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

2026 Competition Round 2 Judged!

Our second competition of the 2026 internal season took place on Tuesday 2nd June 2026, with many members making it to the Hall (despite a tube strike & torrential rain) and a few on Zoom. This round had an 'Open' theme, so photographs on any subject were permissible, and the judge was the EAF's Ben Pike. 

Seventeen members presented prints in the first half of the evening. Four images were held back. The maximum 20 points were awarded to 'Bridge of Sighs' (20) by Paul Shelley & 'Urban Watercolour' (20) by Elisabeth Kendall.

Thirty-four members entered the DPI competition in the second half of the evening. Five images were held back. Two images were awarded the maximum 20 points - 'Through the trees and into the light' (20) by Rob Wilkinson & 'In her domain' (20) by Marian Quartey.

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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 2 can be found here:

Internal Competition Results Round 2 2026 [Prints]

Internal Competition Results Round 2 2026 [DPIs]


2026 Competition Totals

After this, the second competition of our Internal Competition Season 2026, results/cumulative totals can be found via these links:

Internal Competition Totals after Round 2 of 2026 Season [Prints]

Internal Competition Totals after Round 2 of 2026 Season [DPIs]

*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 continues - dates, themes and judges

 

Round 3: Sukhy Hullait will return to the Society on Tuesday 15th September to judge Round 3 of our internal competition with a 'storytelling' theme. Sukhy Hullait will first present an introduction to story telling on Tuesday 21st July. Sukhy is a London based photographer. Self taught and colourblind, he is known for his long form projects that explore into the lives of marginalised individuals and communities. His work examines the essence of modern life, blending expressive portraiture with traditional storytelling to create powerful visual narratives. 
https://www.sukhyhullait.com