Annual Exhibition 2024 Overview and Introduction
Annual Exhibition 2024
Please read the WPS 2024 Annual Exhibition Terms & Conditions for more information about the Exhibition and entry submission.
See also
- Annual Exhibition 2024 Results tabulated by class and by author
- Annual Exhibition 2024 Gallery – accepted images
About the Exhibition
The 91st WPS Print Exhibition is to be held at the Arc (in the mezzanine space).
Critical dates:
- Entries open (pdi submission) Sunday 18th Feb – Sunday 17th Mar (4 weeks)
- Judging Day will be Saturday 23rd March
- Print Collection Tuesday 2nd Apr – Tuesday 16th Apr
- Collation and Print Assessment – Wednesday 17th Apr
We will review the submitted printed images for print quality and content.
Preparing your entries
Up to 12 images total can be entered per WPS member
- 1 set of 3 counts as 1 image
- Entry cost £2.00 per image
- Maximum of 4 entries in any single class per member
- Entries must not have been accepted in any previous WPS Annual Exhibition. (Internal competitions and WNE entered images are OK)
- Not offensive – No nudity, foul language etc.
- Entries must be compliant with the rules of the class
Classes and Trophies
There are ten classes, the same as last year, including one reserved for members of the WPS Beginners competition class.
In addition, there is a special Themed Class.
To mark the WPS Centenary, this year’s Theme is ‘Celebration’. This could be a birthday, a special event, players celebrating a goal etc. This has a wide scope.
A trophy will be awarded for the winner in each class, together with a number of certificates of merit.
Print Sales
As last year, the ARC will offer our images for sale.
If you do not want an image sold, you should mark it as Not For Sale.
| Classes | Trophy | |
| Class A | Beginners | Cliff Pinn Trophy |
| Class B | Set of Three | Challenge Trophy |
| Class C | Free Subject | D J Cup |
| Class D | Hampshire | Hampshire Chronicle Bowl |
| Class E | Human Portrait | Pyne Medal |
| Class F | Nature | King Alfred Cup |
| Class G | Street/Urban | Robert Moore Trophy |
| Class I | Monochrome | Jubilee Cup |
| Class J | Creative | Florence Wilcocks Cup |
| Class K | Scapes | Discovery Trophy |
| Themed Class | Celebration | Ronald Toms Trophy |
| – | Public Vote | Murla Trophy |
Entry process
Entries must be submitted electronically via the online PDI upload system which will be available for four weeks, prior to images being judged. Please read the Terms and Conditions before doing this.
Images will be entered in classes, checked for adherence to society and class rules, and judged by a team of three expert judges who are not members of WPS.
After judging, entrants will be notified which of their images have been accepted and whether they have been awarded any Trophies or Certificates of Merit. At this stage, entrants must submit prints of the accepted images, which must be available to the organisers by the deadline shown below. They will be retained for framing and hanging and returned after the exhibition.
The Exhibition
It intended that the Annual Exhibition will include a Private View evening, when members and their guests may view the exhibition.
Trophies and Certificates of Merit will be presented.
Each visitor has the opportunity to purchase work, and is invited to enter the Public Vote for their favourite print.
After the Exhibition closes, the winner of the Public Vote will be announced and awarded the Murla trophy.
The Catalogue listing all accepted entries, with reproductions of the trophy and certificate winning images and a selection of the accepted images, will be available to view online, as will a gallery of all the accepted images.
Each entrant will receive a copy of the printed catalogue.
Helpers needed
All members of WPS are encouraged to enter work for the exhibition and to assist in the process of organising and staffing it.
Volunteers are required at each stage and are vital to its success, but volunteering also offers an enjoyable experience and the opportunity to learn what distinguishes a successful exhibition print.
Next Steps
Detailed rules, and Terms and Conditions of entry for the 2024 Exhibition are now available here.
Key Dates in 2024
| Entries Open (pdi submission) | Sunday 18 February to 23:59 Sunday 17 March 2024 |
| Digital judging | Saturday 23 March |
| Submission of mounted prints for accepted entries | Tuesday 2 April – Tuesday 16 April |
| Collation and Print Assessment We review the submitted printed images for print quality and content | Wednesday 17 April |
| Sorting/framing prints | |
| Hanging exhibition | |
| Exhibition opens | Saturday 27 April |
| Exhibition closes | Sunday 9 June |
Please contact Trevor Morecraft WPS Print Exhibition Coordinator via ku.co1732170429sotoh1732170429pniw@1732170429ofnin1732170429oitib1732170429ihxe1732170429 for further information.
