Open Call for Volumes 5 and 6
Apply by midnight (GMT) on Wednesday 27 January 2027.
Photoworks is inviting submissions for volumes 5 and 6 of P5, our Photo Poetry Pamphlet series, developed in partnership with David Solo and designed by Jane & Jeremy.
Launched in 2025, P5 celebrates the creative possibilities of bringing photography and poetry together in a unique publication series. Our first four volumes explore a range of subjects, collaborations and approaches to combining text, image and page in meaningful, experimental and unexpected ways. We’re now looking for two new projects to join the series, with publications launching in Spring 2027.
We welcome submissions from artists working across photography and poetry, either individually or collaboratively. We’re interested in existing, unpublished work that explores the relationship between text and image, and the divergent processes of bringing the two together through the printed pamphlet form.
Read Hannah Geddes photography+ interview with the P5 artists about their pamphlet projects.
About the publications
Two projects will be selected for publication. Each pamphlet will be produced in full colour, approximately 6 × 9 inches in size, with 32–48 pages and a substantial print run. The publications will be sold through the Photoworks online shop, selected stockists and related events.
Selected artists will receive
- An artist fee of £1,000 per selected project
- 15 complimentary copies of the finished publication
- The opportunity to work with designers Jane & Jeremy to develop the publication
- Project promotion and programming opportunities
Selection criteria
Submissions will be assessed on the strength of the photography and text, and how effectively they work together to create layered meanings, further readings and interpretations. We are particularly interested in projects where the relationship between image and text goes beyond illustration or caption.
We will also consider how the work might translate into the pamphlet format, including its sequencing, layout and visual presentation.
Information session
Interested in submitting but have questions about the process? Join the Photoworks team, David Solo, and previous P5 awardee Siddharth Khajuria for an online information session on Wednesday 2 December, 4pm-5pm. We’ll introduce the project, talk through the submission process and share insights from Sidd’s experience of having his work selected for publication. Register for the information session here.
How to apply
Fill out the submission from P5: Photo Poetry Pamphlet series | Open call for submissions – Fill out form and share a link to your submission.
Who can apply
This open call is international and open to artists at all stages of their careers, regardless of experience, affiliation or status.
To apply, you must:
- Be aged 18 or over
- Be submitting an existing, finished or near-complete, previously unpublished photo-poetry project
- Be the creator or co-creator of the submitted photography and text. All work must be original and authored by the applicant(s)
- Have text that is predominantly in English
- Be willing to work with our design collaborators, Jane & Jeremy, to develop the project within the P5 publication format
IMPORTANT – Please ensure that your documents have sharing permissions set to ‘Anyone with the link can view’. We will not be able to consider submissions that we cannot access.
Deadline
To be considered, apply by midnight (GMT) on Wednesday 27 January 2027. If you have any questions, please contact info@photoworks.org.uk