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About Student Clique

Student Clique is the student section of Clique Photo Club run by the photography departments of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Our aim is to inspire secondary and tertiary student photography enthusiasts to learn, shoot and share more with tailored challenges and prizes.

Our motto is Learn. Shoot. Share.

Student membership options

To be a member of Student Clique, you need to be currently enrolled at a secondary or tertiary institution with a valid student number. We have a two-tier membership structure:

Full Student Members

Full membership costs $39 for the public and $29 for Fairfax subscribers.  A full membership includes:

    • Entry into our monthly challenges and other competitions.
    • Eligible for our Student Photographer of the Year competition.
    • Access to our online photography video tutorials with Fairfax Media photographers.
    • Guaranteed feedback from our professional photographers on a photograph you submit for each monthly Challenge.
    • Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan: Photoshop and Lightroom: 15% off the gold standard in photo editing and other creative endeavours.
    • Momento Photo Books: Australia’s first and finest photo book company, Momento, offer Full members 30% off their first custom photo book or box order with the Momento Pro service and 10% off all subsequent orders on Momento books or boxes.
    • PosterCandy: A free 30x40cm PosterCandy photo collage valued at $29.  Note: The extra $12.99 postage and handling charge is to be paid by the member and is not included in this offer.
    • Fairfax Syndication: 15% off framed photos and front pages.

Access Full Student benefits here

Basic Student Members

Basic membership is free and includes:

    • Entry into our bi-monthly contests and other competitions.
    • Eligible for our Student Clique Photographer of the Year competition.
    • Momento Photo Books: Australia’s first and finest photo book company, Momento, offer Student Clique members 30% off their first custom photo book or box order with the Momento Pro service and 10% off all subsequent orders on Momento books or boxes.

Access Basic Student benefits here

Ways to win

  1. Bi-monthly photo contests – We hold 5 bi-monthly photo contests each year with an open theme for Student Clique members only.
  2. Student Clique Photographer of the Year – If you enter a minimum of 3 bi-monthly contests each year, your entries will form your submission to the Student Clique Photographer of the Year award. The student with the best portfolio of images will be awarded the title.
  3. Traveller’s Big Picture competition – Runs on Traveller.com.au and in Saturday editions of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Every six months we have a great travel prize.
  4. Summer Herald photo competition. Runs in the Summer Herald with 15 winners. Members submit images over 30 days in December/January within the theme of ‘Summer’.
  5. Shoot the Chef – Held as a part of the Clique monthly Challenges, Student Clique members also will have the opportunity to enter their portrait of a chef to win.

To stay updated on what contests are currently on, follow us on Instagram.