ASPIRE CIRCUIT 2026

Sections (All Digitals)

OPEN COLOUR (color only) PIDC
OPEN MONOCHROME (monochrome only) PIDM
NATURE GENERAL (color or grayscale monochrome) ND
PHOTO TRAVEL WORLD IN FOCUS (color or grayscale monochrome) PTDW
PHOTOJOURNALISM GENERAL (Color or grayscale monochrome) PJD
PEOPLE (color only) PIDC

Image Speciafications

Photos must be in JPEG file format; Max. Horizontal length is 1920 pixels.
Max. Vertical length is 1080 pixels. in 300 dpi.
Compression 7-12, max 2Mb.
Exhibitions are not allowed to resize oversized images.
In such cases the entrant is required to resubmit their entry with properly sized images.

Awards

PSA GOLD MEDAL (18 altogether)
SALON GOLD MEDALS (18 altogether)
SALON SILVER E-Certificates (18 altogether)
SALON BRONZE E-Certificates (18 altogether)
3 SALON DIPLOMA E-Certificates (54 altogether)
6 JURY CHOICE E-Certificates (108 altogether)

Calendar

Closing date: 2026-10-08 UTC−12:00, Baker Island
All judging completed by: 2026-11-05
Score reports sent by: 2026-11-12
EDAS submitted by: 2026-12-07
Online Galleries posted by: 2026-11-26
Award/Catalog posted by: 2027-01-06
Status Page and Website availability until: 2027-10-08

Jury Members

Salon 1

Livinus Bleyen (MPSA2, EFIAP/d3) - Belgium
Christos Konstantinou (Acheriotis, PPSA, EFIAP/g) – Cyprus
Ajay Kumar Tharavath (PPSA) – India

Salon 2

Michael Duke (PPSA, AFIAP, GPU CR2) - England
Claudio Pettazzi (MPSA, AFIAP) - Italy
Akhil Hardia (EFIAP) – India

Salon 3

Than Sint (GMPSA, GPSA, EFIAP) - Singapore
Kempanna Thimmarayappa (ARPS, EFIAP, MPSA) – India
Sudhir Saxena (ARPS, EFIAP/d3, GFIP) - India

Exhibition Chairman

Soumya Banerjee

Email: illuminaticircuit@gmail.com

Entry Fee (Entry fee once paid is non-refundable)

INTERNATIONAL ENTRANTS
23 Euro for any 1 section
4 Euro for each additional section
Club/Group Discount
22 Euro for group of 6 or more for any number of sections
19 Euro for group of 10 or more for any number of sections
INDIAN ENTRANTS ONLY
INR 1800 for any 1 section
INR 400 for each additional section
Club/Group Discount
INR 1900 for group of 6 or more entrants for any number of sections
INR 1700 for group of 10 or more entrants for any number of sections
EARLY BIRD (for first 32 paid entrants):
EURO 26 or INR 2000 for all sections
PAYMENT OPTIONS
PayPal ID: illuminaticircuit@gmail.com

Local entrants may use direct credit to an Indian bank account. Details available after registration within the software.

The works of the authors who do not make any payment by the closing date or make partial payment of entry fees will not be judged and such fees will not be refunded.