APA's New York chapter invites all photographers to participate in our 4th Annual Juried Photography Competition and Exhibition at the renowned Soho Photo Gallery.

This one-week, open-gallery event, to be held January 26 – February 1, 2026, will give each photographic artist a chance to promote their work to New York’s top art buyers and editors, as well as the public.

What kinds of work should you submit? All kinds! You can submit personal work or assignment work; commercial or fine art; reportage, fashion, street photography, still life, landscape, macro or portraits; fantasy or reality; digital or old-school alternative processes; color or black & white; animal, vegetable or mineral; you name it (including any photographic genre we forgot to mention), and if it’s your best work, we want to see it.

There are two categories: Single Image Entries and Series Entries.

Photos will be featured on the gallery walls at this special event, juried by curator Amanda Hajjar.

The promotional effort for this event will include: Features on the APA website, a social media and PR campaign, a fully illustrated show catalogue, and an Opening Reception at the gallery to bring the industry professionals who buy photographs and hire photographers to see the exhibition.