Competition Evenings

These are competitions amongst Society members and are judged by a variety of experienced judges or professional photographers. There is a mix of open and themed competitions, and images are marked out of 20. Any member can enter and judging takes place anonymously, so it's a great forum for everyone to have their images constructively critiqued.

The total scores from the print and DPI (digital projected image) competition rounds held each season decide who are our "top" photographers in each category.

To see all future scheduled competition evenings click here. Logged-in members can check the submission deadline dates here.

Rules and guidelines for the submission of internal competition entries can be found via the link below:

Rules and Guidelines

2025 Competition Round 4 Judged!

Our fourth and final competition of the 2025 internal season took place on Tuesday 2nd December, with many members making it to the Hall and a few on Zoom. This round had a 'Monochrome' theme and the judge was Sarah Leigh Lewis.

Twenty-two members presented prints in the first half of the evening .Eight images were held back. The maximum 20 points were awarded to 3 images. Thirty-eight members entered the DPI competition in the second half of the evening. Seven images were held back. Four images were awarded the maximum 20 points -

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and you can see all the images in the latest Galleries and slideshows below:

Print Gallery

DPI Gallery

The results for Round 4 can be found here:

Internal Competition Results Round 4 PRINTS

Internal Competition Results Round 4 DPI


2025 Competition Totals

After this, the fourth & final competition of our Internal Competition Season 2025, results/cumulative totals can be found via these links:

Internal Competition Totals after Round 4 of 2025 Season PRINTS

Internal Competition Totals after Round 4 of 2025 Season DPI

*PLEASE NOTE before you contact the Competitions' Secretary that the “Ranked Scores” (the lower table in the linked pages above) show the scores for each image for each member from highest to lowest scoring (from left to right), NOT the round scores! 

2025 Competition Winners

The results of last year's internal competition were:

Firstly, the Print Competition -

In 3rd place with 73 points was Michael Ciancia.

In 2nd place with 74 points was Sonny Doonga.

In 1st place with 77 points and thus the winner of the Marston Trophy was Dan Waller.

Secondly, the DPI Competition -

In =3rd place with 71 points were Sarah Cartwright & Michael Ciancia.

In 2nd place with 72 points was Dan Waller.

In 1st place with 73 points and thus the winner of the Howe Trophy was Matthew Taylor.

Coming Soon! The 2026 Season begins - dates, themes and judges

Please do NOT miss the talk on wildlife photography by Matthew Williams-Ellis on Tuesday 20th January. I promise you that this is likely to be one of the highlights of the Society year, as Matthew is a superb photographer and engaging speaker. Check out his website at: https://www.matthewwilliams-ellis.com

Round 1: The next Internal Competition evening will be the first competition of our new yearly season - 2026. The competition will be held on Tuesday, 3rd March 2026 (entry deadline is midnight on Saturday 28th February). The genre is 'Wildlife', so members may only submit photographs on this theme. The judge will be Matthew William-Ellis, returning after his talk to us on Tuesday 20th January.