Competitions
OVERCOMING — what remains standing
Brooklyn, New York
Entry Fee: $25
Additional Entries: $5
Contact Information
Requirement Overview
Location Eligibility Type: International
Eligible Applicant Types: Artist
Submission Limit: 1
Media Requirements
Images | Min: 4, Max: 10
Audio | Min: 0, Max: 0
Video | Min: 0, Max: 0
Total | Min: 4, Max: 10
Opportunity Summary
Things break. People struggle. Places change. And yet — something endures.
Overcoming — What Remains Standing invites photographers to submit work about survival, resilience, and what's left after hardship. We're looking for images that show what it means to get through something — whether that's personal loss, illness, grief, displacement, or simply the passage of difficult time. There's no single right approach: your work can be documentary or staged, abstract or portrait, raw or quiet. What matters is that it's honest.
All photographic processes and experience levels are welcome.
Juror: Douglas Beasley
First Place: $500 plus a solo exhibition on the gallery's website
Second Place: $250
Third Place: $150
Two Honorable Mentions: $50 each
Human Presence Nomination: Free entry to one future Open Call of the photographer’s choice
General Information
Overcoming— what remains standing
Call Type: Photography
Eligibility: International
Exhibition Type: Online
Entry Fee: $25 up to 4 entries, $5 each additional entry
Deadline: August 3, 2026
Notification Date: August 15
Exhibition Dates: August 20 — October 20
Juror: TBD
Things break. People struggle. Places change. And yet — something endures.
Overcoming — What Remains Standing invites photographers to submit work about survival, resilience, and what's left after hardship. We're looking for images that show what it means to get through something — whether that's personal loss, illness, grief, displacement, or simply the passage of difficult time. There's no single right approach: your work can be documentary or staged, abstract or portrait, raw or quiet. What matters is that it's honest.
All photographic processes and experience levels are welcome.
Submission Details:
Open to all photographers worldwide
All photographic styles and processes welcome
Maximum 8 images per submission
Please submit jpg files at 2100 pixels, or more, on the long side without any text, watermarks, borders, or frames. We want the work to be seen as it is, without any added elements that might distract from the image itself.
What Selected Photographers Receive
First Place: $500 plus a solo exhibition on the gallery's website
Second Place: $250
Third Place: $150
Two Honorable Mentions: $50 each
Human Presence Nomination: Free entry to one future Open Call of the photographer’s choice
- Inclusion in the curated online exhibition
- Permanent exhibition page on Decagon Gallery
- Feature on Decagon’s Instagram
- Inclusion in the exhibition catalog
Juror: Douglas Beasley
Photographers retain all rights, including copyright, to their photographs.
Application Requirements
- Work: Submit up to images that you believe capture the essence of the "OVERCOMING" theme.
- Format: JPEG or JPG, minimum size 2100 px on the longest side.
- Entry Fee: $25 for 4 images, $5 for each additional image.
- Deadline: All entries must be received by August 3
- Online Exhibition Dates: August 20 through October 20, 2026 then archived on our gallery
About the Gallery
Decagon Gallery is an online photography gallery dedicated to thoughtful, contemporary photographic work by artists worldwide. The gallery emphasizes strong curatorial vision, professional presentation, and meaningful engagement with photographers at all stages of their careers.
Eligibility Criteria
Open to photographers worldwide, 18 years and older.