O3C Open Challenge

The Ontario Council for Camera Clubs (O3C) hosts an annual Open Challenge competition. This is an individual competition that is open to members of all O3C-affiliated clubs including GRIPS.

All rules for the competition, including categories, awards, and fees, can be found in the Rules and Guideline document.

Image submission and fee payment will be done through GRIPS. Please follow these steps:

1. Download and fill in the individual entry form. You may want to refer to this sample.
2. Ensure all image files are named according to the rules and guideline.
3. Send your payment by e-Transfer to [email protected].
4. Send your images and individual entry form by email to [email protected]. If the total file size is larger than 10 MB, use a cloud service like WeTransfer, Drop Box, Google Drive etc. Ensure you share the files with [email protected].

Please contact  [email protected] if you have any questions.

The deadline for fee payment and image submission is Friday April 4, 2025 .

Since it is an individual competition, you can enter any images into this competition. The GRIPS competition committee will not be doing any further screening and selection of the images (unlike other inter-club competitions like GVIB and CAPA).

“One Step Closer to Heaven”, by Kathy Waybrant, Honourable Mention, O3C Open Challenge 2024