LFPS Competitions Submission and Event Dates
2026
(Open) Portrait and (Traditional) Scapes PDIs (Submit by 8th October 2026.) 22nd October 2026
Open PDIs [Andrzej Jablonski] (Submit by 22nd October 2026.) 5th November 2026
* (Open) Colour Round 1 - PDIs (Submit by 5th November 2026.) 19th November 2026
* (Open) Monochrome Round 1 - PDIs (Submit by 12th November 2026.) 26th November 2026
(Open) Festive Evening PDIs - Letterbox and Panels (Submit by 3rd December 2026.) 10th December 2026
(Open) Festive Evening Prints - Phone (Submit PDIs by 3rd December. Bring prints on the evening.) 10th December 2026
2027
(Open) PDIs on the theme "Architecture" [John Whitby] (Submit by 1st January 2027.) 14th January 2027
(Traditional) Sport and (Traditional) Street PDIs (Submit by 28th January 2027.) 11th February 2027
* (Open) Colour Round 2 - Prints (Submit on 4th February 2027.) 18th February 2027
* (Open) Monochrome Round 2 - Prints (Submit on 25th February 2027.) 11th March 2027
(Open) PDI Panels [John Whitby] (Submit by 4th March 2027.) 18th March 2027
(Traditional) Nature and Creative PDIs (Submit by 18th March 2027.) 1st April 2027
* (Open) Colour Round 3 - Prints (Submit on 1st April 2027.) 15th April 2027
* (Open) Monochrome Round 3 - Prints (Submit on 22nd April 2027.) 6th May 2027
President’s Trophy (Open) Prints on theme "Morning" (Bring prints on the evening and submit PDIs beforehand.) 20th May 2027
Points from the events marked * will be used to award trophies for colour and monochrome at the end of the season. You may enter up to three images per competition.
Go to Competitions - Rules, Digital Images and Prints for details of the competition categories, rules, how to size digital images, mounted prints and labels etc.
Competition Labels 2026 to 2027
IMPORTANT - Please also submit matching digital images with Prints
Please note that we ask members to submit matching digital images for submissions to our prints competitions. These are the Colour and Monochrome Prints Competitions. (These are all Open category.) There are two reasons for this.
(a) This will give us digital copies of all the images submitted to print competitions, which will make it much easier to select prints for MCPF, PAGB and other external competitions.
(b) It will make it easier to compile and put on our website the award winning images from the competitions.
Projected Digital Images (PDIs) and PhotoEntry
Images must be JPG format, sRGB colour space with a maximum width of 3840 pixels and maximum height of 2400 pixels. Use the online PhotoEntry system.
https://compent.photoentry.uk/compent
(Open) Portrait and (Traditional) Scapes PDIs (Submit by 8th October 2026.) 22nd October 2026
Open PDIs [Andrzej Jablonski] (Submit by 22nd October 2026.) 5th November 2026
* (Open) Colour Round 1 - PDIs (Submit by 5th November 2026.) 19th November 2026
* (Open) Monochrome Round 1 - PDIs (Submit by 12th November 2026.) 26th November 2026
(Open) Festive Evening PDIs - Letterbox and Panels (Submit by 3rd December 2026.) 10th December 2026
(Open) Festive Evening Prints - Phone (Submit PDIs by 3rd December. Bring prints on the evening.) 10th December 2026
2027
(Open) PDIs on the theme "Architecture" [John Whitby] (Submit by 1st January 2027.) 14th January 2027
(Traditional) Sport and (Traditional) Street PDIs (Submit by 28th January 2027.) 11th February 2027
* (Open) Colour Round 2 - Prints (Submit on 4th February 2027.) 18th February 2027
* (Open) Monochrome Round 2 - Prints (Submit on 25th February 2027.) 11th March 2027
(Open) PDI Panels [John Whitby] (Submit by 4th March 2027.) 18th March 2027
(Traditional) Nature and Creative PDIs (Submit by 18th March 2027.) 1st April 2027
* (Open) Colour Round 3 - Prints (Submit on 1st April 2027.) 15th April 2027
* (Open) Monochrome Round 3 - Prints (Submit on 22nd April 2027.) 6th May 2027
President’s Trophy (Open) Prints on theme "Morning" (Bring prints on the evening and submit PDIs beforehand.) 20th May 2027
Points from the events marked * will be used to award trophies for colour and monochrome at the end of the season. You may enter up to three images per competition.
Go to Competitions - Rules, Digital Images and Prints for details of the competition categories, rules, how to size digital images, mounted prints and labels etc.
Competition Labels 2026 to 2027
IMPORTANT - Please also submit matching digital images with Prints
Please note that we ask members to submit matching digital images for submissions to our prints competitions. These are the Colour and Monochrome Prints Competitions. (These are all Open category.) There are two reasons for this.
(a) This will give us digital copies of all the images submitted to print competitions, which will make it much easier to select prints for MCPF, PAGB and other external competitions.
(b) It will make it easier to compile and put on our website the award winning images from the competitions.
Projected Digital Images (PDIs) and PhotoEntry
Images must be JPG format, sRGB colour space with a maximum width of 3840 pixels and maximum height of 2400 pixels. Use the online PhotoEntry system.
https://compent.photoentry.uk/compent
