Before you enter

Entry for this Call requires a photoED magazine print or digital subscription, or current Patreon patronage. Subscriptions must be current through Spring 2025 / May 30, 2025.

• To join us as a PRINT SUBSCRIBER: https://www.photoed.ca/shop
• To join us as a DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER: https://issuu.com/store/publishers/photoedmagazine/subscribe
• To join us as a PATREON PATRON & receive the publication + perks: https://www.patreon.com/c/photoedmagazine

With independent editorial integrity as a guiding principle, submissions by all artists including BIPOC artists, Women, Persons with Disabilities, members of the Deaf Community, and Persons Living in Poverty are warmly welcomed.

About

photoED magazine is looking to publish – in print and online:

• Well considered submissions – A project/idea crafted with intention
• Fine art – not stock photography
• Original artistic work
• Diverse interpretations on the theme “MELD” – which means to merge, combine, or mash-up – photography as a creative blender.

photoED magazine celebrates all forms of photography from practitioners at any level of experience. We focus on creative process-based editorials, and respect our readers with accessible language as we present exciting and challenging new ways of exploring lens-based storytelling.

What winners receive

• Ten finalists projects will be published in photoED magazine's 73rd edition in print (and digital replica versions.)
• Ten finalists will receive 4x additional printed copies of the publication (including shipping worldwide.)
• An additional 25 finalists will feature in the free DIGITAL EXTRA companion edition launching online on May 1, 2025.
• All finalists will receive exposure across photoED magazine’s email campaigns and social media channels.

About PhotoED

Print publishing is a unique and rare privilege that offers artists a legacy document of their work and story. We love how it feels to hold beautiful images in your hands, and we want to share this experience.

photoED magazine is not a pay-to-play publication, charity, data collection agency, and all editorial decisions are independent.

​photoED magazine is primarily reader-supported and respects our audience by presenting fresh, original, editorial ideas in accessible language (no art-speak or tech-talk). We warmly welcome contributors at any level of their experience with lens-based art.

Judging criteria

Submissions are blind reviewed by our Volunteer Curatorial Editorial board members.

When examining entries, judges will assess how the work presents a unique interpretation on the theme of MELD

Submitting to photoED magazine does not transfer any rights of ownership – the photographer retains full rights. We do not ask for exclusivity and the photographer is free to submit the image to any other publication, project or exhibition. The owner of the photograph allows us the rights to publish and promote their work - with credit, on our print and digital platforms.

By submitting, the photographer acknowledges that they have full rights to the images and has obtained proper releases where warranted.

This is photoED magazine’s first international Call for Submissions. Since its launch in 2001, the publication has featured Canadian artists of international note, including June Clark & Christina Leslie, Rita Leistner & Don McKellar, Ruth Kaplan, Ella Morton, Anna Church, Ryan Van Der Hout, Arnaud Maggs, Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart, Laurence Philomène, and Edward Burtynsky to name only a few.