77th Annual Salon and Exhibition
Gallery at Oak Ridge Art Center
December 13, 2025 through January 17, 2026

See more information below and full rules and instructions at bottom of this page.

Critical Dates

Entry Fee deadline is 11:59 PM Novermber 11, 2025
Digital Division Submission deadline is 11:59 PM Novermber 11, 2025
Print Submission deadline is 7:00 PM Novermber 11, 2025
Salon Gallery Opening Reception at the Oak Ridge Art Center on December 13 from 1pm to 4 pm.
Judges Walk and Talk on the images:TBA

Two times you can turn in Salon prints at the Roane State Community College City Room (A-111):

2025 Divisions
Color Prints
Black and White Prints: Sepia and other mono-toned images are allowed.
Digital only Entries
2025 Categories
Action/Motion/Sports: AMS; Photos that display, convey or allude to movement
Architecture & Structures: AS; Cityscapes, landscapes, and/or interiors where structures, architecture, or design details are the focus of the scene. These man-made objects may include buildings, boats, staircases, etc.
Creative: C; Images that treat the subject in a creative manner. Abstracts, textures, patterns, and/or shapes. Extreme post processing is allowed in this category.
Inanimate Objects: I; Anything not alive, excluding subjects encompassed by the Architecture & Structures category.
Landscape: L; The natural land including expanses of water and/or sky. Man-made structures, animals, and people may be included as a minor component of the image.
Macro: M; Any subject that is photographed either as a true macro or as an extreme close up. This includes botanicals.
People: P; Candid or posed portraits of individuals or groups of people.
Wildlife: W; Wildlife such as mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and insects. Domesticated animals are not allowed.

Download Full Rules and Instructions below

Submit no more than two(2) images per Category in each of the 3 Divisions up to a maximum of 10 entries per Division, giving you a possible total of 30 entries in the Salon. You can submit 1 to 30 entries for the same entry fee.
Entry fee and Digital Division Submissions must be received by 11:59 PM November 11, 2025.
Prints must be received by 7:00 PM November 11, 2025.
The entrant must have photographed all images or components of multiple or composite images.
Any image previously entered in a CCOR Salon is not allowed; however, images entered in other competitions are allowed and encouraged.
The same or essentially similar image cannot be entered in the same or other categories.
Post processing is allowed but must not dominate, except in the Creative category.
No names, watermarks or other identifying data may appear on the image.
There is no time limit on when the photograph was taken.
Images deemed inappropriate will not be accepted.