PPA Print Competition Districts

As you know, I post about PPA’s Print Competition from time to time (If you’re new to PPA Print Competition, check out my blog post, PPA Print Competition Basics).  I think it’s a great way to challenge yourself as a photographer and artist.  Besides, when you are inspired to do better work, you will create better images for you clients.  It’s a win-win situation for all involved!

PPA will be reorganizing the International Print Competition this upcoming year — we will be making the switch from regions to districts.  For example, instead of submitting my prints to the Mid-East States Regional Print Competition before sending them on to International Print Competition, I will now submit my prints to the Northeast District.

Below, you’ll find a map of how the states have been split up.  Canada’s provinces, Mexico, Japan, China, Korea, and Australia have also been added to various districts.  I will also list those out (as posted on the Print Competition District Map on PPA’s site).  The only crazy split, at least in my opinion, is for Michigan.  The lower peninsula is part of the Northeast District, while the upper peninsula is part of the North Central District.  I’ve been told that most UPers (upper peninsula folk) would participate in the correlating regional due to it being less of a distance than the Mid-East regional.  So I guess I understand that.

Anyhow, without further ado, here is the map of the new districts for PPA Print Competition.

PPA Print Competition Districts:

• Western District (USA: AK, CA, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA, WY; Canada: AB, BC, SK)
• Southwest District (USA: AZ, AR, CO, LA, NM, OK, TX, UT; Mexico)
• North Central District (USA: IL, IN, IA, KS, MI-upper peninsula,  MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI; Canada: MB, ON)
• Northeast District (USA: CT, MA, ME, MI-lower peninsula, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT; Canada: NB, NL, NS, PEI, QC)
• Southeast District (USA: AL, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
• Asia Pacific District (Japan, China, Korea, and Austrailia; obviously not pictured on the map)

So, there you have it, a brief summary of the new PPA Districts for Print Competition, and which states (and countries) belong to which districts.