Annual Exhibition 2026 Overview and Introduction
Please read the WPS Annual Exhibition Terms & Conditions for more information about the Exhibition and entry submission.
See also
the links point to the 2025 Exhibition until the 2026 results are known
- Annual Exhibition 2025 Results tabulated by class and by author
- Annual Exhibition 2025 Gallery – accepted images
- Annual Exhibition 2025 Catalogue – view online or download
About the Exhibition
The 93rd WPS Print Exhibition is to be held at the Arc in Jewry Street (in the mezzanine space).
Planning 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
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.
Key Dates:
| Entries Open (pdi submission) | Sunday 1 February to 23:59 Saturday 28 February 2026 (4 weeks) |
| Judging Day | Saturday 7 Match |
| Print Collection Mounted in 50cm x 40cm | Tuesday 17 March to Tuesday 31 March |
| Collation and Print Assessment We review the submitted printed images for print quality and content | Saturday 4 April |
| Framing Day | Saturday 11 April |
| Exhibition opens | Thursday 16 April |
| Exhibition closes | Sunday 31 May |
Classes and Trophies
There are eleven classes, the same number as last year, including one reserved for members of the WPS Beginners competition class.
There is no themed class in 2026.
A trophy will be awarded for the winner in each class, together with a number of certificates of merit.
| 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 H | Action | Ronald Toms Trophy |
| Class I | Monochrome | Jubilee Cup |
| Class J | Creative | Florence Wilcocks Cup |
| Class K | Scapes | Discovery 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 2026 Exhibition are now available here.
Please contact Trevor Morecraft WPS Print Exhibition Coordinator via ku.co1768157256sotoh1768157256pniw@1768157256ofnin1768157256oitib1768157256ihxe1768157256 for further information.