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Chico Review 2026 - part 1: Why Feedback Beats 10,000 Followers

1 hour 47 minutes Posted Apr 2, 2026 at 3:00 pm.

Why Chico Review Matters

Arrival Night And Reviewer Schedule

Day One - Keynotes And First Reviews

Day Two - Breakfast And Attendee Interviews: JJ Sulin & Reid Haithcock

Attendee Interview - Esther Garrison: Photographing a Secret Soviet Nuclear Closed City

Attendee Interview - Meryl Davies: The Shoreline, Finding Peace On Film During COVID

End Of Day Two - Conference Room Tour, Book Tables, Community

Caitie Moore: How Chico Builds Community

Day Two Wrap And Fatigue

Attendee Interview - Matt Cosby: The American Dream and a Wyoming Ranching Family

Attendee Interview - Tony Chirinos: Seven Years Inside Cockfighting Culture in Colombia

Attendee Interview - Bobbie Barbaric: Dissociation, healing, and photographing safety for the first time

Marshall To: Blank Notes, redefining success, and why heartbreak is the point

Day three peer review and work sharing

End of day three reflection: Harrison Miller's "pick your 10" exercise

Closing thoughts and Part two features: Daniel Arnold, Harrison Miller, Matthew Genitempo, Tim Carpenter, Odette England and more...

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The Chico Review destroyed my confidence. Then built it back... THIS IS PART 1 OF A 2 PART FEATURE ON CHICO REVIEW 2026 - SEE PART 2 NEXT WEEK. I arrived at the Chico Review 2026 thinking my work was ready. 10 formal reviews, 25 reviewers and speakers, publishers, curators, photographers and more — I was scrapping half of it by the end of day one. This is the first installment of 2, about my honest experience on what happened, what I learned, and why I'd do it all again without hesitation. ...

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