The Annual Exhibition Competition comprises both ‘Print’ and Digital Image’ sections. There is a Beginners’ category in each of the above. The other categories common to both sections are Pictorial, Portrait, Record, Natural History, and Open. The Print section also includes a ‘Multi Image Panel’ section open to both Beginners and Advanced Workers.

Judging for the above normally takes place in February of each year in time for the entries to be prepared for display in Stockport Art Gallery for a period of four weeks throughout late March and April. The Competition Judge will decide which entries deserve to be ‘Commended’, ‘Highly Commended’, ‘Very Highly Commended’ or the ‘Winner’.