PAGB Awards

2020 was a year like no other for the PAGB Awards, with postponements and cancellations of all of its Adjudications due to be held in 2020. After extensive work and trialling the PAGB Awards team put in place an Online Adjudication using full quality images through the PAGB Competitions Entry System, and the first online Adjudication took place in early January for all PDI entrants who had signed up for the Closed 2020 event. All 2020 Print entrants were held over to May 2021 when it was hoped a closed Adjudication would be possible.

The successful SPF candidate at this first Online Adjudication January 2021 was Ken Gillies, Edinburgh PS. You can see one of his successful images on this page. Click on the following to visit the successful applicant's Gallery containing all of his successful pictures - Ken Gillies DPAGB

The second Online Adjudication for PDI Applicants took place on 26th April 2021. The successful SPF candidate at this Online Adjudication April 2021 was Jean Robson, Dumfries CC. You can see one of her successful images on this page. Click on the following to visit the successful applicant's Gallery containing all of her successful pictures - Jean Robson CPAGB

The delayed May 2021 Print Adjudication did run as a closed event over the 26th and 27th June 2021 at Smethwick's Clubrooms. No SPF candidates were successful at CPAGB or MPAGB level, but 5 were successful at DPAGB they can be seen listed below. One of each of their images can be seen on this page. Click on the following to visit each of the successful applicant's Galleries containing all of their successful pictures - Keith Beard DPAGB - Maybeth Jamieson DPAGB - David Sadler DPAGB - Barrie Spence DPAGB - Fiona Spence DPAGB.

2021 ended with a normal face to face PAGB Adjudication on 27th and 28th November and hosted by the WCPF in Newton Abbot. The SPF had 3 successful applicants at CPAGB, and one successful applicant at DPAGB. Click on the following to visit each of the successful applicant's Galleries containing all of their successful pictures -  Sandy Gilmour CPAGB - David Halliburton CPAGB - Graham MacKinnon CPAGB - Gillian Temple DPAGB

2022 saw the usual April and November events run face to face for both Prints and PDIs. In April 2022 there were no SPF applicants. In November 3 SPF applicants were successful, 2 at CPAGB and 1 at DPAGB. Click on the following to visit each of the successful applicant's Galleries containing all of their successful pictures - Kevin Flanagan CPAGB - Michele Campbell CPAGB - Brian Cathie DPAGB

If you are interested in a future workshop please send Libby a note of your details and she will add you to her mailing list. That list will get first refusal on a future workshop. When the next available Workshop is being thrown open to everyone to book, details will be posted here. Next Workshop - TBC - We are unable to run those currently due to Covid

Please contact Libby Smith to note your interest in the PAGB Awards Workshop, and have your details added to our e-mailing list. We will then give you advance notification as soon as bookings are being taken, supplying all of the required details.  Contact Libby 

Please see the More About the Three Levels of Awards section further down this webpage which supplements this Five Stage process given here.

You can also view all of the SPF's successful photographer's submissions, at all three levels, in our Galleries Section of this website. These galleries will change on a regular basis (click here).

Also see the PAGB e-news specials for CPAGB (click here) for DPAGB (click here) or for some interesting statistics of the PAGB Awards (click here) and how to book a PAGB DVD for your club.

You require to pre-qualify in your own Federation, the SPF. To qualify to take part you have to prove that you are an 'active photographer' taking part in your Federation events. This also helps give a gauge of the level of your work at a national level. See details and a list of SPF Qualifying events to download below. You do not need to have completed this stage to attend our workshops (See Stage 2) Please see the SPF Pre-Qualification Requirements (click here) for full details of the required criteria of being an ‘active photographer’ in your Club.

It is recommended but not compulsory that you attend an SPF Awards Workshop, and receive advice on what level / medium / or when to apply. You can take along Prints or PDI and find out if your work is of the standard required, and get hints to improve quality. These workshops are run 2 or 3 times a year - approx. Jan & Aug/Sept. We have the advantage here in Scotland that the organisers of these workshops are also on the PAGB Awards Sub-committee - Rod Wheelans (Chairman) and Libby Smith.

Contact Libby Smith for details or visit the workshop area above or SPF Diary area (click here) of this website for details. 

Contact SPF Awards Officer, Libby Smith, with your SPF Pre-Qualification details (click here), and a note of which level and medium you would like to apply in. You will then be sent a signed PAGB Application Form.

As you need to know the level and medium you are applying in before the form can be completed, we suggest you attend a workshop before submitting your form. There are financial penalties incurred if you withdraw once your form has been submitted to the PAGB.

Please read the PAGB Leaflets in the below downloads for more details before continuing. Complete the signed PAGB Application Form you have been given and submit with your cheque to the PAGB Awards Secretary for a space on the next available PAGB Adjudication. These are run 2 or 3 times a year, always in April and November. 

Spaces are on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis. so your application will be acknowledged, then you will be advised when you definitely have a space and the section will run. Details will also be sent to you of how to submit your entry and the timescales for submitting.

These Adjudications are run by the PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) and are hosted by different Federations. 

You submit your work to the Adjudication you receive a space on. This can be 3 to 4 weeks prior to the Adjudication itself. Six Judges will adjudicate your entry.

For the April & November events you can attend if you wish. Extra events are sometimes required due to the volume of entries, these can sometimes be in-camera events. 

Distinction Award (DPAGB) is judged at ‘exhibition standard’. For this you have to enter 15 prints or 15 digital files and, bearing in mind that the adjudicators are looking for international* exhibition standard, you have to score a total of 300 points to get the award. * Please be aware that this is a UK Award and styles/results received in Internationals outwith the UK cannot always be taken as an accurate guide in this regard.

SPF Pre-Qualification Requirements for DPAGB - You must have entered in a total of 5 SPF qualifying competitions for a minimum of Three Recent Years of the last 10 years. This can include a particular event one year and the same event a different year.

The successful SPF candidates at the November 2019 Adjudication at Watford, in the Chilterns Association can be seen listed above. One of each of their images can be seen on this page. Click on the following to visit each of the successful applicant's Galleries containing all of their successful pictures - Graham Clark CPAGB - Patricia Roberts CPAGB - Sheona Elliott DPAGB - David Mair DPAGB - George Robertson DPAGB - Lesley Simpson MPAGB

The successful SPF candidates at the September 2019 closed Adjudication at Dumfries, can be seen listed above. One of each of their images can be seen on this page. Click on the following to visit each of the successful applicant's Galleries containing all of their successful pictures - Kirsten Bax CPAGB - Alan Belton CPAGB - Helen Willis CPAGB 

The successful SPF candidates at the April 2019 Adjudication at Llandudno, in North Wales, can be seen listed above. One of each of their images can be seen on this page. Click on the following to visit each of the successful applicant's Galleries containing all of their successful pictures -  Ken Lindsay MPAGB - David Watson DPAGB - Helen Mitchell DPAGB - Andrew S Hayes DPAGB - Bruce Harley CPAGB - Lorna Hayton CPAGB - Ruth Hayton CPAGB

The successful SPF candidates at the Chorley April 2018, the 'closed' Dumfries September 2018 and Pontefract November 2018 Adjudications are listed above. Galleries are also available for the two successful Sept 18 SPF candidates Gillian Temple CPAGB - Peter Clark CPAGB  and the six Nov 18 SPF successes David Bolton CPAGB - Wanda Mackie DPAGB - Isabella Hillhouse CPAGB - Helen Mitchell CPAGB - Alex McNaughton CPAGB - Ken Peters CPAGB

The four successful Chorley Apr 18 SPF candidates galleries are available to view in our galleries area (click here) 

Also listed above are successful applicants at Croydon in April 2017 and Colchester Nov 2017. You can also see their successful images in our galleries section of this website (click here) 

Please see bottom of this page for Results Apr 2015 to May 2016. For the Nov 2016 results please visit the dedicated webpage for this event hosted by the SPF (click here)