Competitions

A regular competition just for fun

Our Monthly Competition for members is held every two months. You can enter two images on any theme every two months. All DI members will then get to vote for their three favourite images whether they have entered the competition or not.

The highest voted images will then feature in DI Online and be publicised here and on our Facebook group feed.

There are few rules, but we encourage you to enter new work rather than raiding the back-catalogue.

An annual competition in three classes

A competition to encourage you to try different approaches to image-making. There were three classes for 2025: Open Colour, Open Mono and Altered Reality. Ten images were selected to go forward to the final in each class, competing for the Raymond Wallace Thompson Trophy on 9th October. The selectors looked for technical and artistic excellence, and new work not already submitted in previous competitions.

DI members had a Zoom link to attend the final award ceremony and hear the selectors' comments on the finalists. Results were published in the November edition of DI Online and here.

The Portfolio is an opportunity to have your work selected to represent the group's wide range of styles and genres - printed magazines are provided for all entrants, and high-quality portfolios for the 30 entrants whose images are selected.

Submissions from 1st January 2026, and the final selections will be announced at our AGM on 22nd February 2026. All DI members can submit up to three prints for consideration, and we can print for our International members.