How to enter

This competition is open to everyone, from individuals and groups to transport specialists and professional design agencies.

Download the entry form (PDF 37KB) and complete all sections.

Postal submissions or in person entries

You can post your submission or deliver it in person, along with your completed entry form, to:

A New Bus for London Competition
Transport for London
84 Eccleston Square
London SW1V 1PX (map)

Electronic submissions

You can also submit your entries electronically as follows:

Download the electronic entry form (PDF 57KB)
Complete all the sections making sure you tick which category you are entering
Save the completed entry form to your computer
Attach the entry form and your design file(s) to an email and send to: anewbusforlondon@tfl.gov.uk

Entry formats

You can submit your designs on paper or digital media (eg CD, DVD, memory stick, memory cards) or a combination of both. The documents must be readable using commonly available office application software (eg the Microsoft Office suite of products, common image and movie viewing software and the Adobe suite of products). Acceptable file formats include .PDF, .JPG, .GIF, .TIFF, .BMP, .DOC, .XLS, .EPS, .AVI, .MOV and .WMV. Please do not submit files in formats used by specialist computer aided design (CAD) software. A maximum file size of 20MB per file applies.

Key dates

Competition starts:	10:00 (BST) on Friday 4 July 2008
Competition ends:	12:00 (BST) on Friday 19 September 2008
Winners announced:	Monday 27 October 2008

Questions?

If you have any questions about the competition or how to enter, please contact the customer service centre.

Telephone: 0845 218 0265 (+44 845 218 0265 if calling from outside the UK)
Email: anewbusforlondon@tfl.gov.uk

Questions and answers relevant to the competition will be posted here for all potential entrants to see. Names and contacts details of persons asking the questions will not be published.

Terms and conditions

It is important to understand that by submitting an entry, you will be deemed to have read, understood and agree to be bound by the competition's Terms and Conditions and the rules for each category.

Intellectual property rights

In order that the ideas and material entered into this competition (both the design category and the imagine category) can be used by Transport for London (TfL), all prize winners will be required to sign a short agreement under which TfL will acquire the rights in such materials and designs. A copy of the agreement is available on request.

By entering the competition, each entrant confirms that any material submitted is their own idea and has not been copied or borrowed in any way from another design and does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party.

Further conditions relating to intellectual property rights are set out in the Terms and Conditions relevant to each competition category.