October 31, 2008
APOY Round Nine
Round 9 Not My Life In round 9 we are asking you to observe how your fellow man lives. This could take many forms, from travel photography to reportage. Perhaps you captured a stunning example…
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APOY
Our annual photography competition Amateur Photographer of the Year returns for 2024 – over £17,500 worth of prizes to be won!
Amateur Photographer of the Year (APOY) is the UK’s most prestigious photography competition for amateur photographers.
The competition is open to all amateur photographers* and once again we have teamed up with Photocrowd, who will be hosting the competition on a simple and intuitive platform.
The competition has 10 rounds, each with a different theme. The themes for the 2024 competition will be: Black & White, Animal Kingdom, City Life, Action, Landscapes, People, Macro, Dusk to Dawn, Travel and Open (Anything goes!)
APOY 2024 IS NOW OPEN!
Get one additional free entry in each round of APOY 2024 using a code printed in the latest issue of Amateur Photographer magazine. Starting from the issue dated 9th April. Purchase a print or digital copy here.
Our Young Amateur Photographer of the Year category and Camera Club award are back, more information can be found below.
* For the purposes of this competition, ‘Amateur’ in this context means photography is your hobby, and not your primary source of income.
New sponsors: Camera Centre UK!
We are delighted to welcome Camera Centre UK as our sponsor for this year’s competition!
Plus, Adobe and Viewsonic
Also joining us for 2024, are Adobe and ViewSonic, who are contributing some fantastic prizes!
Why enter APOY?
- A whopping£17,500+ worth of prizes! See details below.
- Your work will be seen by a panel of experienced judges
- Get your photographs in front of a wider audience
- Gain exposure in Amateur Photographer magazine and online, through our website and social media!
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year
Our Young Photographer of the Year category is open to those aged 13-21, entry for this category is FREE and all rounds are the same as for the main competition.
Entrants should be 21 years old or younger by the competition’s final closing date of 31st December 2024. Minimum age to enter is 13 years old.
The Camera Club award
Do you belong to a camera club? You can accumulate points for your society when you enter APOY. Select your camera club when entering.
If you are a member of a camera club, tell us your UK camera club when you fill out our simple agreement form before you enter your first image.
After all ten rounds are complete, the club with the most points will win the overall title.
What could I win?
Amateur Photographer of the Year Grand Prize winner:
Our grand prize winner will take home a £1,000 voucher for the Camera Centre UK.
Amateur Photographer of the Year round winners:
Round winners will also get over £1,000 worth of prizing, including a £500 Camera Centre UK voucher and an ‘All Apps’ Adobe Creative Clouds annual subscription worth £660.
The Creative Cloud ‘All Apps’ plan includes more than 20 creative apps including Photoshop, Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Acrobat Pro, Bridge, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and many more, as well as 100GB of Cloud storage, step-by-step tutorials, Creative Cloud Libraries, Adobe Fonts and more.
The runner up in each round will receive a one-year subscription to the Adobe Photography plan (worth £120) which combines the power of Lightroom and Photoshop for maximum creativity and to edit, store, and share your images. It also includes 20GB of cloud storage, step-by-step tutorials, Adobe Portfolio Creative Cloud Libraries and more.
Young APOY 2024
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year round winners:
The winner of each round of Young APOY will receive a one-year subscription to the Adobe Photography plan (worth £120) which combines the power of Lightroom and Photoshop for maximum creativity and to edit, store, and share your images. It also includes 20GB of cloud storage, step-by-step tutorials, Adobe Portfolio Creative Cloud Libraries and more.
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year grand prize winner:
At the end of the 10 rounds, the photographer with the most combined points will be crowned the Young Amateur Photographer of the Year 2024, and will take home a £300 voucher to spend at Camera Centre UK.
Camera Club winners
This year we are offering prizing worth £2,500 to the club that amasses the most points after all ten rounds are complete. You can accumulate points for your club when you enter APOY, and the club with the most points will win a fabulous ViewSonic X1-4K projector worth £1,500.
In addition, the member of the winning club who contributed the most points to their club’s points tally will win a ViewSonic ColorPro VP2786-4K monitor worth £1,000. You’ll have the option to tell us your UK camera club when you fill out the APOY agreement form.
* Please note that for 2024, the Camera Centre vouchers are available only to winning photographers who are based in the UK.
Learn more about our sponsors and prizes here.
Plan your APOY 2024 entries
Below is a list of all this year’s rounds, including opening and closing dates:
Round One, Black & White: Opens 27th March. Closes 22nd April
Round Two, Animal Kingdom: Opens 23rd April, Closes 20th May
Round Three, Urban Life: Opens 21st May, Closes 17th June
Round Four, Action: Opens 18th June, Closes 15th July
Round Five, Landscapes: Opens 16th July, Closes 12th August
Round Six, People: Opens 13th August, Closes 9th September
Round Seven, Macro: Opens 10th September, Closes 7th October
Round Eight, Dusk to Dawn: Opens 8th October, Closes 4th November
Round Nine, Travel: Opens 5th November, Closes 2nd December
Round Ten, Open (anything goes!): Opens 3rd December, Closes 31st December
All dates 2024.
Featured image clockwise starting top left – Andy Fowlie, Daniel Sands, Daniel Callejo, Giles Thurston, Sue Woodbridge
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September 1, 2008
APOY Round Eight
Round 8 My Life Round 8, My Life, is perhaps the most straightforward to date of our APOY 2008 themes, but also one of our most challenging. How do you live? That’s what we want…
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July 29, 2008
APOY Round Seven
Round 7 Motion Round 7 of APOY 2008 is Motion, but before you get started with this challenging round, it’s best to think about technique. Are you going to a car race? Perhaps you want…
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July 1, 2008
APOY Round Six
Round 6 Inhabitants In round 6, Inhabitants, we ask you to think about what it means to inhabit. You are an inhabitant of your home, but also of the town, country and world in which…
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June 3, 2008
APOY Round Five
Round 5 Structure In our round 5 we ask you to consider the meaning of the word ‘Structure’. Traditionally, this suggests architecture, and for this round you may want to dust off your wideangle lenses…
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April 30, 2008
APOY Round Four
Round 4 Humanity Humans leave their mark in many ways, and in our fourth round, ‘Humanity’, we want you to explore this idea. You may be driven to find a willing subject and a comfortable…
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April 4, 2008
APOY Round Three
Round 3 Intimate Detail ‘Intimate detail’ can have multiple meanings. You may have your camera with you on a walk into town and notice an intricate carving in the façade of your local church, or…
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March 6, 2008
APOY Round Two
Round 2 Arranged by... Still life is the theme of our ‘Arranged by…’ round, and it is very much open to your interpretation. Perhaps you have a box of old relics in your attic you…
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February 19, 2008
APOY Round One
Round 1 Face of the Earth This round is not just for landscape enthusiasts but for all those who are interested in the world around them. Whether natural or urban, aerial or from a bug’s-eye…
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February 19, 2008
Amateur Photographer Of the Year 2008
Your chance to enter the UK’s most prestigious competition for amateur photographers. The overall winner will receive a £3,000 Virgin holiday voucher from Samsung and there are monthly prizes of Samsung’s top-end DSLRs, the GX-10…
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January 22, 2008
Amateur Photographer of the Year 2008 details
Details of the 2008 Amateur Photographer of the Year (APOY) competition will be announced in next week’s issue of AP.
