Each year the Society runs the following competitions
Open competitions
- Hollister cup - outing images
- Robbo Trophy - 3 linked images
- Anders (3 part)
- Shore Trophy
- Harris cup (prints)
- Bichard Trophy
- 3 in 1 Cup
- Queen's Diamond Jubilee Cup - prints
- SPS Diamond Jubillee Cup - members theme boards
- Ken Moore Trophy - little camera
Themed competitions in 2022-23
- Browne (3 part) -Animal, Vegetable and Mineral
- Pangbourne Cup - Platinum Jubillee
- Bichard Trophy - Food
- Dorset Cup - Old Dorset
- Ward and Purbeck Trophy - Action