© Susan Opitz

Monthly Competitions

For monthly competitions, entries will be judged under three (3) categories

  • Colour print,

  • Monochrome print and

  • Electronic Digital Image (EDI). 

Within each Category a maximum of one (1) Set Topic image and two (2) Open Topic entries can be submitted.  The title of the Set subject changes each year and definitions of these set subject can be found here.

© Susan Opitz

© Susan Opitz

© Fred Tiong

© Susan Opitz

© Leslie Patterson

Each entry will be awarded a score of 1 to 10, indicating:

  • Merit = 9 or 10 points (certificate awarded)

  • Highly Commended = 8 points (certificate awarded)

  • Acceptance = 6 or 7 points

A monthly competition image that receives a judge’s score of 8, 9 or 10 cannot be used

in Monthly competitions again.  This includes changing the title or converting colour

to monochrome and vice versa. If you received a score of 6 or less, then the same image

or print can be submitted to a subsequent Monthly competition, but must be retired after the regardless of the second score.

Awards

Aggregate Points System:

  1. Each entry in the monthly competition shall receive points awarded by the judge to a maximum of 10 points per entry.

  2. The member gaining the highest total of points in each grade in monochrome print, colour print, or digital sections shall be the aggregate winner for the year for that grade.  In event of a tie, joint winners will be declared.

  3. An image not awarded a Merit or Highly Commended certificate in a monthly competition, this is 8 or above, may only be entered one more time in a monthly competition, regardless of the score the second time around.

  4. Substantially similar images by the same author may not be entered in any one competition, regardless of categories and format.

  5. Images substantially similar to an entry in previous competitions by the same author, regardless whether they are digital images or prints, are not eligible (entrants may be required to prove eligibility

Important: Please read the page relating to the Club Competitions - General Rules, Image and Print Preparation, Submitting Entries and Important Ethical and Technical Requirements

2026 Set Subject Definitions (available as pdf)