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  • Carlotta Gallery - “Our Sky” A Sky Photography Exhibition
    Carlotta Gallery - “Our Sky” A Sky Photography Exhibition
    Sat, Dec 20
    Dec 20, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: £20 / Prize: Exhibition
    Theme: Sky Photography. "Our Sky" is a photography exhibition exploring the sky as a constant, shared presence that is at once universal and deeply personal. It is always above us, spanning cities, forests, oceans...
  • The Chateau Gallery -  Call For Entry: The Art of Street Photography
    The Chateau Gallery -  Call For Entry: The Art of Street Photography
    Sat, Dec 20
    Dec 20, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: $15 / Prize: Online Exhibition
    Theme: Street Photography. Street photography is a unique art form associated with a photographer's skill in capturing a moment that would have gone unseen without their intervention. A street photographer thrives in a time and place where the mundane transforms into the...
  • FREE ENTRY /  The Waterloo Centre for Microbiology Research (WCMR) - Microbiology Research Photo Contest
    FREE ENTRY /  The Waterloo Centre for Microbiology Research (WCMR) - Microbiology Research Photo Contest
    Dec 20, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Free / Prize: $200 + Publication
    Theme: Festive Microbes. Show us the beauty, creativity, and wonder of Microbiology through your research images. Whether captured through a microscope, a plate, with fluorescence or in the field, we want to see how your science can reflect the...
  • Lens Magazine - Lens Magazine for Fine Art Photography
    Lens Magazine - Lens Magazine for Fine Art Photography
    Sat, Dec 20
    Dec 20, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: $60 / Prize: Publication
    Theme: Open. Submissions from all countries are accepted until the 20th of each month. Send up to 15 low-resolution photographs, text resumes, or artist statements. Entry to the contest is free of charge. The chosen photographers will get international exposure with a full article featuring up to..
  • FREE ENTRY /  Reclaim Power - 12-Month Program
    FREE ENTRY /  Reclaim Power - 12-Month Program
    Sun, Dec 21
    Fee: Free / Prize: Mentorship
    Dec 21, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Free / Prize: Mentorship
    Theme: Open. Is 12 months of up to 2-hour weekly group meetings Tuesdays from 12-2pm ET facilitated personally by Dani. Once a month, one of these meetings will have a recorded workshop that is accessible on the community platform. We may occasionally have guests or guest facilitators...
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