Here is the first published Merit Table of 2011. It is after three of twelve competitions and takes no account of scores that may later be dropped. Sixty photographers have so far entered at least one photograph.
| Postiton | Photographer | Total |
| 1 | MARK MUMFORD | 55 |
| 2 | CHRIS TIDMAN | 54 |
| 3 | LINDA BEYNON | 54 |
| 4 | LEIGH WOOLFORD | 53 |
| 5 | ROB OWENS | 52 |
| 6 | MOSTYN DAVIES | 51 |
| 7 | BOB BEYNON | 49 |
| 8 | ALAN SHEPHERD | 47 |
| 9 | TERRY DONNELLY | 47 |
| 10 | JULIE PRING | 47 |
| 11 | GARY WERE | 46 |
| 12 | KEN WATKINS | 46 |
| 13 | DAVE OWEN | 46 |
| 14 | HEIDI STEWART | 46 |
| 15 | BRIAN SEWELL | 45 |
| 16 | BRIAN WILLIAMS | 45 |
| 17 | HAYDN MORGAN | 45 |
| 18 | ROB DUMMER | 45 |
| 19 | MARTIN THOMAS | 45 |
| 20 | GWYNFREN JONES | 45 |
| 21 | ROGER ATKINS | 44 |
| 22 | KEN STONEMAN | 43 |
| 23 | MARGOT ROWLANDS | 43 |
| 24 | JEFF THOMAS | 42 |
| 25 | VAL SHEPHERD | 41 |
| 26 | ANDY BAKER | 41 |
| 27 | CHRISTINE GRIFFITHS | 41 |
| 28 | DAVE THOMAS | 40 |
| 29 | ALEC STEWART | 39 |
| 30 | NICK JENKINS | 37 |
| 31 | ALLAN SQUIRES | 33 |
| 32 | TONY HADLAND | 33 |
| 33 | PHILIPPA WOOD | 32 |
| 34 | STEVE LITTLEWOOD | 31 |
| 35 | MAGGIE PARRY-JONES | 30 |
| 36 | LINDA CARPENTER | 30 |
| 37 | MEGAN DAVIES | 29 |
| 38 | BETTY WALKER | 29 |
| 39 | ALAN HOSKINS | 29 |
| 40 | GRAHAM HANDLEY | 28 |
| 41 | CATHY COOMBS | 26 |
| 42 | ENNIS MATHEWS | 26 |
| 43 | LESLEY RAINES | 26 |
| 44 | PHILIP FORBES | 25 |
| 45 | ALAN WALTERS | 24 |
| 46 | JEFF LEWIS | 17 |
| 47 | DAVE GOULD | 16 |
| 48 | ALAN THOMAS | 16 |
| 49 | JOHN SOUTHCOMBE | 16 |
| 50 | ARTHUR NASH | 16 |
| 51 | JONATHAN WINNEY | 16 |
| 52 | DENNIS HALE | 15 |
| 53 | ROBERT EVANS | 15 |
| 54 | BRIAN CONWAY | 15 |
| 55 | NEIL WEST | 15 |
| 56 | JEFF EVANS | 15 |
| 57 | ALAN WATKINS | 14 |
| 58 | BERNARD FRANCIS | 12 |
| 59 | ARTHUR BRONSCOMBE | 11 |
| 60 | TERESA BAKER | 11 |