The Griffin Museum of Photography hosts multiple calls for entry year-round, offering exciting opportunities within our community. Entrants are considered for unique perks, including exhibition prizes, Director’s selections, special acquisition opportunities, and exclusive partnerships with leading photography publications. Additional benefits include cash awards, online exhibitions, and featured spotlights across our digital platforms.

2025 – 2026 Exhibition Opportunities

Winter Solstice Members’ Exhibition

In the darkness of winter, we search for the light. Our Winter Solstice Members Exhibition brings together our community, lighting up the museum with images, ideas, and boundless creativity, celebrating the works of our photo community in all of its splendor.

Submissions will open in October 2025.

Prospectus: Members are welcome to submit one physical print for display at the Main Gallery of the Griffin Museum. More details about size and framing requirements will be announced in October.

Exhibition Dates | December 6, 2025 – January 4, 2026

Image © Cathy Cone
As seen in Winter Solstice 2024

Vision(ary): Raising Our Voices
7th Summer Outdoor Exhibition

This is an open and free submissions. There is no barriers to apply. Global entries accepted.

Submissions will open in 2026.

Prospectus: Vision(ary) is the Griffin Museum of Photography’s 7th Annual summer public art exhibition dedicated to the art of visual storytelling. This public art installation features over 20 individual exhibitions with distinct photographic styles. Additional banners hung on light standards and sidewalk art installations can be found throughout Winchester’s downtown. For its 2026 edition, artists are required to submit a complete or near-to-completion project that falls within the umbrella of advocacy and social justice.

Exhibition Dates 2026 | June – September

Image © Isabella Kahn from 32 Years Later
As seen in Vision(ary) 2025

The Griffin Museum’s 16th Annual Photobook Exhibition

Juried by Karen Davis of Davis Orton Gallery, and Crista Dix, Executive Director of the Griffin Museum.

Submissions will open in 2026.

Prospectus: We welcome entrants who wish to display their self published and handmade photobooks in the Griffin Gallery for exhibition in the summer of 2025. Winners will be given the opportunity to donate a copy to the Griffin Library for the museum archive and collection. Submit up to three photobooks via CaFÉ.

Exhibition Dates 2026 | July 29 – September 6, 2026

Image © Brad Hamilton
As seen in the 15th Annual Photobook Exhibtion

2026 Handmade Photobook Exhibition

The juror for this exhibition will be a distinguished guest curator with deep expertise in self-publishing and the art of handmade photobooks. Full details will be announced soon.

Submissions will open in 2026.

Prospectus: This year is the first year we have a unique exhibition for handmade photobooks. Unlike our self published works, this call for entry requires the hand of the artist in the manufacture and production of the book and its contents.

Exhibition Dates 2026 | July 29 – September 6, 2026

Image © Laila Nahar

32nd Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition

The juror for the 32nd edition of our annual exhibition will be announced shortly. Stay tuned for the official announcement, where we’ll share more about their background, curatorial focus, and contributions to the field.

Submissions will begin in early March, 2026.

Prospectus: Our annual Juried Members’ Exhibition is intended for all creative artists using photography as a primary medium, highlighting still images and including moving images, installation, and public works, experimental and mixed techniques for inclusion in our summer exhibition.

Exhibition Dates 2026 | July 29 – September 6, 2026

Image © Marky Kauffmann
2024 Griffin Lens Award

Annual Scholarship & Residencies

The Griffin Museum proudly supports photographers at all stages through a range of scholarships and residencies designed to foster creative growth, community engagement, and bold photographic work. From emerging talent to mid-career professionals, our programs offer financial support, exhibition opportunities, publishing partnerships, and immersive residencies.

Explore our programs below.

The C. Harder Scholarship

The C. Harder Scholarship is a $1,000 annual scholarship supporting emerging photo-based artists. The award includes an exhibition at the museum in the Fall, as well as a spot in out 9-month project and portfolio development program, Photography Atelier.

More information about our inaugural panel of judges will be available soon.

Submissions will open in September.

Prospectus: More information about this scholarship will eb available soon.

The Richards Family Prize

The Richards Family Prize is a $4,000 scholarship support mid-career photographers producing work that is creative and original.

We are thrilled to announce that Aline Smithson, our 2025 Juror, has selected Izabella Demavlys as the winner of the inaugural Richard’s Family Prize for her powerful project, Without a Face.

Meet the 2025 winner and finalists here.

Submissions are now closed.

Application period for 2026 will open in October 2025

Prospectus: This $4,000 scholarship is open to professional and mid-career photographers worldwide. We define “professional” as any photographer who earns the majority of their income from photography. We define “mid-career” as any photographer with some visibility in exhibitions, gallery representation and scholarship and residency success in their photography career.

The winning submission, in addition to a cash prize to assist in production of the work, will have a catalog produced by Griffin Museum Press and an exhibition in our Winchester Museum in December 2025.

The John Chervisnky Emerging Photographer Scholarship

The $3,000 John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship seeks to recognize, encourage and reward photographers with the potential to create a body of work and sustain solo exhibitions.

In 2024, the prize was juried by Arlette & Gus Kayafas, Frazier King, and Bruce Myren.

Prospectus: Awarded annually, the Scholarship provides recipients with a monetary award of $3,000, exhibition of their work at the Griffin Museum of Photography, and a volume from John’s personal library of photography books. The Scholarship seeks to provide a watershed moment in the professional lives of emerging photographers, providing them with the support and encouragement necessary to develop, articulate and grow their own vision for photography.

Bridget Jourgensen‘s project, Homeshadows, 2024 Chervinsky Prize Winner. See the announcement here.