The Societies' Monthly Image Competition

The Monthly Image Competition is open to members of The Societies. There are 26 categories and all the photographs that are awarded a Gold go through to the Photographer of the Year finals.

By uploading and entering in to The Societies' Monthly Image Competition, You agree to have read and fully understood the Rules of the Competition and Category Definitions.

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The competition is judged the first week of each month, therefore entries need to be received by the final week of the preceding month.

We reserve the right to: change or modify the rules without notice.

Prizes will not be awarded if the winner does not attend the annual awards presentation or provides an acceptable reason for absence.

2015 Monthly Image Competition Categories:
Advertising and Commercial | Architectural | Boudoir and Beauty | Bump to Baby | Children | Digital Art | Events | Fashion | Landscapes | Macro and Close-up | Media and Documentary | Monochrome | Nature | Open Avant Garde | Pet Portrait | Pictorial and Fine Art | Portrait Avant Garde | Portrait Environmental | Portrait Studio | Sport | Street Photography | Travel | Wedding Avant Garde | Wedding Photojournalistic | Wedding Classical | Wildlife

Scoring system for Monthly Image Competition Gold –Highly Commended –Not Awarded
Gold: Awards will go forward to the annual judging and are deemed to be images of the highest standard and will be published in Professional Imagemaker
Highly Commended: Above standard. These images will be reviewed every three months and have the potential of being reclassified as Gold.
Not Awarded: Unfortunately these images fall below the standard required to be given an award.
Disqualified: These images have not adhered to the competition rules or category definitions.

Previous Competition Winners

2015 Monthly Gold Awards (All categories)

• January 15 Golds
• February 15 Golds

2015 Judges Choice
January - February

See the results here: The Societies' Photographer of the Year 2014

2014 Monthly Gold Awards (All categories)

• January 14 Golds
• February 14 Golds
• March 14 Golds
• April 14 Golds
• May 14 Golds
• June 14 Golds
• July 14 Golds
• August 14 Golds
• September 14 Golds
• October 14 Golds
• November 14 Golds
• 2014 Highly Commended Upgrades

• January 13 Golds
• February 13 Golds
• March 13 Golds
• April 13 Golds
• May 13 Golds
• June 13 Golds
• July 13 Golds
• August 13 Golds
• September 13 Golds
• October 13 Golds
• November 13 Golds

• Advertising and Commercial
• Architectural
• Baby
• Boudoir And Beauty
• Children
• Digital Art
• Events
• Fashion
• Landscape
• Macro and Close-up
• Maternity
• Media
• Monochrome
• Nature
• Open Avant Garde
• Pet Portrait
• Pictorial and Fine Art
• Portrait Avant Garde
• Portrait Environmental
• Portrait Studio
• Pre and Post Wedding
• Sport
• Travel
• Wedding Avant Garde
• Wedding Traditional
• Wedding Photojournalistic
• Wildlife
• The Mario Acerboni 4-in-1 (Wedding)

• January 12 Golds
• February 12 Golds
• March 12 Golds
• April 12 Golds
• May 12 Golds
• June 12 Golds
• July 12 Golds
• August 12 Golds
• September 12 Golds
• October 12 Golds
• November 12 Golds
• Highly commended upgrades

Monthly Image Competition Archive

Photo Quote: Above all, it's hard learning to live with vivid mental images of scenes I cared for and failed to photograph. It is the edgy existence within me of these unmade images that is the only assurance that the best photographs are yet to be made. - Sam Abell