The 2026 Exhibition and Awards will take place at Wex Photo Video Nottingham. The opening event and awards will take place on the 20th November and the exhibition will continue until the 31st December, please check opening times with the store before visiting. The exhibition catalogue is available here
There are three categories for entrants; preliminary and advanced and this year we are reintroducing a category for our visually impaired members too.
To enter in the preliminary category, you must never have won a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place award in any of our previous exhibitions, nor can you hold any photographic distinction from the DPS, the RPS, or the PAGB.
Each of the Preliminary and advanced categories will have four sections that can be entered, with a maximum of 4 images per section. The sections subjects in each case are; Open Prints, Nature Prints, Open Projected, and Nature Projected.
Members with a visual acuity of 6/18 or less may enter the Visually Impaired category. A sight disability must also be registered as a part of your membership of the DPS.
The Visually Impaired category will have one section, which will be open projected, being defined as any subject matter may be submitted and a maximum of four images may be entered per member.
The subject categories are defined as; Open (any subject may be submitted) and Nature, in which only genuine nature shots can be accepted. That means no pictures of domestic animals or garden plants and no evidence of human activity except to show the negative influence of man on nature. Pictures can be taken of animals in captivity but must appear as if taken in the natural setting of the creature. Geological and weather-related subjects might also be entered as nature if taken to show the effects of nature. E.g., erosion, waves etc.
In all cases, images can be colour, monochrome, or a mixture of both.
If you require any information that is not included on this page then please contact: exhibitions@the-dps.co.uk
