June 2, 2008, 9:00 a.m. EDT
Call for Entries begins

July 31, 2008, midnight EDT
Deadline for submitting entries

November 30, 2008
Semifinalists are notified

January 2, 2009
Semifinalist work must be available for shipping to Washington, D.C.

June 15, 2009
Finalists are notified, and non-selected works are returned to artists

October 23, 2009
The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009 exhibition opens at the National Portrait Gallery

August 22, 2010
The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009 exhibition closes

September 2010
Artworks are returned to exhibiting artists