Palm Photo Prize is open internationally to all photographers.  The selection process for the exhibition places an emphasis on raw, engaging work of the highest quality.

All submissions will be reviewed by the organisers, curators and judges to ensure entries adhere to the guidelines and terms & conditions.

From all of the submissions, 100 entries will be selected by Palm Studios and printed by our sponsor theprintspace for the resulting Palm Photo Prize exhibition 10 May – 3 June 2018.

Venue | House of Vans Arches, 228 – 232 Station Approach Rd, Lambeth, London, SE1 8SE

The images selected for exhibition will be open for public viewing and available for sale (unless otherwise stated by entrant). During opening night 10 May 2018, the public will vote in the People’s Choice Award.

All images are printed 15″ width and priced £100 | 30% Palm commission, 70% given back to the entrant, minus print cost and VAT.

There are four prize categories:

  • Judge’s Panel 1st Place
  • Judge’s Panel 2nd Place
  • People’s Choice Award
  • People’s Choice Instagram Award

Judge’s Panel 1st Place

  • Solo show curated by Palm Studios at theprintspace
  • Theprintspace £150 voucher
  • Photographers’ gallery Bookshop £100 voucher
  • Labyrinth photography Lab £150 voucher
  • Kodak Portra 35m + Kodak goodie Bag
  • House of Vans goodie Bag
  • Palm* Studios goodie Bag
  • Parallax Photographic Coop gift voucher £50

Judge’s Panel 2nd Place

  • theprintspace £100 voucher
  • Photographers’ Gallery Bookshop £100 voucher
  • Labyrinth photography Lab £150 voucher
  • Kodak Portra 35m + Kodak goodie Bag
  • House of Vans goodie Bag
  • Palm* Studios goodie Bag

People’s Choice Award

  • theprintspace £100 voucher
  • Photographers’ Gallery Bookshop £50 voucher
  • Labyrinth photography Lab £100 voucher
  • Kodak Portra 35m + Kodak goodie Bag
  • House of Vans goodie Bag
  • Palm* Studios goodie Bag
  • Parallax Photographic Coop gift voucher £50

People’s Choice Instagram award

  • theprintspace £50 voucher
  • Labyrinth photography Lab £50 voucher
  • Palm* Feature
  • Kodak Portra 35m + Kodak goodie Bag
  • House of Vans goodie Bag

Judges Panel:

The Palm Photo Prize is proudly sponsored by House of   VanstheprintspaceKodak,  The Photographers’ Gallery BookshopLabyrinth   Photographic, The Heavy Collective and Parallax Photographic Coop.

 The Judge’s Panel prizes, People’s Choice Award and People’s Choice Instagram   Award will be announced online on the 4 June 2018.

RULES

  • Online submission format: JPG
  • Each entrant may submit one photographic file via the Palm Photo Prize 2018 online entry form: hub.theprintspace.co.uk 
  • File set up – 8bit RGB and sized to 15″ on longest side at 300dpi full bleed

Submissions open 5 – 20 April 2018 | FREE to submit.

Entries received after midnight (GMT) 20 April 2018 will not be considered.

Palm reserves the right to select images for the exhibition and to not include entries at its discretion. In the event Palm does not shortlist an entry, it is not obliged to enter into a conversation with the entrant, the decision is final.

Entries must be of a photographic nature (i.e. no scans of paintings / drawings / graphic design). Palm endeavors to respect the preference selection of each entrant but reserves the right to use its discretion where necessary. All Prints will be destroyed at the exhibition close on the 4th of June 2018

Photographs and documentation of your entry may appear in Palm press and third-party documentation of Palm Photo Prize. Palm is run by photographers and respects accreditation, authorship credit will be provided to all third party media, unfortunately Palm is unable to guarantee if they will be used. All work remains the sole copyright of the entrant.

Terms & Conditions

Photo Credit Teddy Fitzhugh