Entries set for Cumberland Valley photo contest, exhibit

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Valerie Dyer of Frederick, Maryland, won third place juror’s award for the 2024 Cumberland Valley Photographers exhibition for her digital photograph, “Into the Fog.” This image also garnered her the People’s Choice Award.

HAGERSTOWN – The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts has announced a call for entries for the 2025 Cumberland Valley Photographers Exhibition.

Entries for Cumberland Valley Photographers will be accepted Oct. 11 through 3 p.m. Nov. 29. Entries can be submitted through the online portal at https://client.smarterentry.com/wcmfa.

An annual tradition since the 1930s, the Cumberland Valley Photographers Exhibition showcases, celebrates and supports artists of the Cumberland Valley region. Each year, hundreds of works are submitted for consideration for inclusion by exhibition jurors.

The photographers exhibition will be on view April 5 through July 27, 2025.  Photographers from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia may enter the competition. A First Place Juror’s Award will be named in two categories with a $1,000 cash award.

All work must have been completed in the last two years. Artists can submit up to four pieces.  This call for entries is only for the Cumberland Valley Photographers exhibition. The call-out for the Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition will be released separately because the exhibitions no longer run concurrently. The Artists Exhibition is currently scheduled for Nov. 8. 2025, through March 1, 2026, and the call for entries for that exhibition will be about six months prior.

For complete rules, people may go to https://wcmfa.org/news-listing/call-for-entries/. For more information, they also may call the museum at 301-739-5727 or [email protected].

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