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Win big in 2025 with our brand-new competition format!


We’re saying goodbye to our quarterly competitions and introducing the annual Visual Education Photography Awards — featuring a range of exciting genres to challenge and inspire you. With 10 categories to enter, from Architecture to Landscape, Portrait, Wildlife, Fashion to Product, Conceptual and more, as a member you have an incredible opportunity to let your work shine as well as win some amazing prizes. See our competition launch show on Thursday 10th of July

But that’s not your only chance to win!

Every time you enter a Critique, a Working to a Brief challenge, or our other Competitions, you’ll earn points. And what do points mean? Prizes! At the end of the year, we’ll wrap it all up in our Grand Finale Prize Show, celebrating our incredible community and awarding some truly amazing prizes to the value of $10,000 of Broncolor equipment to the individual who has shown real dedication to growing their skills in 2025. But that's not all there will be some amazing second and third place prizes as well as our coveted trophies too!

Want to find out more about our new format Live Shows and prizes? Watch out Members Magazine Show that explains everything you need to know!

Strictly NO Ai imagery allowed. Our competitions, brief challenges and critiques are for true visual artists and we do not accept any Ai imagery. We are a platform very much dedicated to the art of 'doing' and the art of true 'craft ' which is why we reward those who have taken the time to hone their skills (with the help of our platform 🙂 ) and those that understand the art of composition, narrative, lighting and creativity.

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Current Photography Competition

April 2020

Competition Theme: Black & White

Closing date: 20th April 2020, 12pm BST / 7am EDT

First Prize: Karl Taylor Professional Filter Kit (Value $982)
Second prize: Lee Filters The Super Stopper (Value $127)
Third prize: Karl Taylor Color Effects & Technical Lighting Packs (Value $80)

To enter a competition use the entry form at the bottom of this page.

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Recent Winners

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Reflection

October 2024
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Pink

June 2024
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Splash

March 2024
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Competition Rules

  1. To be eligible to enter and/or to win a prize, you must have a current active subscription to Visual Education.
  2. You must be the copyright owner and author of the images submitted.
  3. Entries may be photographic or computer-generated images, or a combination of both.
  4. You must supply your full name when you submit your entry.
  5. Please rename your image to include your first and last name in the file name before uploading (e.g. Karl Taylor.jpg).
  6. This competition is open to all current Visual Education subscribers.
  7. Please ensure that your entry matches the theme of the competition.
  8. Images must be submitted to us at 3000 pixels on the longest edge.
  9. You agree that your submitted image can be discussed or critiqued on one of our live shows or within the Visual Education website by Visual Education staff.
  10. You may submit a maximum of one (1) image for each competition. If you submit more than one (1) image, your entry will be disqualified.