How to enter - Beyond The Frame

Submission Deadline: Wednesday 15 February 2023, 4pm (GMT)

The Beyond the Frame photography competition is open to students aged 11 to 19 both in the UK and around the world, who are in full time Secondary or Further education. You do not need to be studying Photography or a creative subject in order to enter.

This year’s competition award categories are:

11-15 age category
16-19 age category
‘People’ – For people-focused imagery, such as portraiture, fashion or editorial.
‘Places’ – For imagery such as culture, nature, architecture, or landscape photography.
‘Things’ – For imagery such as still life, food/product, lifestyle or fine art photography.

When thinking about the work you’d like to produce and enter for the competition, you should consider the things that interest and excite you. Photography gives you the opportunity to explore and investigate the things that you care about, and through your approach you can tell others why your subject is so interesting.

Don’t worry about fitting your work too closely to the ‘People, Places, Things’ award categories. Focus on finding a subject that engages you and best shows your abilities, as this will shine through for the judges.

You can enter up to three photographs and one piece of moving image (up to one minute in length). They can be a series on the same theme or independent images. They must all be your own work.

Shortlisted entries will be displayed in an awards exhibition at Norwich University of the Arts between Thursday 30 March and Saturday 1 April 2023.

Shortlisted entrants will be informed via email in March 2023, with the winners to be announced at the awards event on 30 March.

Please read the full terms and conditions below.

Full terms and conditions

Have a question, or issues completing the submission form? Email us at beyondtheframe@nua.ac.uk

The Prizes

The Judges

Beyond the frame

Please provide the name, nationality and date of birth of the competition entrant below.

First Name*

Last Name*

Nationality*

Country of Domicile*
The country you permanently reside in e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, America.

Institution/School/College Name*

Level/Subject you are studying*
e.g. KS3, GCSE, BTEC Graphics, A-Level Photography. Please note that you do not have to be studying a creative course to enter the competition.

Date of Birth*

Email address*
If possible, please provide a personal email address, not a school email address. Some of our communications will take place outside of term time, so it is essential that you can access these during the holidays.

The email address should be specific to the competition entrant, as only one submission can be made per email address.

Contact phone number

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This section of the form must be completed by a parent or guardian of the competition entrant, as the entrant is under 13 years of age.

First Name*

Last Name*

Relationship to entrant*

Email address*
Please provide a personal email address for yourself, as parent/guardian of the competition entrant. You will only be contacted in relation to their submission.

Please note that only one submission can be made per email address.

Contact phone number

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Terms and Conditions

It is a condition of entry that all terms and conditions are adhered to. Entrants must read and accept the terms and conditions relating to the online entry.

Please read the Beyond the Frame Terms and Conditions and confirm you accept them below.

I accept the terms and conditions

Please upload your images here (up to 3 permitted – max. 3MB each)

Must be .jpg .jpeg or .png file format.

You may submit one piece of moving image up to one minute in length. Please provide a YouTube or Vimeo link here

I confirm that the images/videos I have submitted to the Beyond the Frame competition are my own work.