Annual Exhibition Overview and Introduction
Annual Exhibition 2027 Overview and Introduction
Please read the WPS Annual Exhibition Terms & Conditions for more information about the Exhibition and entry submission.
About the Exhibition
The 94th 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 13 December 2026 to 23:59 Saturday 10 January 2027 (4 weeks) |
| Judging Day | Saturday 16 January 2027 |
| Members notified of results | Wednesday 20 January 2027 |
| Print Collection Mounted in 50cm x 40cm | Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 9 February 2027 |
| Collation and Print Assessment We review the submitted printed images for print quality and content | Thursday 11 February 2027 |
| Framing Day | Saturday 20 February 2027 |
| Exhibition opens | Thursday 25 February 2027 |
| Exhibition closes | Sunday 11 April 2027 |
Classes and Trophies
There are ten classes, one fewer than last year last year, because we are not running the Beginners class.
There is no themed class in 2027.
A trophy will be awarded for the winner in each class, together with a number of certificates of merit.
| Classes | Trophy | |
| Class A | Beginners | This class will not be used in 2027 |
| 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 2027 Exhibition are now available here.
Please contact Trevor Morecraft WPS Print Exhibition Coordinator via exhibitioninfo@winphotosoc.uk for further information.