Category: Salon News

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PSA Successes July to October 2025

Below is the list of people who achieved PSA successes from July 2025  to the end of October 2025.

  • Ian Ledgard – Gold Medal x6, Silver x2, Jury Choice x1, Chairman’s Award x1, Merit x1, Diploma x2 & 11 HM’s
  • Tont Grubb 2 Star Colour Print Level Achieved
  • Paul James – Gold Medal x1,  Merit x1, & HM’s x4
  • Rhodri Phillips – Best Portrait Award & Ribbon Award.
  • Gary Shinner – Gold Medal x1, HM x1.

Congratulations to all members listed above, who reported back to me with their recent awards, medals and other successes in the PSA affiliated salons. If there are any other members of the PSA have some successes – then please e-mail me directly – gary_shinnerlrps@sky.com (Note the underscore)

Anyone out there wants to find out any more about the PSA, please again contact me, I’ll do my best to help you. However you can also go to their website. Good luck to everyone with their photographic journeys.

I wish ‘everyone’ reading this letter, Compliments of the Festive Season, and also a happy, healthy & prosperous New Year in 2026.

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51st Smethwick International

The 51st Smethwick International is now open for entries. Closing date is 27th October 2025.

On-line entry System here. Rules here.

Three Print Sections: Open Colour, Open Monochrome and Nature. Prints can be forwarded to Southampton. Three PDI Sections: Open Colour, Open Monochrome and Nature.

200 Medals and Ribbons to be won. Patronage: FIAP 2025-463, GPU L250105, PAGB 2026-008.

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4th EPS Digital Salon Open for Entries

The 4th Edinburgh Photographic Society Digital Salon is now open for entries. 

It has patronage from FIAP, PSA and GPU. There are four sections (open mono, open colour, nature general and people) and 77 awards. The salon is presented by Edinburgh Photographic Society in Scotland, the home of one of the oldest (1861) and longest running photographic print exhibitions: “The Edinburgh International”.

Entry closes at midnight on 9th November 2025. Click the image below for more information on how to enter.

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PAGB Online Advisory Workshop

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.

  1. What level are you interested in? (BPAGB CPAGB DPAGB EPAGB or MPAGB).
  2. Do you hope to apply for Adjudication in 2025 or 2026?
  3. If you are intending to apply soon, do you want a full potential entry reviewed or do you want to submit just a few images to determine which level you might be capable of?
  4. Will you wish to be advised on a potential PDI or a Print entry?
  5. Are you prepared to pay £10 to be advised or £5 to observe?

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.

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