Photography Competitions

Description: The aim of the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards (YPA) is to encourage young people's interest in photography and show their appreciation and understanding of the animals around them. For 19 years the RSPCA YPA has been a regular feature in our calendar and it now attracts thousands of entries from young people throughout England and Wales. The event has been sponsored and supported by Olympus for the past 17 years and this continued support has enabled the competition to go from strength to strength. The competition is open to anyone aged 18 or under on 6 September 2010. With four categories to choose from there is something for everyone.

Closing Date:  06/September/2010

Contact: Kate Maynard
Website: www.rspca.org.uk/ypa

Description: For the 5th year in the competitions current format, leading UK Aviation Publisher Key Publishing Ltd, Southampton based military artist Stuart Brown, and American Aviation author Anne Millbrooke are offering aviation art and book prizes in this competition for aviation enthusiasts. Shortlisting takes places from now until September, after which Anne Millbrooke and a panel of judges will deliberate and finalise their choices in October 2010. More prizes expected later in the year.

Closing Date:  30/September/2010

Contact: Ian
Website: www.Airscene.co.uk/competitions.php

Description: Submit your own favourite photos of any county within England, Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales to Great British Life’s Great British Photograph competition and win £5000. Winning photo will also be included in Archant Life magazines and Photography Monthly magazine. This is a photographic competition that is open to everyone and all areas of photography. The only categories are the names of the counties themselves. You can enter photographs you have taken of landscapes, people, events, objects or buildings, in fact, anything or anybody that you feel sums up the spirit of a particular county at any time of the year. You can also enter as many images as you like by simply uploading them. Prize Details: Not only will you have the chance to win £5,000, you will also have the chance to have your photographs appear in one of the county, regional or city magazines published by Archant Life and in Photography Monthly magazine. Eligibility: 16/Anywhere Copyright: By entering the competition, Participants grant Archant Ltd and its Competition Partners an irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide royalty-free license to reproduce, publicly display, distribute, publicly perform and create derivative works from their Submitted Materials, in all media, solely in connection with the administration, judging and promotion of the Great British Photograph 2010 competition

Closing Date:  30/September/2010

Contact: Mark
Website: www.greatbritishlife.co.uk

Description: WIN £5,000 Join us in our search for the Great British Photograph by showing us your favourite photographs taken in any county in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales. Not only will you have the chance to win £5,000, you will also have the chance to have your photographs appear in Photography Monthly and in one of the county, regional or city magazines published by Archant Life. It’s an opportunity not to be missed! http://www.photographymonthly.com/GreatBritishPhotograph

Closing Date:  30/September/2010

Contact: Grant Scott
Website: http://www.photographymonthly.com/

Description: Win a Panasonic DMC-TZ10 This is your chance to win the new award winning Panasonic DMC-TZ10 travel super zoom. Recommended by What Digital Camera Magazine as the best compact travel zoom camera, this 12MP camera has a host of features including ultra wide-angle 12x optical zoom and GPS photo tagging. For your chance to enter this prize draw simply click enter and submit your name & email details. Features: - 12.1 megapixel, 25mm Wide-angle 12x Optical Zoom with LEICA DC Lens - Intelligent Resolution Technology and 16x Intelligent Zoom - HD Movie in AVCHD Lite and HDMI Compatibility Featuring VIERA Link - Travel Mode with GPS for Easy Organizing Images of Travel - P/A/S/M Mode for More Creative Shots - iA (Intelligent Auto) Mode with POWER O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer) Before you enter please read our terms & conditions, entering the prize draw confirms your acceptance of these terms. By entering you will be subscribed to the PicStop Newsletter from which you can easily unsubscribe if you did not want to continue receiving it. Winner will be drawn on September 30th 2010

Closing Date:  30/September/2010

Contact: Peter Nuttall
Telephone: 0845 257 5552

Website: http://www.picstop.co.uk/win-a-panasonic-tz10

Description: Mastersdirect.com has teamed up with Practical Photography magazine to offer you an all expenses paid trip of a lifetime to the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi. For your chance to support the England Team at the Games, send us your photographs of any sporting occasion or activity that has inspired you to be more active, whether it's your child on the starting line at a school sports day, a friend completing a 10K or a photo of your favourite sporting hero taken from the stands.

Closing Date:  30/September/2010

Website: http://www.mastersdirect.com/practicalphotography/

Description: We have teamed up with UK memory brand Integral to offer one lucky winner of our photography competition either a 32GB i-Pro 100X Compact Flash card or 32GB Ultima Pro SDHC card. There will also be 3 runners up prizes of an 8GB CF or SDHC memory card. Our free to enter photography competition is open to any UK resident over 18. The theme for the competition is “Animals”. These can be your own pets or wildlife. They can show any type of animal whether it be cute, serious or humourous. We are looking for engaging images that really catch the eye and imagination. We will accept manipulated images but this is certainly not a requirement. All images should have been taken in 2010 and please show date information on the image where possible.

Closing Date:  17/October/2010

Contact: Tim Thurlow
Website: http://www.lowpricememory.co.uk/blog/2010/08/31/fr

Description: We are asking young people from around the UK to explore what low carbon living could actually mean, and to reproduce these ideas through photographs and captions. We will select the best contributions for an exhibition aimed at building awareness of how energy functions in our daily lives, and what a low carbon future might look like. We will allocate prizes according to the best pictures in each of the following age groups: 10-12 years ~ 13-15 years ~ 16-18 years We will select the best contributions for an exhibit aimed at building awareness about how energy helps us every day, and what a low carbon future might look like. Full details are available from the website. Http://tinyurl.com/Photo-CompetitionUKERC Entries with descriptions of why the photo reflects Low Carbon Living should be submitted by email to: meeting.place@ukerc.ac.uk by 20th February 2010 Exhibitions Exhibition at Science Oxford Friday 12th March, 19.30pm Saturday 13th March, 10.00am - 17.00pm Exhibition at At-Bristol Monday 15th March to Sunday 21st March, 10.00am - 17.00pm

Closing Date:  20/October/2010

Contact: Gabi Tait
Website: www.ukerc.ac.uk

Description: Top prizes are on offer this year to budding photographers who enter the ‘Dream View’ photography competition - celebrating all that is special about the New Forest National Park. Prizes totalling £1000-worth of photography vouchers and days out exploring the New Forest with expert rangers are up for grabs. Martin O’Neill, Director of Information and Visitor Services at the New Forest National Park Authority, said: ‘We’ve once again teamed up with the Forestry Commission to celebrate all that is special about this unique landscape. ‘Whether you are a fan of the iconic New Forest pony, love wildlife or dramatic scenery, it is all here in the New Forest National Park.’ There are four main prizes to be won: First prize £500 Second prize £250 Third prize £100 Best under-16 £150 The winners and runners-up will also have their work displayed at the New Forest Centre and venues around the New Forest throughout 2011. Their pictures may also be used to promote the New Forest National Park. Closing date for the competition is Friday 22 October 2010. For more information about the competition, how to enter and terms and conditions visit www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/dreamviewcomp. The copyright of all photographs remains with the photographer.

Closing Date:  22/October/2010

Contact: Karen Evans
Telephone: 01590 646650

Website: www.newforestnpa.gov.uk

Description: The Scottish Nature Photography Awards Photographic Competition 2010 is now open for entry at www.scottishnaturephotographyawards.com. The competition is for images taken in Scotland by professional, semi-professional or amateur photographers. The categories are Scottish Wildlife, Scottish Landscape, Natural Abstract and Environmental. Entry is open until 30th November 2010, but there are early bird offers available until 30th June 2010. For details of how to enter, the judges and the great prizes on offer, please see the website at www.scottishnaturephotographyawards.com

Closing Date:  30/November/2010

Contact: Niall Irvine
Website: www.scottishnaturephotographyawards.com

Description: Charnwood Arts in Loughborough is pleased to announce a series of four competitions as part of our ongoing ClickIt! programme. The different categories all have different prizes and different closing dates - please see the ClickIt! website for terms and conditions. We can only accept online entries through the website.

Closing Date:  30/November/2010

Contact: Mark Collins
Telephone: 01509 822 558

Website: http://clickit2010.sharedspace.org/

Description: You could win up to £700 worth of camera equipment vouchers from LCE by showing us 'your Isle of Wight'. Open to anyone, there are 4 categories to choose from so why not submit your best holiday photo, that stunning wildlife shot you took or a picture of your favourite place on the Isle of Wight. The best image from each category every month will win a free ferry crossing and will be entered into the Final draw in December 2010 to win the vouchers. There are also two runners up prizes of £200 and £100 of LCE vouchers, so what are you waiting for! Entries are limited to six per person, per month. Other terms and conditions do apply, click on this link for details: http://www.redfunnel.co.uk/island-guide/your-isle-of-wight/enter-photo-competition/terms-and-conditions-of-entry

Closing Date:  30/November/2010

Contact: Susie Porsz
Website: http://www.redfunnel.co.uk/island-guide/your-isle-

Description: Blindonkey cultural association, a no-profit organization settled in Verona (Italy), is proud to announce the opening of the International Donkey Art Prize, the art competition open to every artist without limits of age, sex or nationality, with the aim of promoting modern and contemporary art all over the world, discovering emerging artist and organizing artistic and cultural events with international kind. The competition is divided in three section: Painting, Digital art and Photography. For each category the winner will be awarded with a 5000 euros cash prize. At the end of the participation's term, which is the 15th of December 2010, a professional jury made by people from the association, the Italian academy of Art Cignaroli, professional artists, critics and others, will select by majority , the100 finalist artworks. All the finalists will be invited to join a series of four events in the four cities of the DonkeyArtPrize circuit, Milan, London, New York and Tokyo, sending their own work; every events will run together with fashion shows, musical performances and parties made for that. The details of the competition, the regulation and modalities of participation can be easily viewed at http://www.donkeyartprize.com.

Closing Date:  15/December/2010

Contact: Staff of Donkeyartprize
Website: http://www.donkeyartprize.com

Description: Due to the amazing popularity of our Olympus PEN competition that we have been running over the last few months (I’m in the middle of judging that one by the way) Olympus have kindly provided us with the latest version - the E-PL1 to give away on mypetbook! The E-PL1 or PEN is the perfect camera for capturing your pet and wildlife photos. It’s lightweight and small enough to slip in your pocket or handbag for heading out of doors, but with all the capabilities that you would expect from a SLR camera - and the great quality that comes with an Olympus. Not only that, this latest model also has new and improved easy operation, and can take fantastic HD movies. The theme of this competition is ‘Animals throughout the Year’ - the best 12 entries will be selected for our 2011 mypetbook calendar, and the very best image, as voted for by you will be awarded the fantastic Olympus E-PL1.

Closing Date:  15/December/2010

Contact: editor@mypetbook.co.uk
Website: www.mypetbook.co.uk

Description: photoenter.com offers weekly, interactive photographic competitions to the amateur enthusiast. In addition to the weekly cash prizes,the site can also be used a networking tool to exhibit your photographs.

Closing Date:  31/December/2010

Contact: Kevin Holroyd
Telephone: 07983960117

Website: www.photoenter.com

Description: The 2010 Project is an International Photographic Competition designed to showcase some of the best photographic imagery whilst raising valuable funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Closing Date:  31/December/2010

Contact: Michael Shilling
Website: http://the2010project.com/

Description: We have released the website and competition details today. The competition starts on 01 February 2010 and finishes on 31 August 2010. The first prize is a set of two business class return tickets with Qatar Airways from London to Australia (Qatar was voted the best business and economy class airline in the world and only one of 5 airlines in the world that have been given a 5 star rating by Skytrax) plus 7 nights accommodation at the sumptious luxury Park Hyatt or Grand Hyatt in Melbourne. 2nd prize is 1 economy ticket with Qatar London Melbourne return and 7 nights accommodation at the Park Hyatt or Grand Hyatt in Melbourne, and third prize is 1 economy return air ticket with Qatar London to Melbourne. The competition starts on the 1st February 2010 and closes on 31st August 2010. Also six monthly winners receive a state of the art Nikkon Coolpix SJ1000pj back projector digital camera. Total value of first prize is valued at approximately £10,000. Entry is free for one image and a further small admin fee is charged if up to another 4 images are submitted. Membership of the Australian Travel Company forum/site is required to submit an entry into the competition. The site is at www.AustralianTravel.co.uk. It has a full social media backend platform on the site that is accessible at http://forum.australiantravel.co.uk Note that it is ONLY for amateur photographers  as specified in the terms and conditions of entry. We have already had excellent feedback pre release. It is I think the most prestigious digital photo competition currently running in the UK.. To view all the bits on the site you will probably need to join as a member. Any questions please dont hesitate to contact me direct.

Closing Date:  01/January/2011

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Description: The SEVEN Fund is pleased to announce the I Am an Entrepreneur photography competition. This competition recognizes the outstanding use of photography to tell compelling stories of role model entrepreneurs from around the world. Anyone is welcome to participate in this competition. The competition will award twelve (12) prizes, one per month, over a period of one year. Each month, one finalist will be selected and will receive a prize of $100. The grand prize winner (selected from among the 12 finalist photographs) will receive $1,000 at the end of the year. Often, the imagery associated with developing nations captures the misery that accompanies poverty. While it is important that these things are taken seriously and are documented, we believe that developing nations also represent tremendous opportunities for hope. The I am an Entrepreneur competition strives to reframe the dialogue around solutions to poverty by infusing the world's imagination with new imagery that focuses on entrepreneurship. Our objective with this competition is to gather stunning photographs profiling individual entrepreneurs from around the globe. Please visit our competition website to submit a photo or for more information: http://www.sevenfund.org/entrepreneur-image/index

Closing Date:  15/January/2011

Contact: Jessica Ullrich
Website: http://www.sevenfund.org/entrepreneur-image/index.

Description: Win up to £200 in photography vouchers! The 2011 Petsavers photography competition is now open. There have been some really creative entries in the past, so this year we’ve decided to let your imaginations run wild and not limit photos to a particular theme. This means you can send in any picture of your pet you like! The judges will be looking for qualities like humour and character in the photos, as well as photographic skill. The winners of the previous year’s competitions are on www.petsavers.org.uk, so take a look to see what has caught the judge’s eyes in the past to give you some ideas.

Closing Date:  27/January/2011

Contact: Mr G. Waterhouse
Telephone: 01452 726723

Website: www.petsavers.org.uk

Description: Each month 2 categories are posted to challenge you to get the most popular picture in the selected category. Score other users pictures and add comments.

Closing Date:  01/January/2012

Contact: Darren Baldwin
Website: www.snapmonthly.com

Description: The Photography Ashes is an ongoing competition and all amateur photographers are invited to submit their entries. The competition is free to enter and a theme is chosen every three weeks by the winner of the previous theme. The competition is relaxed, fun and has a growing following of like minded individuals who provide feedback to the entries as well as tips and tricks.

Closing Date:  31/December/2012

Contact: The Photography Ashes
Website: http://www.photoashes.com