Community Calendar Photography Competition

Every year Greater Dandenong City Council produces a Community Calendar for residents which features photos taken in our municipality.

For the past three years the photos have been taken by community members who have submitted their images through a photography competition. We are now calling for entries for the 2026 Community Calendar Photography Competition.

A judging panel, including the Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre curator, will select 12 finalists for inclusion in the calendar to be distributed to the community in December 2025.

Submissions open on Friday 1 August and close on Monday 15 September.

We want to see the city through your eyes and encourage everyone to share their favourite images with us. We discourage including people in your pictures, but photos can be of our cityscapes, parks and reserve, hidden suburban gems or the natural world.  

The 12 finalists will appear in an exhibition where visitors can help choose their favourite photo for a People's Choice Award prize. Details of the exhibition will be released later this year.

Enter your images

Terms and Conditions

1. The photograph must be taken within the Greater Dandenong City Council municipality.
2. The photograph must be taken by you.
3. The focus of the photograph is on the surrounding environment, landscape and architecture. We discourage including people or pets in the image.
4. Photographs should be taken in a landscape (horizontal) perspective and at 300dpi.
5. You may submit multiple photos for inclusion and more than one may be selected.
6. Entries open at 9am on Friday 1 August and close at 5pm on Monday 15 September.
7. Council will notify by October 2025 if your submission has been successful.
8. Photographs will not be accepted without a completed entry form.
9. Photographers agree to permit work(s) selected for exhibition to be reproduced by print and electronic media in the advertising and promotion of the exhibition, Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre and Arts in Greater Dandenong. 
10. Greater Dandenong City Council reserves the right to determine final works to be exhibited.
11. Placement of the works in the exhibition is at the Curator’s discretion.
12. Any disputes in relation to these Terms & Conditions or the relationship between Greater Dandenong City Council and the Artist shall be dealt with in accordance with the City of Greater Dandenong Dispute Resolution Guidelines. A copy will be provided to Artists upon request.