Photos must be submitted in JPEG file format following instructions at https://zeal.minicontest.art. Horizontal length is 1920 pixels. Maximum Vertical length is 1080 pixels. In 300 dpi. Compression 7-12, maximum 2Mb. Exhibitions are not allowed to resize oversized images. In such cases the entrant is required to resubmit their entry with properly sized images

Sections

Open Color – PIDC (Color Only)

Open Monochrome – PIDM (Monochrome Only)

Nature General – ND (Color and Grayscale Monochrome)

Photo Travel General – PTD (color or grayscale monochrome)

People – PIDC (Color Only)

Calendar

Closing Date: 31st January 2025
All Judging completed by:
28th February 2025
Score reports sent by:
07th March 2025
Awards mailed by:
29th April 2025
On-line Gallery posted by:
21st March 2025
On-line Catalog posted by:
29th April 2025
Status page and website publicly accessible till: 28th February 2026

Entry Fee

US $28 for any 2 sections
US $5 for each additional section

Payment Method

Payment via PayPal to passionminiawards@gmail.com for overseas authors AND by NEFT/IMPS/Cash in hand by Indian entrants. Submitted works of the authors who did not pay entry fee would not be taken into consideration.

Awards Details

1 x PSA Gold (For Each Section)
1 x GPF Medal (For Each Section)
1 x Passion Medal (For Each Section)
3 x Jury Choice E-Certificates (For Each Section) 
3 x Salon Diploma E-Certificates (For Each Section)
3 x  Honourable Mention E-Certificates (For Each Section)
1 Best Entrant of the circuit (IIG Medal)
1 Best Club/Group Award for the salon (Minimum 14 entrants)

E-Certificates will not be posted to the entrant. They can be downloaded from our website
at https://zeal.minicontest.art

Jury Panel

SALON 1

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Charles Burke, HonPSA, EPSA (USA)
(Open Color, Open Monochrome, Nature, People)

Richard bailey

Richard Bailey, EPSA, AFIAP (USA)
(Open Color, Photo Travel, Nature)

Irene Kramer EPSA, AFIAP

Irene Kramer, EPSA (USA)
(Open Monochrome, Photo Travel, People)

Asok Samaddar

Asok Samaddar, MPSA (India)
(Open Color, Open Monochrome, Nature, Photo Travel, People)

SALON 2

Edward wong

Edward Wong, MPSA2 (Hong Kong)
(Open Color, Open Monochrome, Nature, People)

Kyaw Zwa Win

Kyaw Zwa Win , EFIAP, ARPS, QPSA,SPSA (Myanmar)
(Open Color, Photo Travel, Nature)

helena van

Helena Van , BPSA (Vietnam)
(Open Monochrome, Photo Travel, People)

Abir Ghosh

Abir Ghosh , EFIAP,EFIP (India)
(Open Color, Open Monochrome, Nature, Photo Travel, People)

SALON 3

Thanasis Hadjipavlou

Thanasis Hadjipavlou, GMPSA (Cyprus)
(Open Color, Open Monochrome, Nature, People)

Mathieu De Bosscher

Mathieu De Bosscher , MPSA (Belgium)
(Open Color, Photo Travel, Nature)

Umberto Deramo

Umberto D’Eramo, MPSA (Italy)
(Open Monochrome, Photo Travel, People)

Venkatesh BS

Venkatesh BS, GMPSA/b, EFIAP/b, GPU CR4 (India)
(Open Color, Open Monochrome, Nature, Photo Travel, People)

SALON 4

Dr-Wendy-Allard-1

Wendy Allard, PPSA (England)
(All Sections)

KHUSHWANT SINGH sardalia

Khushwant Singh Sardalia, EPSA (India)
(All Sections)

Massimo Tommi

Massimo Tommi, GMPSA/B (Italy)
(All Sections)