PSNWA members are invited to participate in the Portraits Competition for a chance to win a $100 gift-certificate from Bedford Camera & Video and give exposure to your photography.
For this exhibition the focus will be on Portraits photography. We want to see images that really showcase the use of portrait photography.
DEADLINE: March 31, 2026
Exhibit Competition Rules
This competition is open to members of PSNWA and juried by a panel of three PSNWA members. Submitted images should be deemed acceptable for public display for all ages. Photographs will be judged on Impact, Subject Matter, Creativity, Composition, and Technical Quality. Up to 3 images can be submitted. Members with winning images will be notified to provide a high resolution JPG file suitable for 16×20 or 16×24 printing uploaded to the PSNWA online Smugmug account for printing by Bedford Camera & Video.
Images not meeting any of the following criteria or with incomplete information will be disqualified. Please check the spelling and capitalization in the Title of your photo.
- No name, watermark, borders, or additional text on the photograph.
- Images must be suitable for framing in a standard 16×20 or 16×24 ratio.
- Images entered in any previous PSNWA competition are not eligible.
Top images may be displayed at participating business sponsors around Northwest Arkansas post competition and published online or in print by PSNWA. There is a gallery limit of two winning images per member that will be displayed in the gallery. The top two scored images will be used to determine the images displayed if a member has multiple images ranked in the gallery range. Photographer with top images will be provided a link post judging for submitting high resolution images suitable for printing.
All panel decisions are final.
For more information e-mail info@psnwa.org.
Having trouble uploading images to the online competition?
- Ensure that you have completed both the Title and Description fields of the submission form.
- Check that your images meet the following criteria:
• Images should be in a .jpg or .jpeg format.
• Suggested between 1000 to 2000 pixels along the longest side.
Large images may have issues and not completely load. - If using a firewall software, ensure to list https://www.psnwa.org/ns/ as a trusted site.
- Try an alternative web browser. Sometimes custom settings in a browser can limit web based software such as java script. Using a fresh browser that has not been customized can occasionally help trouble shoot these issues.
If you have any questions or issues please email info@psnwa.org for assistance from a PSNWA volunteer. Please allow a few days for response.
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