Enter the Awards

Open to professional and amateur photographers from any country shooting in all forms of black and white photography using traditional or digital methods.

Images do not need to be taken in the United States. We welcome images shot from all around the world that capture the global spirit of Americana.

Professional category is for photographers whose occupation and income is made as a photographer. The Amateur category is for photographers who do not make their main income from photography.

Create your online Portfolio, upload your images and pay entry fees. Your entry is submitted when entry fees are paid.

All entries must be received by the Closing Deadline - midnight (PST) Friday, September 25, 2026. Deadlines are subject to change.

Entry fees are $40 (Professional) or $30 (Amateur) per single image. Entry fees are non-refundable.

The early bird deadline celebrates the Call for Entries opening with a special 50 States introductory offer of 50% off entry fees for all submissions made before May 22, 2026.

The early closing deadline is the last day of our popular "2 for 1" Special to enter 2 images for the price of 1 before July 10, 2026.

The pack specials offer a discount to enter 5 or 10 entries before July 10, 2026. Placeholder images may be uploaded to lock-in the special pricing and replaced before the final deadline.

You can pay by visa, mastercard, amex or paypal. All payments are processed in USD currency.

Members of photography trade groups, associations, societies and clubs receive an extra 10% discount off entry fees. To qualify, click link at checkout and enter your group's name.

You get 10% of your entry fees back as Rewards at next year's program. Rewards are credit and can be used to pay entry fees.

There is no limit to the number of images you can submit.

Each image can only be submitted into one category.

Published and unpublished work is accepted.

There are no restrictions on the date of photograph.

Copyright remains with the owner at all times. Submitted images may be used to promote the awards. (See usage rights).

Only your name, country, biography and website are shown publicly on the website.

Digital images must be 2400 pixels max. longest side, 120 ppi, jpeg format, sRGB. Files should be named lastname-firstname_title.jpg (no accented characters in the filename).

Only digitial images are accepted.

Images must not have any embedded marks, logos, names or borders.

Photographs must be in black and white - no sepia or color toned images.

Digitally manipulated images are accepted.

AI created images are not accepted.

Click on an image to replace it or edit the title, caption or category. Every image must have a unique filename.

The caption is for anything noteworthy about the photograph, such as when, where or why it was taken, subject, context, etc.

Lobbying and unsolicited contact to the Jury members is instant disqualification.

Winners and nominees will be announced at the live online Photoshow, Saturday, November 7, 2026.

Prepare an Acceptance Speech to be posted on the website.