Competition Details
The Thin Line Fest is a five-day multi-format art festival held from March 18–22, 2026, in Denton, Texas, encompassing Film, Music, and Photography.
The Photography Festival is a unique, competitive event that emphasises its “festival” aspect. Selected photographs are professionally printed and physically exhibited at one of the festival’s galleries.
All selected artists are highly encouraged to attend, as they are treated as VIPs and provided a VIP pass that offers special access to all festival programming.
Categories:
- Macro / Micro: In a photo or series of photos, bring the smallest parts of our world closer. Transform the miniature into the massive to offer new perspectives that alter perceptions through size and scale.
- Site / Unseen: In a photo or series of photos, reveal the commonly overlooked subjects and spaces that surround us. Expose secluded locations, small moments, secret stories, and hidden details.
- Time/Space: In a photo or series of photos, showcase interactions between time and space through compositions that capture motion or the lack thereof. Bursts of energy. Steady momentum. Brief pauses that change everything in an instant.
- Still Life: In a photo or series of photos, use traditional still-life techniques to create staged scenes that depict the energy and motion of real life. Compose and capture tableaus that serve as artistic representations of reality.
- Hear / Here: In a photo or series of photos, showcase the vibrant energy of musical artists performing on stage. Bonus points for regional artists or stages
Submission Fees:
Submissions are $8.50 each. However, if you buy more than 5 submission ‘credits’ in one order, every credit past the first five is $4.25 per submission. (Students receive 50% discount)
