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 2 Judged!

Our third competition of the 2025 internal season took place on Tuesday 16th September, with many members making it to the Hall and a few on Zoom. This round had an 'Open' theme and the judge was the EAF's Gill Adams.

Sixteen members presented prints in the first half of the evening. Three images were awarded 19's and 20's in the print category. The maximum 20 points were awarded to 'Snow Polo in St Moritz' by Inna Alden:

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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 3 can be found here:

Internal Competition Results Round 3 PRI

Internal Competition Results Round 3 DPI


2025 Competition Totals

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

Internal Competition Totals after Round 3 of 2025 Season PRINTS

Internal Competition Totals after Round 3 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! 

2024 Competition Winners

The results of last year's internal competition were:

In the Print Competition, Debbie Smyth came third with 56 points and Rob Wilkinson came second with 57 points. The winner, with 58 points and, therefore, the holder of the Marston Trophy was Chris Murray.

In the DPI Competition, Michael Ciabcia and Chris Murray came second equal, with 57 points. The winner, with 59 points and, therefore, the holder of the Howe Trophy was Debbie Smyth.

Coming Soon! The 2025 Season continues - dates, themes and judges

Round 4: FINAL! The next Internal Competition evening will be the fourth and final competition of our 2025 season. The meeting will be held on on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025 (entry deadline is midnight on Saturday 29th November). The theme is 'Monochrome', so members may only submit photographs on the monochrome theme. The judge will be CityLit's Sarah Leigh Lewis, who will speak on this theme at the Society on 21st October.