My 2026 Big E photography (and other) entries

It’s Competition Season time, and in the past my entries for the Eastern States Exposition (the “Big E”) are usually submitted in late August. Apparently that has changed; there’s a new deadline of July 1 for this year’s show.

So I gathered my images from the past year and made my submission list. Thankfully, the Big E also increased the number of photos allowed; you can enter up to three in any specific category, although you will pay $5/entry. So I went with seven photos and one non-photo, and submitted my digital entries this morning. The Big E judges will look over what I’ve submitted, and if any are accepted, they’ll let me know in August.

So here’s the seven photos I went with for 2026.

And the non-photo? Well, that involves a project I’ve worked on for about a year and a half … one that I’ve chronicled on this blog. You know … this big-ass latch hook rug.

Entries were submitted this morning.

Now I can kick back and wait for the results.

Here we go.