SUBMIT

Submission is open to all photographers internationally. Each new theme for submissions will be announced in the current issue, on our website and on our Instagram page. All processes, formats, techniques and experience levels are welcomed. Color work should be converted to greyscale.

We encourage a broad, unusual and creative interpretation of our theme.
There is no need to be literal. Images are chosen by artistic vision, overall excellence, how they relate to the theme, how well they reproduce in B&W and the whims of fate. All are subjective...

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
• Please convert color files to grayscale (RGB images will be converted upon receipt)
• Images submitted to previous SHOTS Issues are accepted, provided they were not published in SHOTS.
• Photographer's name and image title must be included in the filename of each image (for example: First _Last_Title.jpg).
• No submission fee for current and renewing subscribers - up to 8 images
• Subscribers can submit an additional 8 images for $28
• Non-subscriber entry fee $28 for up to 8 images 
• Non-subscribers will be sent a complimentary copy of the issue to which they submit, whether their work is selected or not.

2026 SUBMISSIONS SCHEDULE

ONLINE SUBMISSIONS ONLY
Shots does not review work on websites and does not accept unsolicited emailed files

FILE SPECIFICATIONS:
300 PPI JPEG files, sized to approximately 12” in the longest direction and saved to the highest quality possible. Please include your name and the title of the image in each file name (for example: First _Last_Title.jpg).

NOTIFICATION: 
Since all photographers submitting work will receive a copy of the magazine they submit to (and thus will see if their work was included), letters of notification are not sent. Please do not contact us asking if you were selected or not, you will be surprised (hopefully positively!) along with everyone else when your issue arrives.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
As a way to promote the photographers presented in the pages of Shots and to encourage dialogue between contributors, locations (city/state/country) and websites are printed in the back of the magazine. If you wish to have this information withheld, please indicate so. Also, photographs selected for Shots may be presented on the Shots website or in Shots social media feeds. If you do not wish to have your work shown on this site or on our social media sites (Instagram and Facebook), please indicate so. We always provide photo credits to the artist.

PHOTOGRAPHER'S RIGHTS:
All images, without exception, remain the copyright of the photographer creating the work. As creator or the work you own it- please be very suspicious of contests and publications that ask you to surrender ownership of your photographs. We wish to uphold and respect artists, as creators and owners of their work, while being an advocate for photographers rights. Shots Magazine's mission is to promote photography and photographers, never to exploit them. We hope others will respect photographer's rights as well.

WHO MAKES THE IMAGE SELECTION CHOICES?
The initial choices are made by our editor Elizabeth Flinsch. She is sensitive to a variety of styles and methods of making images and has a broad view of what photography can be. She does not consider the stature of the photographer but makes her choices completely by informed instinct and how the image plays off of or expands the notion of the particular theme in play. From there she makes an initial layout and then she and publisher Douglas Beasley go over image selections and pairings, trying to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. 

COMMON SUBMISSION MISTAKES:
• Not following submission guidelines above
• Not uploading all of your files
• Submitting image files that are too small to publish
• Submitting color image files
• Putting a photo credit or watermark on the image file

ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS:
Additional image submissions are accepted in increments of up to 8 images for a $28 fee. After completing your first submission set as a subscriber or non-subscriber, complete this form again with additional images and select "No" when asked "Are you a current paid subscriber."