RBSA Photography Prize 2025

Type:

Industry:

Organisation:

Eligibility:

Not for profit:

The RBSA Photography Prize 2025 invites artists creating work using photographic processes to enter work. This is the sixth RBSA Photography Prize exhibition to be held.

We welcome entries from professional and emerging artists based locally, nationally, and internationally. There are five prizes to be won, including £1,000 First Prize, £500 Second Prize, £250 Third Prize, £250 Student Prize, and a 2026 RBSA Gallery Solo Show Prize. Up to six highly commended certificates will also be awarded.

Selection for the Photography Prize is by digital image of the original artwork only. All works entered go through the same anonymous selection process. The selection is based on the assessment of the quality and interest of each work.

The exhibition will be opened by renowned Birmingham based photographer, Vanley Burke at the Private View on Thursday 27 February from 6.00pm – 8.00pm.

Selecting the 2025 exhibition will be:

  • Sebah Chaudhry – Trustee at the Royal Photographic Society

  • Nicholas Priest – Lecturer in Photography at Birmingham City University

  • Verity Milligan – award-winning photographer

Since its first introduction in 2015, the biennial RBSA Photography Prize has grown significantly, attracting increased submissions with each exhibition held.

Expanded for the second time to fill both gallery spaces, the 2025 show is a celebration of artwork produced by both established and emerging photographers. This year’s exhibition is also the second to be held since the decision was made to admit photography into the Society in October 2022.x

Prize Summary: 
First prize £1000
Prizes Details: 

There are five prizes to be won, including £1,000 First Prize, £500 Second Prize, £250 Third Prize, £250 Student Prize, and a 2026 RBSA Gallery Solo Show Prize. Up to six highly commended certificates will also be awarded.

Event date: 
February 27, 2025 to March 22, 2025
Location: 
RBSA Gallery, 4 Brook Street, Birmingham, B3 1SA
Deadline: 
28/January/2025
Contact & Links: 
Call for Artists

Lottozero

Prato

Textile Art Factory

15/June/2026

Call for Artists

SPIRA9 ART

London

Open Call for Artists (All Mediums) - B*O/D&Y Exhibition, London

16/June/2026

Call for Artists

National Art League

New York

95th Annual Online Juried Open Exhibition

03/July/2026

Call for Artists

ITSLIQUID

BARCELONA

CALL FOR ARTISTS BARCELONA CONTEMPORARY – 9TH EDITION 2026

28/June/2026

Call for Entries

The Image Flow Photography Center

San Anselmo

Photo of the Season Photography Competition

20/June/2026

Call for Submissions

Insecta Collective

Leicester

A Celebration of Biodiversity Exhibition

30/June/2026

Call for Artists

Yarong ZENG

Shanghai

【OPEN CALL】2026 ICCI ART VALLEY PROGRAM International Visiting Art Scholars

15/July/2026

Call for Artists

Royal West of England Academy

Bristol

173 Annual Open Exhibition

22/June/2026

Call for Artists

ITSLIQUID

Venice

CALL FOR ARTISTS ROME INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR – 18TH EDITION 2026

28/June/2026

Call for Artists

Woman Made Gallery

Chicago

Feminism 250: Woman Made America

27/June/2026

Residency

We-Che International Art Residency

Trevelin

Open Call - We-Che Art Residency in Patagonia

15/June/2026

Residency

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

Banff

Deep Winter Writers 2027

15/July/2026

Call for Artists

AHC Projects Hamburg

#Hamburg

DEJA-VU! Reality or Dream?

15/June/2026

Residency

SOPRA SOTTO

Naarden

Bridging Inner/Outer Worlds ​

12/June/2026

Residency

La Maldita Estampa

BARCELONA

OPEN CALL /ART PRINT RESIDENCY - La Maldita Estampa - SUMMER - BARCELONA 2026

18/June/2026

Call for Artists

Gallery B612

Seattle

Open Call for the Upcoming Exhibition: Fauna Aquatica: On Fluid Existence

12/July/2026

Call for Entries

Pennsylvania Journal of Arts and Sciences

Print Magazine Cover Feature: Summer 2026 Issue

29/June/2026

Call for Artists

Zealous

The Artist Prize

08/July/2026

Call for Artists

COMEL Award

Latina

COMEL Award 2026: Aluminium Future Intertwinings

21/June/2026