Description: Members are welcome to submit one physical print for display at the Main Gallery of the Griffin Museum. In the darkness of winter, we search for the light. The Winter Solstice Members Exhibition brings together our community, lighting up the museum with images, ideas, and boundless creativity, celebrating the works of our photo community in all of its splendor. Last year we made room for over 250 prints to be displayed, and we want to fill the Main Gallery again this year with your creative vision. This is an unframed show. The delivered prints must be ready to hang with clips or pins, or sit on pedestals, no larger than 14″ on the longest side, and with a maximum price point of $250. Submit only one photograph.
Entry Fee: No fee, but limited to members in good standing as of December 31, 2025..
Deadline: December 1, 2025
Description: Jurors will be selecting up to 47 images in total. The A Smith Gallery will be featuring each of the selected images on both Facebook and Instagram over the span of the exhibition. Gallery Directors will be hosting a GalleryTalk and will discuss all selected images. The GalleryTalk will be posted in the blog section of the website. 27 images from the total selected images will be selected for “The 27”, a hardbound fine art book of the exhibition. “The 27” will be available for purchase. Both the Juror and Director Award recipients will receive the hardbound exhibition book.The gallery has an online store and will include all images from the exhibition. The gallery will retain 30% of the sales price.
Entry Fee: $40 for the first 5 images, $5 per each additional image.
Awards: Jurors Award – a online solo exhibition, “The 27” exhibition book and feature story on the gallery blog; Directors Award – “The 27” exhibition book and a feature story on the gallery blog; Visitors Award (most Instagram likes) – $100
Deadline: December 8, 2025
Description: Passion, conflict, love- a potent fusion lies hidden within canvases, photographs, sculptures, and countless other mediums. These emotions, often delicately woven into each piece, form a landscape that is both intensely personal, profoundly universal, and transcendent. Each work serves as a doorway to the artist’s soul, embodying unspoken struggles and quiet triumphs. The emergence of art and the artist’s inner world has captivated humanity for millennia. What unseen processes lie behind the mystery of creation? This journey of transcendence, from thought to tangible form, mirrors the rhythm of the seasons. Each stage, like spring’s awakening or autumn’s surrender, holds its own energy and emotion, evolving from conception to completion, as complex and layered as life itself. With this exhibition, we invite you to step into our world, a space where dreams become reality, where thoughts move from mind to wall, from shadow to spotlight, from bud to bloom, and toward ultimate transcendence.
Entry Fee: Application is free, but a £189 fee (including VAT) applies for each selected artist.
Deadline: December 10, 2025
Description: Submit up to 5 photographs; monochrome, analogue or digital. Submissions are accepted in 16 categories. After the end of submissions, the photographs that will take part in the exhibition will be selected by Blank Wall Gallery. More than 450 Photographers from around the World will be exhibited. The photographs exhibited will be printed and framed free of charge.
Entry Fee: Only those who will be chosen to participate in BW-Athens Photography will have to pay. The participation fee for the chosen photographers is €43.
Deadline: December 17, 2025
Description: The Open Call is just that, an open theme – all subjects, The SE Center is looking for images of any theme, media, digital, analog, or antique processes that show your best work. Analog and digital manipulation in all its forms welcome. Monochrome or color, all subjects, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations are welcome. 35-40 selected images will hang in the SE Center’s virtual gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter) and an archived, online slide show. A video walkthrough of each exhibition is also featured and archived. Participating artists that can attend have the opportunity for a Portfolio Review by SE Center Director Michael Pannier on the following Saturday morning (reservations needed).
Entry Fee: $35 for up to 5 Images, $6 for each additional image up to 15. Members, $28 for up to 5 Images, $5 for each additional image up to 15.
Deadline: December 18, 2025
Description: Every photograph tells a story. When presented as part of a cohesive body of work, each image contributes to a broader narrative—offering depth, context, and meaning beyond what a single frame can convey. A portfolio allows photographers to explore the complexities of their subjects and provide context that gives a richness and meaning that is more than the sum of its parts. Panopticon Gallery is pleased to announce our annual call for art for First Look 2026, a juried portfolio exhibition showcasing selected photographic series on view from February through April 2026. Artists are invited to submit ten images from a singular body of work for consideration. Approximately five images from each selected portfolio will be chosen for inclusion in the exhibition.
Entry Fee: $40 per portfolio; $30 per portfolio for students.
Deadline: December 29, 2025
Opportunity: Context 2026
Description: Filter Photo is pleased to announce Context 2026, our twelth annual spring open call for photography-based work. This year’s exhibition will be juried by Sara Ickow, Associate Director of Exhibitions at the International Center of Photography. All types of photographic work will be considered for this annual survey exhibition of contemporary photography. This open theme allows for the widest understanding of current photography practices. Context 2026 will open on March 6th and will remain open through April 18th
Entry Fee: $35 for up to 5 Images.
Awards: A juror’s choice award and an honorable mention will be awarded. The juror’s choice award includes a $500 cash prize.
Deadline: January 7, 2026
