2026 – Awarded and accepted

Dear participants,
Thank you ones again for the participation in the thirteenth International Photo Salon Plovdiv (BULGARIA) 2026 under the patronage of FIAP, HPS and APB!
From 25.05. till 06.06.2026 in Plovdiv was held the judging.
The Jury, composed of:
Bronwen Casey, EFIAP/d1, PFIAP, HonEFIAP, (Australia) – Chairman
and members:
Ioannis Lykouris, MFIAP, EFIAP/p, PFIAP, HonEFIAP (Greece)
Michele Macinai, EFIAP/p, ESFIAP (Italy)
Dimitrina Andreeva, EFIAP (Bulgaria)
Hristo Dimitrov, AFIAP (Bulgaria)
and Dimo Hristev, EFIAP/s (Bulgaria)

reviewed a total of 4424 photographs, entered by 289 participants from 41 countries in all 6th sections.
The final selection included 1188 photographs of 239 participants from 38 countries. The jury‘s decision is final and irrevocable.

Report with all the award winning authors and their works can be found HERE

IPS_Plovdiv_2026_results

Reports of accepted authors and their works in the final selection (by sections) can be found at the following links:

1. Open MONOCHROME
2. Open COLOR
3. NATURE
4. PHOTOJOURNALISM
5. PORTRAIT & BODY
6. WORLD in FOCUS

From 22.06.26 we will start sending the notification cards by e-mail. You will received detailed statistic of your participation with the following codes.
A – ACCEPTED photography     R – REJECTED photography     P – PRIZE photography

A selection with awarded photographs the will be printed and displayed in the exhibition, which will be open for viewing in period 15.08 - 07.09.2026 on Roman Stadium Square in Plovdiv. Welcome to the exhibition opening and awarding ceremony (the time will be announced later) of 13th International Photo Salon Plovdiv (BULGARIA) 2026 – We are expecting you!

Best regards,
Anton Savov, EFIAP, ESFIAP
IPS Plovdiv