AAC(UK) Photography Competition

The AAC(UK) runs an annual photography competition where members can submit photos taken created in the current year.

The competition is open to all amateur photographers who are current members in the year of the competition.

The categories are:

General: Person or people
General: Landscape
Nature
Austria
Under 18s (images submitted by members under 18 years of age, as of the closing date of the competition)

person holding camera lense nature in the background

The 2025/2026 AAC(UK) Photo & Sketch Competition is now closed and submissions are with this year's judge.

Thank you to everyone who participated! We can't wait to share the results with you. Results will be announced in the Autumn newsletter and on our website.

Details for next year's competition will be shared here after the Autumn Gathering (AGM).

How to enter

Complete an entry form and return it by email along with your photos to the AAC(UK) office before the closing date of the competition.

Entry Form

Photoscan be attachments or link to a file sharing service (e.g., WeTransfer), but should not be embedded in proprietary software from imaging companies.

Additional terms and conditions for submissions:

Each entrant may enter two images per category.
Nature category submissions can include wildlife and/or flora and fauna. Subject must be photographed in their natural state. Animals in zoos and pets should not be entered in this category.
Photos cannot be entered in more than one category. This means that you cannot enter the same image with two different titles.
Photos for the U18 category will be awarded by the judges. All entries from those under 18 years of age are automatically entered.
Entries should be a high-resolution JPEG file (at least 1400 pixels on the long side). The file names should be in the following format: category code(space)title(space)your initials.jpg - see example formatting below.
Original prints and sketches are no longer being accepted.

Entries should be labelled as Category, Title of Entry, Initials, and File Type.

E.g. entries from Joe Blogs would be titled:

General: Person or people - GP People in the Snow JB.jpg
General: Landscape - GL Life in the Rockies JB.jpg
Nature - N Starred Agama JB.jpg
Austria - A Heiligenblut Church JB.jpg

Email our office team if you have any questions regarding formatting or general questions about the competition.

Awards & Winners

In all sections there will be Winners, Runners Ups, and Highly Commended Awards, depending on the number and quality of the entries.

All entries from individuals under the age of 18 will be automatically entered into the U18 category.

The Overall Winner Award will be selected from the winners of the four categories.

A presentation of the winning entries will be made at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). In the event of a very large entry, it may be necessary to restrict the number of images projected at the AGM. The presentation will appear later on the Club's website.

The results will be published in the Autumn Newsletter together with the winning images. They will also be published on the AAC(UK) website subject at the competition organiser’s and webmaster’s discretion.

See previous entries and presentations here.