The Welsh Photographic Federation
Undeb Ffotograffig Cymru
2026 PAGB Inter-Federation Competition & Exhibition
Our thanks go to Gareth Martin who, with me, selected 20 prints to be entered in each of three sections, mono, colour and nature, in this event. A list of the prints selected is here.
I have to submit our entry by 14 June and the judging takes place on 20 June. All being well, I shall be present.
There will be a further report following release of the official results.
Peter A Young CPAGB AFIAP HonPAGB
The 77th Midland Salon is now open. Online entries can be made at www.midland-salon.com. The closing date 22nd June 2026.
The Salon has FIAP, GPU & PAGB Patronage and sections for both Prints & Projected Images and has over 200 awards.
The six sections are:
Open monochrome prints
Open colour prints
Nature prints (new for 2026)
Open colour projected images
Open monochrome projected images
Nature projected images
All UK entrants will receive a 64-page colour catalogue and a digital catalogue will be sent to all entrants.
PAGB APM November 2026 Adjudication – Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 November 2026.
The weekend in Colchester has been rearranged and the Distinction Projected Digital Image section will be adjudicated on the Saturday. The spaces available are:
Saturday Adjudication: 3 Badge applications & 13 Credit applications
Sunday Adjudication: 13 Distinction/Excellence applications and around 5 Master applications
Please contact me to make an application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Peter A Young HonPAGB
PAGB Distinctions Officer
pagbapm@thewpf.co.uk
The 2026 PAGB Inter-Club Print Championship will be held on Saturday 24 October 2026 and it will have a new venue at Harper Adams University in Newport, Shropshire. We will be using the Weston Lecture Theatre.
The venue offers free parking and free WiFi. Tea, coffee and sandwiches will be available in a coffee bar about 5 minutes’ walk from the theatre. Also, lunch boxes can also be provided if ordered in advance.
Watch for more information in e-news nearer the time, including ticket arrangements.
The 162nd Edinburgh International Salon is open for entry. It is one of the most highly regarded photographic exhibitions in the UK and one of the few print-only international salons in the world. Each year, the exhibition attracts thousands of entries from photographers across the globe, drawn by its long history, high standards and distinctive focus on the printed image.
There are no genre restrictions, and entrants may submit up to four colour and four monochrome prints. All images must originate as original captures by light made by the entrant. The rules and all other details can be found here.
Congratulations to Gary Collyer, a member of Bridgend and District Camera Club, who is the sole WPF member to have an image accepted into this year’s PAGB Masters of Print Competition.
Masters of Print is held each year and is followed by a public exhibition which this year can be seen at the venues below.
FIAP have recognised that changes to the rules for the application of MFIAP were introduced at short notice and could adversely affect those who are already working towards application for MFIAP.
The new rules for 2026 require applicants for MFIAP to have achieved EFIAP/platinum to qualify for application for MFIAP whereas previously the applicant was only required to have achieved EFIAP.
Those who have already achieved EFIAP but not EFIAP/p are invited to apply for MFIAP as soon as possible. The closing date for receipt of such applications is 1st December 2025.
If you would like to apply for MFIAP please contact your FIAP Liaison Officer as soon as possible as there are processes to be completed before the application can be submitted to FIAP by the FIAP Liaison Officer.
The FIAP Liaison Officers are:
Would you like to participate in an Online Workshop with your PDI and Prints being assessed and discussed by a group of PAGB Adjudicators?
We already have lots of interest and hope to run this through September. You will need to upload your image files to our Central Management System (CMS) and post prints to us, probably by the end of August. Watch for a more detailed timetable soon.
Although we haven’t yet fixed dates but you would like us to look at your work, please provide your name, e-mail and answers to the following questions. Please e-mail to awards@thepagb.org.uk as soon as you can so that we can properly plan the events.
If you are registered with us, you will be contacted by e-mail with the details as soon as they are fixed and you will be given priority if there are more applications than we can handle immediately.
Please note that this does not affect our Online Mentoring Service and the PAGB Awards team will continue to support Federation Workshops when they are invited.
