SHOTS Magazine

05/25/2026

Greetings Community,

Reminding you that our new call for work is now live.

Our theme for our Fall 2026 Issue, #172 is

THE HUMAN FIGURE

We invite work that approaches the body as both material and metaphor:

a landscape, a vessel, a threshold, a trace

Your images must be submitted one week from now on June 1, 2026 by Midnight.

Image © Rachel Jump, "Dad's Constellation" SHOTS #169

05/11/2026

REST & RENEWAL is here ✨

Hello Community,

We are delighted to announce that our Summer 2026 Issue, #171 is now out featuring a stunning array of images that celebrate the quiet, essential rhythms that sustain us - pause, repair and return.

Our theme for this issue is

REST & RENEWAL

Congratulations to all published artist Blake Nellis with “An Idea that Fell into my Head”.

Thank you to each and all for collaborating with us on this delightful issue!

Image Credit: © Blake Nellis, “An Idea that Fell into my Head” SHOTS #171

04/01/2026

Greetings Photography Lovers ✨

We invite you to consider submitting your work for our upcoming call for work featuring

WILD, BRIGHT, OVERSATURATED COLOR IMAGES 🎨

Selected works will be included in our upcoming all color edition of SHOTS.

Deadline is April 1 by midnight. We can’t wait to see your work!

/wphotographyforever

03/07/2026

PLAY ON is here ✨

Hello Community,

We are delighted to announce that our Spring 2026 Issue, #170 is now out featuring an intentional collection of images that invite us to loosen our grip and inspire us to experience more ways to

PLAY ON

and remember why we began creating in the first place.

Congratulations to all published artists and to Front Cover Photographer, Chehalis Deane Hegner with her image, “Birdman”.

Thank you to each and all for collaborating with us on this delightful issue!

Link to check out our current issue in bio ✨

02/28/2026

Restoring Energy ✨

Greetings Community,

Last call to join us in our current call for work.

Our theme for our Summer 2026 Issue, #171 is

REST & RENEWAL

Show us your interpretation of what it means to restore the energy needed so we can begin again.

Your images must be submitted one day from now on March 1, 2026 by Midnight.

Image Andreas John © , “Reciprocity” SHOTS #169

02/23/2026

Douglas Beasley
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Shared with Public
Call for entry: “Sanctuary” at A Smith Gallery
Submissions due Monday, March 2.
Juror: Doug Beasley, photographer, educator and publisher of Shots Magazine.

Call for entry: “sanctuary”
Submissions to: Monday, March 2, 2026
Juror: Doug Beasley, photographer, educator and publisher of Shots Magazine.

This is Melina Meza’s image “Hiding” from the “sanctuary” exhibition in 2024. To see more of Melina’s work, please visit her website melinamezaphotography.com

To read the prospectus or to enter, https://asmithgallery.com/main-gallery-call-for-entry/

Photographers submitting 13 or more images are entitled to receive a complimentary review by the gallery directors. Photographers entering less than 13 images, can also receive a review for an additional nominal fee.

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02/22/2026

Rooted in Softness ✨

Greetings Community,

We are reaching out to invite you to join us in our current call for work.

Our theme for our Summer 2026 Issue, #171 is

REST & RENEWAL

Show us your interpretation of what it means to be rooted in softness.

Your images must be submitted one week from now on March 1, 2026 by Midnight.

Image © Anthony Striplen, “Terra Femina” SHOTS #169

02/13/2026

CALL FOR WORK ✨ REST & RENEWAL

Greetings Community,

We are reaching out to remind you about our new call for work.

Our theme for our Summer 2026 Issue, #171 is

REST & RENEWAL

We invite you to explore this theme and share your perspective on the quiet work of slowing down - of stepping back, refining attention, and making space for new growth.

Your images must be submitted two weeks from now on March 1, 2026 by Midnight.

Image © Kelly O’Leary, “Tendril” SHOTS #161

01/30/2026

Please use your voice, your art, your skills to speak up against what is happening in Minneapolis, and across the country. Now is not the time to stay silent and hope things get better. Artists and photographers- the world needs you!

Thank you. Douglas Beasley, SHOTS Publisher

11/17/2025

The play’s the thing ✨

Call for work invite!

Our theme for our Spring 2026 Issue, #170 is PLAY ON

Show us your interpretation of what it means to Play.

Your images must be submitted two weeks from now on December 1, 2025 by Midnight.

Photo credit: .portraits “Fall Pumpkinhead” SHOTS #168