Submit high-quality JPEG (no other file types) images of your work, making sure no frames or matting are visible, via our online submission portal on ShowSubmit.com. Link below.

Artists can submit up to 3 works. Entry fees are $35 per 2 works for PSM members, and $45 per 2 works for non-members; all artists will be charged an extra $10 for any additional submissions. Entry fees are non-refundable.

• The showcase is open to all artists.

• Works must be in soft pastel — no oil pastels. Mixed media must be predominantly soft pastel.

• The artwork’s final surface must be 80% traditional soft pastel.

• Work must be original and completed since January 2023 (in the last 3 years).

• Work submitted cannot have won any award in a national or international open juried pastel show by the time of the submission deadline for PSM’s “Southern Showcase.”

• Work must be original and from your reference, not copied from other artists or published materials.

• Any reference an instructor provides is not eligible, including an instructor-provided photo, still-life setup, or model setup. Work done in a classroom, workshop, or online group scenario is not eligible.

• All artwork must be initially drawn and not created on top of any photographic image. And no portion of the artwork or source material may be created or referenced using Artificial Intelligence.

• First Place : Pastel Society of MS award: first place ribbon and $350

• Second Place : Pastel Society’s Board of Officers award: second place ribbon and $250

• Third Place: “The Degas Pastel Society” award: $100

• Honorable Mentions : 2 awards : $50 each

Work submitted can be for sale or NFS. Pastel Society of Mississippi will accept a 10% donation on artwork sold during the PSM’s “Southern Showcase” Exhibition. Shipping and payment will be the responsibility of the artist.

Marcia Holmes, PSA-Master Pastelist; Master Circle - IAPS/EP

New Orleans area artist & Mississippi native Marcia Holmes is a PSA Master, IAPS Eminent-MC.

Primarily an abstract pastelist, in 25 years, she has exhibited in over 17 solo gallery shows, with enumerable distinctions in juried group and museum exhibitions; notably, the prestigious Ogden Museum of Southern Art-Louisiana Contemporary Exh.(LA), Butler Institute (OH), Lauren Rogers Museum of Art (permanent collection-MS), Festival International du Pastel - Feytiat & Salon du Pastel International-Giverny, France, Vose Galleries (MA), Salmagundi Club & National Arts Club (NY).

Known for her water lily paintings, Marcia received Best Floral for her pastel by Plein Air Magazine (Oct. 2022-Plein Air Salon). Spring 2022, Marcia received Pastel Journal’s top Founder’s Award-Pastel 100 feature,she juried the 50th Anniversary Pastel Society of America 2022 Exh., and jurored the Abstracts for PJ 25th Anniv. Pastel 100; Her abstract expressionist painting was juried into AWA “BREAKING THROUGH: The Rise of American Women Artists” - Customs House Museum (TN). She received 2021 Best of Show-Connecticut Pastel Society - Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT.

Selected featured publications and books include Fine Art Connoisseur, Plein Air Magazine, American Art Collector, Pastel Journal; Art Journey Abstract Painting: A Celebration of Contemporary Art, Pure Pastel: Contemporary Works by Today's Top Artists and Practique des Art.