a prize, with a certificate and a  plaque to be fixed near the dial if possible.The 2010 competition is in progress now and is closed to further entries, the next competition will be judged during the summer of 2015 on entries submitted before December 2014. Due to the long lead times for the design and manufacture of new sundials ample prior notice will given on this website and in the Newsletter. For further information contact the Secretary. The full details and conditions are described in the BSS SDC Iss 7.0 (MS Word DOC file 39 KB)