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Winter 2026

Photography Competition

Theme: Glow in the Dark

Questions? Email arts-submissions@umich.edu

Submit Your Photos!

Entries are due Thursday, February 5!

Deadline to submit:
- Thursday, February 5, 11:00pm
Finalists exhibited online and in-person for voting:
- TBA
- Finalists will be exhibited for voting both online and in-person on all 3 campuses.
- Students with U-M IDs can vote online for two submissions.
Winners announced:
- Late February.
- Finalists will be notified before the official announcement.
- All applicants will be notified when the finalists are posted.
- First Place will receive $200.
- Second Place will receive $100.
- Third Place will receive $50.
Winners will be announced via our weekly email, Arts Info.
- All students enrolled at the University of Michigan during the Winter 2026 semester are eligible.
- Students do not need to be enrolled in a photography class or studying photography.
- Students may submit up to two photos for consideration.
- All entries must be submitted through the submission form before the deadline.
- One completed entry form per student.
- Limit two submissions per student.
- Photos must be submitted as a png or jpeg.
- Please title the file with the name of the drawing.
- Submissions missing information will not be considered by the judges.
By submitting work to the competition, you agree that you have the legal rights to distribute your submitted image. Once submitted, the Arts Initiative reserves the right to present your work in print materials and on our website, yet you always maintain copyright over the images and can request removal of the image from our website whenever you choose.