2025 Black & White Portfolio
Contest Entry Info
Submissions accepted thru January 15, 2025
MORE WINNERS!
24 Spotlight winners will be featured photographers in regular
issues of Black & White in 2025 and 2026
20 Excellence winners will have their work featured in four-page
spreads in the August 2025 Portfolio Contest Special Issue.
80 Merit winners will have their work featured in two-page
spreads in the August 2025 Portfolio Contest Special Issue
JUDGING: Each judge will act independently and winners will be chosen from merged lists of all judges.
ENTRY BONUS: All portfolios entered will be included in the galleries on our redesigned web site. Each of your photos will have a direct link to your web site. Currently we have over 100,000 photos from past contests in our searchable galleries with increasing traffic counts. This extra exposure makes the entry fees a good investment for your future.
A portfolio unit consists of no less than 8 and no more than 12 images. The images may represent the high point of a long career, a specific subject, or a special thematic treatment. More than one portfolio unit may be entered (additional fee required). Many of the 700 photographers spotlighted in Black & White so far have experienced welcome jolt to their sales as a result of the exposure. So take the chance of having your work seen by more than 40,000 viewers worldwide (Black & White is sold in 60 countries)!
CONTEST GUIDELINES:
- ELIGIBILITY: All photographers are eligible except employees and contract workers of Ross Periodicals.
- IMAGE CAPTURE: Images may be captured using film or digital.
- PORTFOLIOS: A portfolio unit consists of no fewer than 8 images and no more than 12 images. There is no limitation on the number of portfolio units that may be entered.
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PREPARING YOUR IMAGES:
- Save images at 300 ppi/dpi (lower-resolution files cannot be used), 8 bits, in grayscale, as jpeg files only.
- WIDTH must be 7 inches – Width is measured from left to right and will total 2,100 pixels. Enter 7" in WIDTH option when resizing and allow LENGTH to proportion itself naturally (pixel count will adjust accordingly).
- Use MEDIUM for Quality option. The image file size will be approximately 1MB.
- SUBMITTING IMAGES WITH OUR EASY ONLINE ENTRY SYSTEM: Your entire entry can be completed online with entry fee paid by credit card. See the ENTER button below. You will be walked through the entry process in three easy steps.
- ENTRY FEES: Fee for the first portfolio unit is US$45. Each additional portfolio unit is US$30. Payment may be made by credit card. Entry fees are non-refundable.
- COPYRIGHTS AND THE WEBSITE GALLERY: By entering this contest you give your permission for Black & White to print your images in our magazine and on our website for one-time use. Images entered in this contest will be posted on our website gallery with a link to your website.
- NOTIFICATION: The selection process will take several months to complete. All entrants will be notified by email.