Competitions

RULES

Competitions are open to all fully paid members of the club.  They consist of internal competitions (Monthly Club Competitions, Monthly Facebook Competitions and the Annual Competition) along with external competitions that are organised by the L&CPU and the ICPA.

INTERNAL COMPETITIONS

MONTHLY/ANNUAL

For the Monthly and Annual competitions, a member can enter 2 images in each section.  DPI's follow a strict criteria (this also applies to external competitions):

• Formatted to 1600 x 1200 pxl @96ppi - will be politely sent back to the author if this criteria is not met 

• No bigger than 2MB (2.1MB is too big). 

All images to have a title and 3 spaces later your Competition Number.  All images to be sent to the Competition Sec before the date of judging.

At the moment competitions for prints are on hold, but will be returning soon.

FACEBOOK

All Facebook competition images 

• Must be uploaded by Simon, or Jo.  All entries to be with them by the 28th of each month.

• No copyright names to be on (all entries to be anonymous).

• Once again all images to have a title and 3spaces later your Competition Number.

Refer to the Facebook page for details on the competition subjects and results.

EXTERNAL COMPETITIONS

Fully paid members of Burnley Camera Club can also enter external competitions run by both The L&CPU and The ICPA.

These take place in the form of both Individual and Club Competitions and take place at various times of the year.

EXTERNAL INDIVIDUAL COMPETITIONS:

The L&CPU Individual Competition is held in May. and only the score of your best image from this Competition counts towards the Photographer of the Year scores.

• DPI entries must conform to DPI format described above.

• Prints must be mounted in 500mm x 400mm mount, with a backing board of the same size.

• All entries to be submitted through the BCC Competition Secretary.

EXTERNAL CLUB COMPETITIONS

There are four club competitions per year;

• The ICPA Club Knock-out competition (February)

• The L&CPU Club Annual Competition (March)

• The ICPA Club Annual Competition (August)

• The L&CPU Club Knock-out Competition (October)

The selected images will represent Burnley Camera Club against other clubs, some of whom have had success at the international competition level (e.g.: Wigan 10 and Chorley).  Images that do well in these competitions are ones that would meet the CPAGB standard or higher so, to ensure that our club is represented to as good a standard as possible, the BCC selection committee will select the best available images from the following sources:

• Internal Competitions - Placed images in any of the internal club competitions (Monthly, Facebook, and Annual)

• External Competitions - Images that have done well in external competitions where they can be used in other external club competitions.

• External Exhibitions & Salons - Images that have been selected for inclusion in external exhibitions or salons, both nationally and internationally.  These are entered on an individual basis so you will need to make the Competition Secretary aware of images from these that you would like considering for use in External Club submissions.

• PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit Submissions - Images that meet the acceptance score of 20 or more as part of a BPAGB or CPAGB submission.  Images that make a DPAGB, EPAGB or MPAGB submission are expected to be have been exhibition tested so would be considered for selection in that category.  Again, these are entered on an individual basis so you will need to make the Competition Secretary aware of images from these that you would like considering for External Club submissions.

If you have any questions or need any help with preparing your competition images then all you need to do is ask.

POTY & Facebook Trophy Winners

2024 Monthly Club Competitions

2025 Monthly Club Competitions