Call Description

Lioncourt Gallery Presents:
Adventures in Color Photography Competition
$250 to Best of Show
Cash prizes to select Honorable Mentions.

***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. ***

We’re hosting the Adventures in Color Photography Competition. 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 $250 for Best of Show. Select Honorable Mentions will earn additional cash prizes. Other accepted works will be juried into the gallery.   

IMPORTANT DATES
Entry - May 5, 2026 - August 5, 2026
Jury - August 6, 2026
Notifications - August 6-7, 2026
Gallery opens - August 10, 2026

Dates may be subject to modification if necessary.

Application Requirements

ENTRY FEE
$25 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 - $250 
Select Honorable Mentions will receive additional cash prizes and free entry coupons into future calls hosted by Lioncourt Gallery.

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.

ACCEPTED AND NON ACCEPTED WORKS INTO THE GALLERY
Notices of both accepted and unaccepted work will be emailed to the entrants. If an artist has more than one work accepted into the gallery, all those works will appear in a single email. Likewise, if there are more than one work by an artist that has not been accepted into the gallery, a single email with each work not accepted by the gallery will be sent. 

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. If an artist wishes to submit a work that contains A.I., please check the calls for entry for any A.I. competitions we may be offering. 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.