Commonwealth Press Union - Commonwealth Photographic Awards

The theme for the 2006/7 Awards is 'Achievement' and entrants are invited to interpret it in any way.

The Overall Prize is £1,000 sterling. The regional winners and the 'Three Photos - Story Story' Award winner will also receive cash prizes.

Criteria and Rules of Entry
For detailed instructions on how many images may be submitted and in what form, please read the Rules page on this site. Download rules as a pdf document.

Deadline for Entries
Entries are now closed for the 2006/7 Photoawards. The winners will be announced in September 2007.

Please send entries to:
Commonwealth Photographic Awards
17 Fleet Street
London EC4Y 1AA
United Kingdom

Special Awards
Two special Awards feature this year:

The Canberra Times/CPU Young Photographer Award

The winner of this Award will be offered a four-week photographic residency at The Canberra Times in Canberra, Australia. Entrants must be residents of developing Commonwealth countries and aged 21-25 at the time of entry. They must submit three different photos relating to the theme 'Achievement' but cover three different subjects or moments in time. A separate caption must be provided for each image. Entrants must take up their residency within one year of the Judges' announcement of the winners of the Awards.

'Three Pictures - One Story' Award
This 'storyboard' feature invites entrants to tell a story of 'Achievement' in three images. Entrants must be sure to indicate on the reverse of each image (whether a print or a copy of a digital image provided on CD) the sequence of the photos by marking them 1, 2 or 3. One entrant will be chosen as winner and will receive a prize of £250 sterling.

For further details and instructions relating to these special Awards, please see Rules.

Categories of Awards
There are therefore three categories of Awards and entrants can only choose ONE of these:

Overall Awards.
This is the main competition. There will be one overall winner and five regional winners plus several 'high commendeds' and runners-up'.
The Canberra Times/CPU Young Photographer Award.
'Three Pictures - One Story' Award.

If entering 2) or 3) above, please state so clearly on your labeling.