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 1 Judged!

Our first competition of the new 2025 internal season took place on Tuesday 4th March, 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 David Steel, making his first visit to the Society.

Twenty members presented prints in the first half of the evening.

Seven images were held back for a second look in the print category. Ultimately, the maximum 20 points were awarded to 'The Doll Maker' by Michael Ciancia; 'Riding The Storm, Morocco' by Nick Bowman; 'Kader Atia, Hayward Gallery' by Margaret Marks.

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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 1 can be found here:

2025 Competition Totals

*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 new 2025 Season continues - dates, themes and judges

Round 2: The next Internal Competition evening will be the second competition of our new yearly season - 2025. The meeting will be held on on Tuesday, 3rd June 2025 (entry deadline is midnight on Saturday 31st May). The theme is 'Home', so members may submit photographs only on this theme. Judge will be Aisling Keavey, who will be returning after her talk on the same theme.