Amnesty International Youth Awards

Last years' runner up and winner for Secondary Schools.

Amnesty are about to launch this years Youth Awards to creatively engage with human rights. They have five categories in which you can enter: Reporter, songwriter, photographer, campaigner & fundraiser. The entry deadline is 17th February 2014. There will be National prizewinners in all categories with celebrity judges. For more information and to submit your entry head over to their website here.

Where do I belong?

ESRC have launced a competition for people aged 14-18 to take a photograph of where you belong.  There are 6 categories your images can be entered into: Family & friends, Country, Opinions & beliefs, Future, Hobbies and Community.
Three images can be entered per person before the closing date: 9th December 2013.

To enter and to find out more information please check out their site here.

Entery is free, with lots of prizes along with a chance to exhibit and have your work printed.
Good luck!!

Suffolk Wildlife Trust Photography Competition

Suffolk Wildlife Trust's Wildlife photography competition 2013 is now open for entries. We invite all Suffolk’s budding photographers to celebrate East Anglia’s and Britain’s amazing wildlife by sharing their work. There are several categories you can enter into, if you have any great shots from East Anglian wildlife, as well as being able to enter several images. The closing date is 3rd November 2013. Please visit their site for more information here.

Enviro Technology Air Pollution Competition to win an IPad

Be in with the chance to win a brand new IPad by entering your image that best represent "air pollution".

It is free to enter and open for submissions now. This closes 1st April 2011


For more details go to the website here.

Amateur Photographer of the Year 2011

This competition is free to enter and offers a different theme each month. March is "inside a building", however this runs until the end of the year with other themes such as "Macro Nature", "Shooting skies" & "Black and White".

It is well worth having a look and keeping these themes in mind in case you produce images in the near future that would work perfectly into a theme.

To find out further details and see future themes, go to the website here.

British Wildlife Photograpghy Awards 2011

"The competition opened on 1 February 2011, with a prize fund of up to £20,000. The British Wildlife Photography Awards in 2011 are your chance to win a prestigious photography award and cash prize of £5,000."

Open now is an amazing competition for Wildlife photograpghy. This will close 2nd June 2011.

The website is really useful, full of information and tips, along with last year's winners so you can see how high the standard is. For everything you need to know go to the site here.

There is a small entry fee for this competition but speak to your photograpghy teacher about the school group portfolios.

The Queen turns 85...Competition

Look and Learn Art have opened a competition to celebrate our Queen's birthday by painting her portrait. It is free to enter, with cash a goodies as prizes. So far there aren't many entries so you could be in with a good chance!!
NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS. CLOSES 14TH MARCH 2011.

Have a look at further details and entries on the site here.


It is also worth having a look at the section "Art Competitions". Each month has a theme with cash for prizes. There are different age groups for this again, so you can also get siblings to get involved.
January's theme is Visual Joke and closes 7th February. But do not fear, Under the microscope opens up straight away for February.

To view the monthly themes go to this page here.