On Rose: A Juried Photography Contest
- Deadline: 31 August 2026
- Website: https://www.lookingglassphoto.com/pages/on-rose-photography-contest
**On Rose: A Juried Photography Contest + Bay Area Gallery Exhibition**
**What does Rose mean to you?**
Looking Glass Photo in Berkeley, California, invites photographers to answer that question through photography.
**On Rose** is a juried photo contest built around an intentionally open theme. Rose might be a flower—or a color, a place, a person, a memory, a symbol, a story, an emotion, an act of resistance, a moment of renewal, or something we haven’t imagined yet.
**A rose never has to appear in the photograph.**
Photographers may submit up to three images, created with film, digital cameras, or phones. Entries will be reviewed anonymously by three acclaimed Bay Area photographers: **Becky Jaffe, Sarah Deragon, and Brandon Ruffin**.
The **overall winner, category winners, and selected honorable mentions will be exhibited at Abrams Claghorn Gallery & Shop** in the San Francisco Bay Area in October 2026, with an opening celebration at the gallery.
Entry fees are offered on a sliding scale so photographers can choose the amount that works for them, with every entry receiving identical consideration in judging.
Fees:
Paid
Prizes:
The overall winner, category winners, and honorable mentions will have their work exhibited at Abrams Claghorn Gallery & Shop in the San Francisco Bay Area in October 2026, with an opening celebration at the gallery. The overall winner will also receive a commemorative trophy recognizing the strongest photograph in the contest.
Eligibility:
Open to legal residents of the United States age 18 or older. Submitted photographs must be the entrant’s original work and originate from a real-world photographic capture. Film, digital, and phone photography are welcome.
Copyrights & Usage Rights:
Photographers retain full copyright to their work. By entering, participants grant Looking Glass Photo a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use submitted images only for judging, exhibition, promotion, documentation, and archiving of On Rose and its results. Images will not be used for unrelated commercial purposes without separate permission.