Sections:
- OPEN COLOR (color only) PIDC
- OPEN MONOCHROME (monochrome only) PIDM
- NATURE GENERAL (color or greyscale monochrome only) ND
- PHOTO TRAVEL GENERAL (color or greyscale monochrome only) PTD
- PHOTOJOURNALISM GENERAL (color or monochrome only) PJD
Calendar:
- Closing Date: 30 December 2025
- All Judging completed by: 27 January 2026
- Score report sent by: 3 February 2026
- Awards mailed by: 28 March 2026
- Online gallery posted by: 17 February 2026
- Online catalog posted by: 28 March 2026
- Status Page and website available to: 27 January 2027
Image Specification:
- Photos must be in JPEG file format
- Maximum Horizontal length is 1920 pix.
- Maximum Vertical length is 1080 pix. In 300 dpi. Compression 7-12, max 2Mb.
- Oversized images shall be rejected by the system.
- Image title length must be less than or equal to 35 characters. Titles do not need to be
translated to English but must be given in English characters.
FEES
Euro 33 for any 1 section
Euro 38 for any 2 sections
Euro 44 for all sections
Payment via PayPal to ardourcircuit@gmail.com for international authors
Payment by NEFT/IMPS/Cash in and by Indian entrants only.
Domestic Bank details shall be available to domestic authors once they register for the contest.
Submitted works of the authors who did not pay entry fee would not be taken into consideration.
Entry Fee once paid is NON-REFUNDABLE
JURY PANEL
SALON 1
LUC DEQUICK, EPSA (Belgium)
JAN HAMMERSTAD, EPSA, BPSA (Denmark)
ANITHA MYSORE, GMPSA, EFIAP/d1, GPU CR-4 (India)
SALON 2
BETTY CHAN, GMPSA (Canada)
DAVID LARONDE, APSA, MPSA, SPSA (Canada)
DIBYENDU CHATTERJEE, EPSA, MNPS, GPU Cr1 (India)
SALON 3
PERTTI YLINEN, MPSA, EFIAP/p (Finland)
ROMOS KOTSONIS, MPSA (Cyprus)
SNIGDHA KAR, MPSA (India)
SALON 4
ALEKSANDAR SASIC, PPSA (Ireland)
IAN LEDGARD, GMPSA/B (Wales)
GURVINDER SINGH CHHABRA, PPSA, EFIAP (India)
SALON 5
COLIN BRADSHAW, EFIAP, EPSA (England)
GILLIAN STEYN, EPSA, EFIAP (England)
DEBASHIS MUKHERJEE, MPSA, EFIAP (India)
Payment Details
Open Color
1 x PSA Gold Medal
1 x GPF Medal
1 x Passion Medal
3 x Salon Merit E-Certificates (PDF)
3 x Jury Choice e-Certificates (PDF)
3 x Salon Diploma E-certificates (PDF)
Open Monochrome
1 x PSA Gold Medal
1 x GPF Medal
1 x Passion Medal
3 x Salon Merit E-Certificates (PDF)
3 x Jury Choice e-Certificates (PDF)
3 x Salon Diploma E-certificates (PDF)
Nature General
1 x PSA Gold Medal
1 x GPF Medal
1 x Passion Medal
3 x Salon Merit E-Certificates (PDF)
3 x Jury Choice e-Certificates (PDF)
3 x Salon Diploma E-certificates (PDF)
Photo Travel General
1 x PSA Gold Medal
1 x GPF Medal
1 x IIG Medal
3 x Salon Merit E-Certificates (PDF)
3 x Jury Choice e-Certificates (PDF)
3 x Salon Diploma E-certificates (PDF)
Photojournalism General
1 x PSA Gold Medal
1 x GPF Medal
1 x Passion Medal
3 x Salon Merit E-Certificates (PDF)
3 x Jury Choice e-Certificates (PDF)
3 x Salon Diploma E-certificates (PDF)
1 Best Group Award