Call Description

Texas Photographic Society is proud to present #NewVisions2025, our annual online, open-themed collegiate student photo competition. The exhibition will be juried by Paho Mann, Associate Professor of Photography at the College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas, and a photographer with work in the collections of  the Tucson Museum of Art, the Museum at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland, Kansas, and the City of Phoenix Public Art Program. For more details, see the Juror's Statement and Bio below.

Submissions from college undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students of all skill levels are encouraged. Students may submit up to 12 images and each image will be judged independently. CASH PRIZES will be awarded. See details below.

JUROR'S STATEMENT

Coming Soon

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

October 8, 2025 Call for entry opens
December 1, 2025 Deadline for entry (11:59 pm Mountain Time Zone)
December 15, 2025 Exhibiting artists announced and online gallery opens

AWARDS
First Prize = $300

Second Prize = $200
Third Prize = $100
Up to 5 Honorable Mentions may be awarded

The juror will select 50 images for the online exhibition. The selected images will be showcased on our website gallery and promoted to our extended TPS community including members and photo/social media contacts.

ENTRY FEE
The entry fee for current TPS Student Members is $30 for 5 images, plus $5 for each additional image. The non-member entry fee is $25 for 5 images, plus $5 for each additional image. You may enter up to 12 images. You do not have to be a member of TPS to enter. However, you may enter the competition, join TPS or renew as a member at the same time.

TPS Student Member Benefits - Annual $20 Student Memberships include Member feature opportunities via our Members' Gallery, Member Spotlight, Members' News, Members' Instagram Takeover, social media accounts and E-Zine, entry fee discounts to all competitions and discounts to programs and services offered through our partnerships.


All entry and membership fees are nonrefundable. Note: as this is an online show, you will not incur any additional expenses for printing, framing or shipping.

ABOUT THE JUROR

Paho Mann’s work has been included in exhibitions at the Arizona State University Art Museum (Tempe, AZ), Tucson Museum of Art (Tucson, AZ), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN) and the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, PA) among others. Mann’s work is included in the collections of the Tucson Museum of Art, the Museum at Texas Tech University, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, and the City of Phoenix Public Art Program.

Mann was born in 1978 on his parents homestead near Snowflake, Arizona. In 1992 he moved with his family to Albuquerque, New Mexico where in 2001 he received a BFA from the University of New Mexico. He received his MFA from Arizona State University in 2007.Currently, Mann lives and works in Dallas, Texas where he is an Associate Professor of Photography at the University of North Texas.

Application Requirements

IMAGE REQUIREMENTS

All entries must be submitted via CaFÉ. Need help resizing images? Go here.

Please submit JPG files only, minimum of 1200 pixels on the longest side and 5 MB maximum. For each image you will need to provide the image title and the process used (Archival Digital Print, Silver Gelatin Print, Platinum/Palladium Print, Wet Plate Collodian, etc.)


Eligibility Criteria

ELIGIBILITY
#NewVisions2026 is open to college students at least 18 years old who are enrolled in a college credit course (both undergraduate and graduate) or continuing education/noncredit course. All skill levels are encouraged to apply. Any photographic-based work is welcome including digital, silver, alternative processes, mixed media incorporating photography, collage, and book arts. Works exhibited previously in a TPS exhibition are not eligible.