Annual Competition 2024-25
The Annual Competition is our premier event of the year, showcasing our members' work.
- Three categories are voted on by club members (Clive Mathewson, Video, Print).
- Nine categories (100-900) are scored by external judges.
- All categories are for digital images except the one Print category.
- See all entry categories and rules below
- Submit entries by Apr 13, 10 PM
- Winners will be announced at the Annual Awards Meeting in May
Competition Categories Details
100: President's challenge "FIFTY"
Format: A single digital image
Content: The theme is chosen by the Club President
Content: The theme is chosen by the Club President
200: feature theme "perspective"
Format: A single digital image in a category that is set annually by the competition committee
Content: The featured category this year is Prespective
Content: The featured category this year is Prespective
300: A Work in progress
Format: A single digital image
Content: Open. This category is restricted to members that have NOT received a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place JUDGED award in any of the competitions this 2024-25 club season. Members who have received a member-voted first, second, or third place may enter.
Content: Open. This category is restricted to members that have NOT received a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place JUDGED award in any of the competitions this 2024-25 club season. Members who have received a member-voted first, second, or third place may enter.
400: Outings
Format: A single digital image
Content: The image must be taken at a sanctioned IACC Outing or Workshop in the current club year June 2024-May 2025. The Outing/Workshop name and year should be in the title, e.g. Aldon 2024_image name.jpg
Content: The image must be taken at a sanctioned IACC Outing or Workshop in the current club year June 2024-May 2025. The Outing/Workshop name and year should be in the title, e.g. Aldon 2024_image name.jpg
500: the wild world - flora
Format: A single digital image
Content: Image must be of a wildplant(s), photographed in its natural setting (hand of man allowed, e.g., fence post). Plants include lichen, seaweed, fungi and mosses. Non-wild plants that have gone feral are not allowed, e.g., irises or lilacs found around abandoned farmsteads.
Content: Image must be of a wildplant(s), photographed in its natural setting (hand of man allowed, e.g., fence post). Plants include lichen, seaweed, fungi and mosses. Non-wild plants that have gone feral are not allowed, e.g., irises or lilacs found around abandoned farmsteads.
600: the wild world - fauna
Format: A single digital image
Content: Image must be of a wild animal(s) photographed in its natural setting (hand of man allowed, e.g., fence post). Non-vertebrate creatures are allowed. Feral versions of non-wild animals are not, e.g., horses or pigs.
Content: Image must be of a wild animal(s) photographed in its natural setting (hand of man allowed, e.g., fence post). Non-vertebrate creatures are allowed. Feral versions of non-wild animals are not, e.g., horses or pigs.
700: 'scapes
Format: A single digital image
Content: The image may be a landscape, a seascape, a skyscape or a cityscape. There are no hard restrictions, other than that the image is to be made outdoors.
Content: The image may be a landscape, a seascape, a skyscape or a cityscape. There are no hard restrictions, other than that the image is to be made outdoors.
800: New member
Format: A single digital image
Content: Open. First time new member in Sep 2024-May 2025 season. Returning members after a lapsed period, are not eligible.
Content: Open. First time new member in Sep 2024-May 2025 season. Returning members after a lapsed period, are not eligible.
900: photo essay
Format: A large single composite digital image (5-9 images)
Content: A narrative photo essay is a series of images, presented together, designed to tell a story of some sort. A thematic photo essay will likely score poorly (e.g. 6 images of a flower from different angles). See Annual Competition Rules for more details.
Content: A narrative photo essay is a series of images, presented together, designed to tell a story of some sort. A thematic photo essay will likely score poorly (e.g. 6 images of a flower from different angles). See Annual Competition Rules for more details.
1000: Clive mathewson award
Format: A single digital image
Content: Humorous, lighthearted
Content: Humorous, lighthearted
1100: video composition
Format: A single video, up to 3 minutes long, with either verbal or musical accompaniment
Content: Open. See Annual Competition rules for technical details.
Content: Open. See Annual Competition rules for technical details.
1200: print
Format: A single print, can be to 20" x 20", not including a mat.
Content: Open
Content: Open
