Year-End Awards will be announced at the Annual Awards Night May 11, 2027.
- Based on clinic images from the 2026-2027 season that you select.
- Given to first, second and third place entries in each Category (Pictorial, Nature, and Creative).
- An additional 10% of entries will receive Honourable Mentions.
- You may enter up to 6 images that scored 19 or more for year-end.
- All images entered will be shown at the year-end celebration.
- The more images entered, the more Honourable Mentions there will be.
- A wildflower image may win the Louise Elder Best Wildflower Award
- A wildlife bird image may win the David Seldon Bird Photographer Award.
- See pages 18-19 of the Handbook for complete details.
- The award winners are also listed on our history page.
- The 2025-26 awards.
Submission process:
- Deadline is April 6, 2027.
- You select the images on the website: a link will be prepared closer to the deadline.
- You select up to six images with scores of 19 or more.
- If you select more than six images, you will get an error message.
- Click the Submit button at the bottom of the page.
- Verify that your choices have the check mark.
Image of the Year 2025-2026 Season:
Chosen from the Winners of Pictorial, Nature, and Creative images.
David Seldon Bird Photographer Award and Louise Elder Best Wildflower Award:
Chosen from among the winning Nature images that meet the respective criteria for the Awards. The David Seldon award is granted exclusively to wildlife bird images containing no human elements. Images taken in zoos or at the Raptor Centre are not eligible.
The Louis Elder Wildflower Award is for the flower of any identifiable wild Canadian plant including grasses, sedges, shrubs, and trees. The image must include, as the centre of interest, any stage of the flower, either in bud, blooming or in seed. Images must be titled with the botanical or common name. There was no award for the 2025-26 season.
The Club Awards will also be announced at the Annual Awards Night on May 11, 2027:
The Club Awards for Proficiency and for Photographer of the Year are based on members’ clinic scores.
The Proficiency Awards are for members in each member category (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Master) that have the highest total score for 12 images that scored 21 or more points during the current season.
The Photographer of the Year Award rewards versatility in all three picture categories. It is awarded to the member who achieves the highest total score for four Pictorial, four Nature and two Creative images. No more than half (five) of the images may have the same subject matter (buildings, birds, flowers, people, etc.).