While I was reading up on icecreams for the changing buying habits over on Slashfood I ran across a summer photo competition from Walls Icecream.

Basically they ask for you to upload a picture with a summer theme - they mention a walk on Brighton Pier or a barbecue with friends and family. Now as this is a competition sponsered by an ice cream manufacturer I would suggest the inclusion of one of their products.

The prizes are a Nikon digital camera or a Mini Cooper. Oh and a years supply of ice cream. This is for UK residents only. I can't see any closing date info.

The best images from citizen journalists have been announced at the Nokia Citizen Journalism Awards 2006.

The winning image is a shot of the No.30 bus in Tavistock Square, London taken just after the bomb explosion on 7th July 2005.

The winner has donated the prize (Nokia N90 cameraphone, a photo printer, and Flickr membership) to charity for auction and wishes to remain annoymous. David Otway was second for his shot of the Buncefield oil depot explosion taken from a plane, while third place went to Alexander Chadwick's cameraphone shot of people emerging after the Piccadilly line explosion.

The judges in the competition included Channel 4 news presenter, John Snow, BBC News Interactivity editor, Vicky Taylor, CNN.com Europe editor, Nick Wrenn, and Chairman of the Picture Editors Awards, Glyn Genin.

The awards were open to any non-journalist who shot an image or video clip that had been used in some form of publication in the last year.

The winner of the HP 2006 Photo Contest "Imaging a Global Culture" has been announced. The theme for this year was "Imaging a Global Culture".

Paul Teolis of Toronto, with his Graffiti Penguin image has been announced as the winner. The image shows a penguin overshadowed by a rusting oil storage tank in the Antartic.  The photo was selected by a panel of judges that consisted of photographer Edward Burtynsky, gallery owner Nicholas Metivier, and Toronto Star photo editor Ken Faught. More than 1,400 images were submitted to the contest from across Canada.

The first winning image in this year's Digital Camera Photographer of the Year contest is Mustakim's 'Poverty', a beautifully lit shot which met the category brief - Powerful Portraits - perfectly. It was taken with a Canon EOS 20D (Focal length: 75mm Shutter speed: 1/160mm).

This is the first section in the Digital Camera Photographer of the Year contest. To come are rounds on Landscapes, Animal and nature, Action and Movement, Travel and Black and White.

The Observer, along with Seeds of Change, is hosting a food photography competition with prizes up to £10,000.

You need to impress! They have set up three categories: Food and People, Food and Thought, and Food, Glorious Food. So plenty of opportunities for demonstrating your creativity. Entrants can submit up to 5 photos per category, and short listed exhibitors will receive a subscription to Practical Photographer magazine. UK only I believe.

Entries are due by June 30th, and can be submitted on-line.