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Close on August 07, 2022

Host: New York Center for Photographic Arts (NYC4PA)

Territory: Worldwide

Theme: Open

Eligibility: Open to all

Entry Fees: $35

Prize: Exhibition

In August 2012 NYC4PA launched its first international call for entry. These past ten years have been quite an adventure. We have sponsored over 50 contests, awarded thousands of dollars in prizes, hosted a myriad of exhibitions and led a wonderful photography trip to Iceland/Greenland.
To honor this milestone, we are sponsoring a Tenth Anniversary, no theme, Call for Entry. It will include, in addition to our regular prizes, a live exhibition of the cash prize winning and juror’s selection images. For this show the size of framed images will be limited to 11x14 (or 14x11).
The exhibition will be held in a gallery in New York City Hell’s Kitchen in October 2022.
Send us your best shots – as with all NYC4PA calls all 2D forms of photography are accepted.

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