Competitions Overview
Contact: competitions@imagesalberta.ca
Competitions are held on the 4th Thursday of the month throughout the club year.
Note: The club meetings are being held in hybrid format for 2023-24 season which means both digital and print entries are accepted for competition nights. However, only members attending the meeting in person can vote for the print entries. "When you enter a photograph into a competition you are contributing to the well-being of the Club: you provide the other members with pleasure, with a new idea, and with a forum for discussion, thus contributing to their growth as photographers. Winning is a bonus." (Sheila Holzer, IACC Honorary Member)
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Monthly competitions themes (2023-24)
- Sep (entry closes Sep 18, meeting Sep 28)
Digital - Travelling - Oct (entry closes Oct 15, meeting Oct 26)
- Nov (entry closes Nov 12, meeting Nov 23)
- Jan (entry closes Jan 14, meeting Jan 25)
- Feb (entry closes Feb 11, meeting Feb 22)
- Mar (entry closes Mar 17, meeting Mar 28)
Note: Print entries have no theme, they can be anything.
Annual competition themes (2023-24)
Entries due Sun Apr 14, 10 PM. Annual Competition Night Thu Apr 25.
- President's Challenge (scored by external judges) : Resilience (digital)
- Feature Theme (scored by external judges) : Wide Angle Perspective / no panoramas (digital)
- Work in Progress - Members who have not placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in monthly club competitions.
- Outings - The image must be taken during a sanctioned IACC Outing, in the current club year.
- Wild World Flora - Image must be of a wild plant(s), photographed in its natural setting (hand of man allowed, eg sign post).
- Wild World Fauna - Image must be of a wild animal(s) photographed in its natural setting (hand of man allowed, eg telephone pole).
- Scapes - The image may be a landscape, seascape, skyscape or cityscape.
- Photo Essay - A single composite of 5-9 images. A photo essay is a series of images, presented together, designed to tell a story.
- New Member - A single image
- Clive Mathewson - A single image. Humorous, lighthearted. (scored by club members)
- Video Composition - A single video, up to 3 minutes long, with either verbal or musical accompaniment. (scored by club members)
- Print Open - A single print, up to 16" x 20" matted. No physical frames (they're too heavy for display stands).