Photographs/Pictures—Film or digital photographs and photomicrographs, as well as images obtained from electron microscopes, STMs, AFMs, telescopes and similar instruments. Images created by sensors.

Illustrations/Drawings—Traditional or computer-assisted illustrations and drawings produced to conceptualize the unseen or recreate an object, process or phenomenon (technique). Illustrations and drawings rely primarily on the created image to convey meaning. 

Informational/Explanatory Graphics—Computer-assisted illustrations or graphics produced to instruct/interpret highly technical information into art that teaches. An informational graphic is more explanatory by nature and relies heavily on data and often text to convey a message. An informational graphic may incorporate a photographic image or an illustration into the overall presentation in order to convey the intended message. Typically incorporates text as an integral part of the illustration or graphic.

Eligible Entries

• Produced or commissioned by University of California Irvine undergraduate student, graduate student, postdoc or faculty member.
• Clearly designates a category.
• Submission materials must be typed.
• Submission materials must be in English.

Ineligible Entries

• Entries submitted in multiple categories.
• Submissions from publishing companies, advertising agencies or public relations firms, or that market, advertise or promote a commercial product (although a segment of a commercial piece may be submitted if it does not promote the product).
• Submissions by faculty on the judging panel.
  
• Illegible submission materials.