PSA Interclub Competitions

PSA Award of Merit winner, Nature Division photo credit: Cindy Costa

Welcome to the Interclub Competition page! Thank you for your interest in this international photo competition for PSA member clubs. Each competition season consists of 3 rounds: in November, February, and April. Submission deadlines are November 10, February 10, and April 10. A PSA release form certifying you as sole creator of the photo, and allowing PSA to show off your image on their website, must be on file before your images can be uploaded to PSA. It is valid for 3 years. The form and instructions may be found here.

NATURE DIVISION: ND emphasizes an honest, natural-appearing image of a nature story, emphasis on the nature story (think animal interactions). Anything that shows "the hand of man" is not allowed. If you wish to delve into the judging nuances see: PSA Guidelines for ND.
PICTORIAL IMAGE DIVISION is divided into Color and Monochrome classes. The minimal guidelines are nicely summarized here.
PICTORIAL IMAGE DIVISION-COLOR: PID-Color has no subject or processing restrictions.
PICTORIAL IMAGE DIVISION-MONOCHROME: PID-Monochrome may be Black and White or single-toned (e.g. sepia) images.
Any aspect ratio is acceptable but dimensions must not exceed 1920 pixels horizontal or 1080 pixels vertical (16:9 HD). Therefore, for most images, resize it to 1080 pixels vertical, then check that the horizontal dimension does not exceed 1920 pixels.
You can submit 1-2 images per category per round. No more than one of them may be selected for entry, however.
File naming: Please use WCC's standard for all competition and exhibition submissions: LastName_FirstName_Title (for example: Kodak_Joe_Delicate Arch) Title limit is 36 characters for PSA. JPG format only.
Any image submitted to PSA for the competition can never be used again in that same division.
Questions? Contact the PSA Club Representative.

Click on the appropriate link below to upload your images. You must be signed in to view links, which will be active (red) only during the submission period.

Round 1 Opening October 5!

Round 2 Closed

Round 3 Closed

View WCC entries here.

View PSA website Award of Merit and Honorable Mention winning images here. (There may be a several week delay before they are posted)