JRNL Open Call

[ See you at the Fall Mag. issue’s Nov.13 Paris launch party! 🥂 🇫🇷 ]

WINTER/SPRING 2027 OPEN CALL

With the first Summer/Fall 2026 JRNL Magazine Issue currently on press ahead of its November 13th Paris release party, FOTOFILMIC is thrilled to announce the Winter/Spring 2027 JRNL Magazine Issue Open Call!

Submissions are open until Monday, December 14, and will all be closely reviewed over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays by our new guest editing panel composed of three reputed figures of contemporary photography globally: acclaimed photographic artist Pixy Liao, renowned Photo Director and independent consultant Emily Keegin, and  leading Curator and C/O Berlin Head of Program Boaz Levin! ⇣ Scroll down to the “Guest Editors” section below to learn more about each of these amazing jurors!

9 photographers to be published across 9 full magazine spreads each will be carefully selected by the jurors, and announced on Thursday, January 14, 2027! 

 

MARCH 2027 TOKYO LAUNCH PARTY
From there, FOTOFILMIC will work with each published photographer over the remainder of January gathering all their work files and artist information. Winter/Spring 2027 JRNL Magazine print copies will go on sale and be officially released at our Tokyo Launch Party in March 2027! 🔥 🇯🇵 🗼

 

WORK ELIGIBILITY 
JRNL Magazine welcomes all lens-based contemporary practices from film and alternative/historical processes, to digital photography and the infinite hybridized methods of making work that exist between the two realms today!

JRNL Magazine is first-and-foremost an authorial photography publication, seeking to publish original works and stories attuned to the complex fabric of our fast-changing societies. As such, its publishing brackets are opened wide to all topics and subjects from the personal and the nitty-gritty of everyday life, to more integral studies unfolding visions of critical importance.

Unsure about submitting your work? Drop us a line/question at info@fotofilmic.com!

 

⇣Also see the JRNL CALL DETAILS accordions at the bottom of the page for all publication format, program schedule and submission fee details!⇣

GUEST EDITORS

PIXY LIAO

Pixy Liao, originally from Shanghai, China, is an artist based in Tokyo. She has exhibited her work internationally at venues such as Art Institute of Chicago, Fotografiska, Rencontres d’Arles, the Asia Society, and the National Gallery of Australia. Liao is a Guggenheim Fellow and has received the NYFA Fellowship in Photography, the Santo Foundation Individual Artist Award, and the Madame Figaro Women Photographers Award. Her residency history includes Light Work, the Center for Photography at Woodstock, the University of the Arts London, the School of Visual Arts, Pioneer Works, and the Camera Club of New York.

@bloodypixy

EMILY KEEGIN

Emily Keegin is a photo director and consultant based in Oakland, Ca. She began her career at Time magazine, was the Deputy Photo Director at Bloomberg Businessweek and Director of Photography at The Fader. Other clients include Colors Studio, IBM, Nike, and Apple. She holds a BA from Bennington College and an MA in Fine Art Photography from the Royal College of Art.

@emily_elsie

BOAZ LEVIN

Boaz Levin is a Berlin-based writer, curator, occasional filmmaker, and Co-Head of Program at C/O Berlin. Together with Hito Steyerl and Vera Tollmann, he founded the Research Center for Proxy Politics. He co-curated the 2017 Biennale für Aktuelle Fotografie in Heidelberg, Mannheim, and Ludwigshafen, and the third Chennai Photo Biennale in 2021. In 2022, he co-curated Mining Photography: The Ecological Footprint of Image Production, which opened at MK&G Hamburg before traveling to several other venues,  followed by Image Ecology at C/O Berlin in 2023. In 2024, he curated Träum Weiter – Berlin, die 90er with Annette Hausschild at C/O Berlin, which attracted over 140.000 visitors. Most recently, in 2026, he was the curator of Dörte Eißfeldt . Archipelago. Levin’s writing has appeared in Texte zur Kunst, Camera Austria, Frieze, and Cabinet Magazine. From 2020 to 2023, he served as editor of Cabinet Magazine‘s online platform, Kiosk.

@boazmlevin
@coberlin

 

CALL DETAILS

SUBMISSIONS/PUBLICATION

SUBMISSIONS

  • JRNL submissions are open to all types of photographic work (film, analog and digital). Please note however that no AI-generated imagery can be entered in JRNL calls.

  • Each submission must include a minimum of 10 images, and up to 25 images coming from a single series/project or cohesive body of work.

  • Photographers can submit up to two different submissions per JRNL call.

  • All works submitted must have been created within the past 10 years (Jan. 2017 and after).

  • All validated submissions will be forwarded to the 3 JRNL Magazine guest editors at the end of the call for their careful review and to make their final selections.

PUBLICATION

  • A4/8.3 x 10.7 inches magazine format
    Each selected photographer for this new JRNL Magazine issue will receive 9-spread (18 pages) worth of publishing space to present their work in-depth to world audiences. Published photographers will be required to provide FotoFilmic with high resolution images of all the works they submitted by Sunday, January 31, 2027, along with a short biography and an artist/project statement (each not to exceed 200 words).

  • The 10 published photographers will each receive one (1) complimentary JRNL Magazine Winter/Spring 2027 Issue print copy in the mail free of any cost. They can also opt to pick up their free copy in person during the March Tokyo Magazine launch.

  • In addition to online sales and the Tokyo launch event, magazine print copies will also remain available at FOTOFILMIC’s headquarters on Bowen Island, BC, Canada, as well as travel with programming elsewhere in the world throughout 2027.

JRNL SUBMISSION FEE, SCHEDULE/DEADLINES

JRNL SUBMISSION FEE

  • Submission fee: $35 USD per entry (includes up to 25 individual images). Limited to two entries per photographer per call.

  • Please fill out the form to the right to send us your JRNL Winter/Spring 2027 issue submission. Submissions are subject to a $35 USD entry fee payment in order to be validated. Unpaid/unvalidated submissions will not be shared with the guest editors. 

SCHEDULE 

  • SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday, December 14, 2026 (11:59 pm PDT)

  • Jurying: December 15, 2026 – January 12, 2027

  • WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT: Thursday, January 14, 2027

  • Deadline to receive high-res files from selected photographers: Sunday, January 31, 2027

  • JRNL Magazine launch party date: March 2027, Tokyo, Japan (exact date and location tba)

SUBMISSION FORM
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

  • PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • Enter N/A if not applicable
  • Enter N/A if not applicable

  • JRNL SUBMISSION

  • UPLOAD YOUR WORK (Min 10 images/Max 25 images)

    All files must be JPEG formatted, sized 1500px in width for horizontals or 1500px height for verticals at a 72ppi resolution and named as follows: lastname_firstname_01.jpg.
  • Drop files here or
    Max. file size: 2 MB, Max. files: 25.
      Note: When uploading your work, the red "x" tab indicates that your files were uploaded successfully. Only click on the red "x" tab if you need to remove/edit your files before completing your submission.

    • TERMS AND CONDITIONS

      * All personal information provided is accurate;
      * Copyrights of submitted images are the entrant's;
      * All images submitted must have been created after January 1, 2017;
      * I authorize FotoFilmic to use the images submitted for promotional and marketing purposes solely related to the JRNL call and publication;
      * By using this form I agree with the storage and handling of my data by FotoFilmic as stated on the Privacy Policy page.

    • SUBMIT AND PROCEED WITH YOUR PAYMENT ($35 USD)

      Please review your submission and click on submit. You will be redirected to the JRNL submission fee payment page so your submission can be validated.