Youth Photography Competition: Lenscapes and Landscapes

Published on 01 July 2025

Into photography? Show us the world through your eyes – get inspired by friends, family, daily life, or anything else that matters to you. Think about the theme of Adventure: Lenscapes and Landscapes. 

The top photos will be shared on our social media, and prizes are available in the following categories:

Submissions open on Monday 1 September 2025 

Please check terms and conditions before entering.

Terms and Conditions

1. The promoter of this competition is Hume City Council (Council).
2. The competition is open only to people aged between 12 and 20 years who live, work or attend a school in Hume City.
3. Hume Libraries Photography Competition is open for entries on 1 September 2025. Entries close on Monday 13 October 2025. Late entries will not be accepted.
4. The competition judge will select prize winners and runners up between Tuesday 14 October and Friday 31 October 2025.
5. The People's Choice award will be open for voting on the Participate Hume website.
6. There will be a total prize pool of $1,150. Prizes are non-transferrable and non-exchangeable.
7. Entries should be submitted via the online form.
8. Up to three images per person may be submitted.
9. Entry into the competition requires that subjects within the photographs have given permission for their image to appear in publications, online, and print media.
10. Photographs submitted must be the entrant’s own work.
11. Submissions can be shot and edited on any device (inclusive of all types and models). Minimal editing accepting at the judge’s discretion.
12. All submitted entries are non-returnable.
13. Copyright remains with the photographer, but by entering the competition the photographer grants Hume City Council license to use, name and publish the photograph for promotional purposes including publication in print, broadcast and/or electronic media without any fee payment, for the purposes of promoting the competition or areas related to the organiser’s work.
14. Hume City Council reserves the right to move entrants' submission into the most appropriate category based on their age.
15. Entrants under the age of 18 years must have the permission section of the online entry form completed by a parent or guardian agreeing to the terms and conditions.
16. The judging panel’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Only winners and runners-up will be contacted.
17. The People’s Choice award will be given to the entry that receives the most votes on Participate Hume, as long as that entrant has not already won a judge’s prize.
18. Council will attempt to contact the winners and runners-up. If no contact can be made, entry into the competition will be regarded as permission to publish the entry and the winners and runners-up names in accordance with the terms and conditions of the competition.