Announcing the fifth international annual call for submissions, this is an opportunity to exhibit your work for one month at

ViewPoint Gallery

, the only photography gallery in Halifax (

Nova Scotia, Canada

).

This competition is one of the ways

ViewPoint Gallery

serves to promote the art of photography. It gives a voice to deserving photographers the world over, and introduces your art to a

Canadian

audience through their gallery exhibit and website.

The competition is open to

all subject matter

. A maximum of three images may be submitted with each entry. Multiple entries are permitted.

If your images are selected as the winning entries, you will be required to provide a full resolution file for printing. You will be also required to provide a biography (

150-word maximum

), an artist statement (

150-word maximum

), website URL (

if applicable

), and contact information.

The photographers

retain copyright

of submitted images.

There is an entry fee of 25 CAD (

approx. 18 USD

).

Eligibility

Open to anyone worldwide.

Prize

Twelve winning images

will be selected for exhibition at

ViewPoint Gallery

– one image will be exhibited monthly. The winning images will be professionally printed and framed, at no cost to the photographer.

Each winning image will be matted, framed, and displayed as ViewPoint Gallery's featured

International Artist of the Month

. Each of the 12 winning images will be available for sale at a price set by the artist. If the framed image is sold in the Gallery, the artist will receive the full sale price minus a 15% processing fee.

Winners will also have their work publicized by the gallery with media/press releases submitted to all major

Halifax

publicity streams.

Moreover, the

top three entries

will receive prizes provided by

Blurb

, an online publishing platform and creative community that lets you design, publish, and sell books and magazines in both print and digital formats across the globe:

• First prize: 150 CAD (

approx. 109 USD

) Printing Credit

• Second prize: 100 CAD (

approx. 72 USD

) Printing Credit

• Third prize: 75 CAD (

approx. 54 USD

) Printing Credit

In addition,

every single entry

will receive a 25% product discount from

Blurb Photo Books

.