Call Description

Lioncourt Gallery Presents:
Adventures in Color Photography Competition
$300 in cash prizes awarded to Best of Show Champion and Reserve Champion
Selected Honorable Mentions will earn free entries into future calls.

***Lioncourt Gallery is 100% online and is not a physical gallery. Accepted and juried works will be displayed in the gallery on our website only. No works are offered for sale through this call. ***

Out with 2024, in with 2025! We’re hosting the Adventures in Color Photography Competition to celebrate the new year. Open to all levels of photographers from all over the world. Whether you are a beginner, amateur or professional, you are welcome to submit your best photos for this juried competition. The theme is open, but content must be in color and must be family-friendly, in other words, no nudity, profanity, etc. Cash award of $200 for Best of Show Champion and $100 for Reserve Champion. Honorable Mentions and other accepted works will be juried into the gallery. It is each artist’s responsibility to read the rules for entry in full before entering and may contact Lioncourt Gallery with any questions.   

IMPORTANT DATES
Entry - November 18, 2024 to July 18, 2025
Jury - July 19 - 20, 2025
Notifications - July 20, 2025
Gallery opens - Week of July 20, 2025

Application Requirements

ENTRY FEE
$30 for up to four (4) photos. Entry fee does not guarantee acceptance into the gallery but it does guarantee each work will be judged impartially by our jury.

CASH AWARDS
Best of Show Champion will earn $200 and Reserve Champion will earn $100. Cash prize winners will be contacted directly after the close of the selection process to verify the PayPal address which to send payment, which will be sent within two weeks of the close of the entries.

HONORABLE MENTIONS & GALLERY SELECTIONS
Other top scoring works will be juried into the gallery and a select number will be awarded with Honorable Mention titles (no cash awards but a select number will earn free entries into future calls of choice). Notices of both accepted and unaccepted work will be emailed to the entrants. Selected Honorable Mentions will receive free entry coupons into future calls. 

IMAGE PREPARATION
All images must be in JPG format and a minimum of 1200 pixels or greater on the longest side and up to 5MB in file size, or fitting within the specifications listed with Cafe's current portfolio criteria. Each work must have a title other than “untitled”. Works that are “untitled” will not be considered for the gallery or cash prizes. Titles are considered as part of the work itself as it integrates into the subject matter of the photo. Photos may have been taken with any manner of camera whether traditional analog film, digital, DSLR, mirrorless, mobile device camera, etc. 

ORIGINAL WORK & PRESENTATION
All entries must be the work of the artist. No signatures, borders, digital frames or mats, artist logos, borders, or watermarks may appear on the work. Any work with these elements will be automatically rejected and no refunds will be issued. Copies or works based on another artist's work will not be accepted. NO A.I. GENERATED WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED, WHETHER IN PART OR AS A WHOLE WORK. Minor editing such as filters, cropping, saturation, dodging, burning, color corrections, levels, etc., are permitted. Excessive manipulations are accepted but not encouraged if they detract from the overall aesthetic of the photo.

Eligibility Criteria

This competition is open to artists worldwide and all skill levels. Works that have previously been submitted, selected or that have won in past competitions by Lioncourt Gallery are eligible to be entered into this call so long as they fit all other criteria set forth by the call.

SELECTION PROCESS
Accepted entries and winners will be selected by the Gallery’s private slate of jurors to protect the integrity of the selection process. All decisions are final. "Selected" is defined as being chosen by the juror(s) for presentation in the online gallery and considered for a prize. Not all selected work will be prize winners, but all selected work will have the honor of appearing in the gallery. Entrants agree that by entering the event, the jury selection is a paid opinion of the quality of the work from the juror’s own perspective and in no way represents the opinions of anyone else. This event is designed to be fun and to celebrate art while rewarding top artists for their creative efforts.