PSA Interclub Competition 2024-2025
Nature and Open (Monochrome and Color)
Photographic Society of America (PSA) is an organization that offers photographic competitions and activities that span all continents, for both individuals and camera clubs. Vienna Photographic Society has been a PSA club member for many years. As such we can participate in the PSA Interclub Competitions, where clubs from all over the world compete against one another. Both club honors and individual awards can be achieved.
This season VPS will participate in Open (Color and Monochrome) and Nature categories of the PSA Interclub Competition. There are 3 rounds of competitions for each category and deadlines will appear on our club calendar. Entry is via the club website at vpsva.org. VPS may only submit six images for each category. To select which pictures to enter in the Open or PID category (Color and Monochrome), members will vote for their favorite submissions and we will enter the six photos with the most votes into the competition. As for the Nature competition, a panel of 3 judges will select the 6 nature images to be submitted to PSA.
Planned deadlines for entering the competitions each year are projected around the following dates: Round #1 mid-October, Round #2 mid-January, and Round #3 mid-March. An email will be sent out to all members regarding actual submission dates. Additionally, PSA requires a signed release if you ENTER an image in a competition. So, upon entering one or all three competitions, please forward the VPS PSA coordinator a copy of a signed release form if you have not already done so. The release is needed by PSA to upload all award winning images on their website and in their internationally published magazine. A release form is attached within the list of documents below. Any entries submitted without a release form will be disqualified. A release form is valid for three years. Once you have sent a signed release to the VPS PSA coordinator, you will be notified in advance to submit a renewed release form prior to your expiration date.
IMPORTANT: No use of AI generation is allowed in images.
Below are important documents that will help you achieve the highest ratings for your images and can also serve as a guide to help you choose/vote on images that will be sent to PSA via our selection process. To learn more details about each of the competition’s guidelines, please review the following documents:
Guide for PSA Nature Entries
PSA Nature Scoring/Judging Guide
PID Color Description and Scoring Guide
PID Visual Guide Updated
PID Monochrome Description and Scoring Guide
PSA Release Form - Word Format
PSA Release Form - JPEG Format
Current Image size for the competitions is 1920px x 1080px.