The Print Center 102nd ANNUAL International Competition
The Print Center · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Philadelphia's long-running international competition for artists using photography or printmaking in creative ways; three finalists receive solo exhibitions and museum purchase awards are made. The 101st round closed in June 2026; the 102nd is expected in 2027.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Open worldwide
- Age
- No age limit
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Photography, Printmaking
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- Open internationally to artists at any level using photography or printmaking.
About
The Print Center's ANNUAL International Competition, running for over a century, is open to local, national and international artists at all levels who use photography or printmaking, including work that pushes the boundaries of those practices. Three finalists receive solo exhibitions at The Print Center; semifinalists and finalists are shown online.
Awards include the Stinnett Philadelphia Museum of Art Collection Award, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Purchase Award and the Art Museum of West Virginia Purchase Award, plus the Callan/McNamara, Fish/Pearce, Jacqueline L. Zemel, Awagami Paper and Stockbridge awards, a two-year gallery-store contract and over $2,000 in material prizes.
The 101st ANNUAL closed 18 June 2026 (fee $45 for up to five images). The 102nd call has not been published; the organiser's site was under maintenance when checked. Recent deadlines have been in mid-June.
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