The Open Call List

The Open Call List

The Open Call List #65

Calls for Entry: May 26 - June 1, 2025

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Aidan Avery
May 26, 2025
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Hi,

Welcome to The Open Call List #65!

In this weekly newsletter, I share opportunities for photographers for exhibitions, publications, fellowships, grants, residencies, jobs, and more. My goal is to make the photography world more accessible, especially to emerging artists. While I include both free opportunities and calls for entry with submission fees, I only share opportunities that favor artists.

Opening Remarks:
This week, I’ve worked on expanding past paid subscriber materials. Specifically, I have added nine new listings to the directory of galleries and museums that accept submissions from photographers for exhibition, representation, and acquisition. Four of the new listings are in the U.S., and five are in Europe and the U.K. As always, new listings are indicated by date added in the directory.

I have also added one new residency to the list of fully-funded residencies with darkrooms.

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This week’s Open Call List below includes 23 calls for entry, 12 of which offer free submission. The list includes many exhibition opportunities in Europe and the United States. It also includes calls for virtual exhibition, print publication, several prizes that are internationally open, for students, or for U.K. residents, awards that include museum acquisition, residencies in the U.S. and Asia, photobook awards, and more.

The Jobs section of this week’s list contains jobs and internships in the photo arts industry in North America and Europe, including new listings for internships, jobs, and board positions are major arts institutions in the United States and Netherlands among other listings.


Newsletter pricing

Please note: As of April 2025, the newsletter’s subscription model has changed. Free subscribers are able to preview each week’s Open Call List. Paying subscribers receive the full list, as well as have access a growing collection of additional material including:

  • 18 Photography Publications with Free, Rolling Submissions

  • A Directory of Galleries and Museums that Accept Photography Submissions

  • 12 Fully-Funded Photography Residencies with Darkrooms

  • 15 Open Call Photobook Awards and Publishing Prizes

  • And more!

If you are not yet a paid subscriber of the newsletter, to access The Open Call List in full each week, as well as all the additional material linked above, use the links below to access the sliding scale price point that is feasible for you:

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At any amount, paid subscriptions support the time and energy I spend finding, vetting, and sharing open calls every week. Thank you!

If you cannot afford a subscription at any sliding scale level, please email me to request a need-based subscription. (Please allow for a 48-hour response time.) I am committed to accessibility, and I will never deny access to the newsletter due to financial need.


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The Open Call List #65

Table of Contents

  1. Open Calls Ending This Week

  2. Upcoming Calls

  3. Jobs


Open Calls Ending This Week
May 26 - June 1, 2025

  • Noorderlicht Gallery’s Student Open Call 2025 “Machine Entanglements” (Exhibition) | Deadline: 5/26, Fee: FREE Submission: One image that responds to the theme, as well as info about the image technique. Note: All submitted images will be exhibited in Friesland, Netherlands, as part of the Noorderlicht Biennial festival.

  • A Smith Gallery’s 15th Anniversary Exhibition (Virtual Exhibition) | Deadline: 5/27, Fee: FREE, Submission: Up to 3 images, Exhibition Dates: June 1 to June 30, 2025, Exhibition Location: A Smith Gallery website.

  • Texas Photographic Society’s The Shape of Light (Exhibition + Award) | Deadline: 5/30, Fee: $35+, Submission: 5-12 Images, Awards: Ranging from $150 to $400, Exhibition Dates: July 18 to August 12, 2025, Exhibition Location: Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX, USA.

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