Journal of Composite Structures Annual Award - 2006 The International Editorial Board of the Journal of Composite Structures are pleased to announce that the Journal Prize Award for papers published in 2006 has been bestowed upon: ‘‘Improvement of Bearing Strength of Laminated Composites” by A. Crosky, D. Kelly, R. Xi, X. Legrand, N. Juong, R. Ujjin, Volume 76, Issue 3, November 2006, pp. 260–271. The Award is made annually to the paper judged by the International Editorial Board to have made the most significant contribution to composite structures in a particular year. Our congratulations go to the co-authors of this paper. The photograph shows two of the authors, from the left, Alan Crosky and Don Kelly with the Composite Structures Award.