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Enter 1–15 images from a series, a finished project or a body of work in development. Open to individuals and collectives, at any stage of their practice. Installation shots are welcome but count towards your 15 images. More than one project? Enter each as a separate entry, with its own fee. There’s no set theme. Our jury welcomes work of any subject, concept or approach. Work that’s been exhibited, published or awarded before is eligible, and so is work in progress. Every eligible entry is seen and scored independently by every member of our international jury, from Tate, MoMA, PhotoVogue, The New York Times, Centre Pompidou, IPFA and Belfast Photo Festival. They score on originality, quality of image-making, strength of concept and suitability for public exhibition. What you could receive: Every eligible entrant receives review by the international jury, the chance to be featured to our 30,000+ followers while the call is open, and a discount on our 2027 International Portfolio Review. 10–15 selected artists receive: Your work produced as large-format prints and exhibited across Belfast, 3–27 June 2027, at no cost to you. The 2026 festival was seen by over 100,000 people A partner exhibition at Photo Schweiz 2027, Switzerland Promotion to 30,000+ social followers and 13,000+ email subscribers, plus our press campaign (2026 coverage included The Guardian, BBC and Creative Review) A guaranteed place in our Instagram residency scheme A contribution towards travel to the opening The chance to win the £2,000 Spotlight Award, plus mentoring with our curatorial team and a year’s Royal Photographic Society membership Tips for a strong entry: Edit tightly. A focused sequence can say more than a full 15. Put your strongest image first. It’s the jury’s first impression. Use your project description to tell us what the work is about and how many images it has, and add a line on where it’s been shown if relevant. Add titles and captions where they help, especially for documentary or editorial work.

Submission fee:

22 GBP per project

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