Compete TPS 33: The International Competition
Opportunity Description
International Deadline: November 6, 2025 – Texas Photographic Society is proud to announce the call for entry for our flagship exhibition, TPS 33: The International Competition, juried by renowned artists Barbara Bosworth and Emily Sheffer.
This call is open-themed and submissions from artists of all levels internationally are welcomed. TPS 33: The International Competition will open at the Center for Contemporary Art, in Abilene, Texas, on December 11, 2025.
ELIGIBILITY
TPS 33: The International Competition is open to artists internationally, of all levels, who are at least 18 years old at time of entry. All photography-based work is encouraged including digital, silver, and alternative processes. Works exhibited previously in a TPS show are not eligible. Current members of the TPS Board of Directors are permitted to enter but are not eligible for awards.
JURORS
Barbara Bosworth grew up in Novelty, Ohio, and along the shores of Lake Erie. She currently lives in Massachusetts, where she is professor emeritus of photography at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. Bosworth’s work has been widely exhibited, notably in retrospectives at the Denver Art Museum in Colorado, Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Phoenix Art Museum in Arizona. Her publications include The Heavens (Radius Books, 2018), The Meadow (Radius Books, 2015), Natural Histories (Radius Books, 2013), and Trees: National Champions (MIT Press; Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, 2005).
Emily Sheffer is a fine art photographer and book artist. In 2017, she founded Dust Collective, a handmade photography book collective, and has since published over a dozen titles. She earned her BFA in Photography with Departmental Honors from The Massachusetts College of Art and Design in May of 2015. After graduation, Emily was listed as a 2015 LensCulture Top 50 Emerging Photographer. In 2019, Maine Media Workshops invited Emily to be their book-artist-in-residence. She currently works as a studio director in New England. Emily graduated in 2022 from The University of Hartford Photography MFA program, where she was awarded the Merit Scholarship.
AWARDS
First Place = $500
Second Place = $300
Third Place = $200
Up to 5 Honorable Mentions may be awarded
ENTRY FEE
The entry fee for current TPS Members is $30 for 5 images, plus $6 for each additional image. The Non-Member entry fee is $40 for 5 images, plus $6 for each additional image. You do not have to be a member of TPS to enter.
APPLY ONLINE
You may enter up to 12 images. (This call requires a minimum of five images; if you need to submit fewer, you may submit mulitples of the same image to reach the minimum.)
SALES
TPS encourages the sale of exhibited work and will collect a 30% commission from all prints sold during the exhibition. If your finished piece is not for sale, simply note NFS.
DATES
- November 6, 2025 – Deadline for entry (11:59 p.m. Mountain Time Zone)
- November 15, 2025 – Exhibiting artists announced and emails sent to all entrants
- December 9-13, 2025 – Work due in Abilene
- December 18, 2025- Exhibition opens at Center for
- Contemporary Art in Abilene with reception TBA
- February 7, 2026- Exhibition closes
About:
Texas Photographic Society is a non-profit organization that celebrates the photographic arts, inspires creative development and provides opportunities to engage with an international photography community.
Founded in 1984, TPS supports its members and the community at large by offering exhibitions, publications, workshops and mentorship programs.
