Photography Contests & Festivals
Discover photography contests, festivals, competitions, events and opportunities for photographers.
Wecare Photography Contest and Festival Open for entries till Jan 31st
WeCare Festival: Living to the end is an international festival which celebrates creative representations of life(through short films and Photographs). WeCare promotes knowledge about important issues at the end of life through research, training and other social actions. End of life is a strange feeling for many and it's often associated with suffering, WeCare Festival aims to change the views...
Award winning wildlife photos from Windland Smith Rice Photography contest
Wildlife Photography: Nature's Best Photography by the Windland Smith Rice is an annual event and it celebrates the joy of photography and nature. This year more than 26000 entries were received and it was a whopping success. You can see the award winning wildlife photography here. It's one of the most respected awards in the wildlife photography. 2017 Grand Prize winner was Lakshitha Karunarat...
Winners Declared for the 2017 Sienna International Photography Awards
Sienna International Photo Awards has become quite popular amongst photographers and judges due to the grandiosity in the photo clicks. Even Though it's in the third year, this year more than 50,000 photos were submitted from 161 countries. Beautiful landscapes, vibrant night life, stunning sea creatures were some of the entries. 2017 SIPA award goes to Randy Olson for his stunning picture of c...
The World Press Photo contest calls for entries - 4 Jan 2018
The World press Photo Foundation organises the prestigious awards in photojournalism which focuses on developing and promoting visual journalism. World Press Photo Foundation is an independent, non-profitable organisation based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The organisation strives to inspire, educate and support visual journalism. The annual photo contest recognises the best single exposure p...
2017 NatGeo Nature Photographer of the Year award goes to Indian Photographer JayaPrakash
Photography: National Geographic hosts annual competitions to nurture young and professional photographers. 2017 Nature photography winners have been announced and the grand prize winner was the picture of an orangutan in the river which was taken by Indian photographer Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan. He received $7500 as winning cash prize and tons of recognition in the photography community. Partic...
Sony World Photography Awards Now Open for Entries Until January 4, 2018 - Your Chance to Win $30K
Enter your best series - 10 categories, judged on a body of work (deadline: 13:00 GMT - January 11, 2018). Submit a collection of your photos. Enter your best single images - 10 categories, rewarding the most outstanding images (deadline: 13:00 GMT - January 4, 2018)
Army Digital Photography Contest invites entries by 31 Jan 2018
2. Design Elements: Photos that emphasize line, shape, pattern, form, texture, perspective – can be any subject matter. Note: this is not a category for graphic illustrations made in a program like Adobe Illustrator, nor would extreme digital creations belong in this category. This is for line, shape, pattern, etc.
IPOTY International Photographer of the Year Award - entries by 10 Dec 2017
Photographer of the year contest: IPOTY 2017 is an annual photography contest which gives a lot of opportunities for budding and professional photographers. The photography competition is open to all genders who are above the age of 18, amateurs and professionals likewise. There are six categories available for both professional and amateur photographers. Amateur photographers can submit single...
MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year competition - entries by 5 Jan 2018
Merylebone Cricket Club, world's active cricket club founded in 1787 is till today considered as the sole authority of cricket around the world. MCC launched the MCC cricket Photographer of the Year in 2010 to promote cricket in all levels. In 2016 the contest had 450 entries from photographers across nations. The contest is open to all photographers, amateur or professional irrespective of the...
International Photographer of the Year 2017 - entries by 10 Dec 2017
Entry Fees: Amateur: Single Entry - 20 USD Amateur: Series - 25 USD
Enter Skypixel Photo Contest - Win $90,000 - 29 Dec 17
The most popular aerial photography community Skypixel along with DJI has announced for the 2017 Skypixel Photo contest. The skypixel was founded 3 years ago to create unique artworks from new perpective which now has over six million registered professionals and enthusiasts. The new 'story' category is added to this year's contest. Photographs from any aerial platform are welcome to the contes...
Picfair Women Behind the Lens Competition calls for entries - 26 Nov 2017
To represent the viewpoint of women photographers, Picfair is organizing the exclusive competition for the women behind the lens. As we look into the wide majority of images in professional domain of photography it is dominated mainly by men. To encourage the women in photography and to give them an international exposure Picfair calls for women photographers of all level of experience to showc...
Astonishing winners of Mountain Photo of the year 2017
The IMS photo contest founded in 2009 acts as a side event of the International Mountain summit. For the past six years the contest has got a prestigious place in mountain photography throughout the world. Mountains has always been a natural provocation of emotions in humans with their dimensions and shapes. The mountain photographer of the year award was opened to all amateurs and professional...
Top Photography Contests and Festival - Upcoming Photo Competitions
Photography Contest: Photographers here is your chance to participate in photo contests and win yourselves exciting prizes. Prizes include cash, international recognition, photography equipments, free workshops and many more. Every month there are new photography contests and fall under different categories like wildlife, nature, bird, animal, macro, black and white, underwater, mobile and so o...
Digital Photography Contest - The 2017 Art of Building Is Open for Entries
To Enter the Competition: Art of Building
2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer Contest Open for Entries Until November 17
Photography Contest: National Geographic is looking for the best wildlife pictures of 2017, and you can submit entries until November 17, 2017. The grand prize is $7,500, and winners will have their pictures published in National Geographic magazine and on National Geographic's @NatGeo Instagram account. There are four categories: wildlife, landscapes, aerials, and underwater. The winner of eac...
Spectacular winning shots of Wildlife Photographer of the year 2017 announced
There were more than 50000 entries submitted for the contest from across 92 countries around the world. A preview of the images was released in September and the final results were announced on 17th October. The Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 goes to Daniel Nelson of Netherlands. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year series consists of a major exhibition at the Museum and a worldw...
Award-Winning Photographs from the Inaugural Flow Photography Festival 2017
The Flow Photography Festival is in its first year, and its inauguration will take place in September 2017. Flow Photofest celebrates the work of photographers from Scotland, Norway, Finland, and Iceland. Flow Photofest opened on September 2nd in Inverness, and exhibitions will be displayed at more than nine venues throughout Scotland. A highlight of the photography festival is a photograph of ...
Beautiful Award Winning Bird Photography of the Year 20171
Bird Photography: In recent years, many new contests for bird photography have cropped up all over the internet. What's more, the winners received cash rewards and sometimes even expensive camera equipments and sponsorships. It's a great way to keep the young photographers busy and leaves them more focused. Nature Photographers Ltd and British Trust for Ornithology had started a bird photograph...
Award-Winning Photographs from the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition
“This year’s winners not only reflect remarkable research and trends in science, but they also allow the public to get a glimpse of a hidden world,” says Eric Flem, Communications Manager at Nikon Instruments. “This year’s winning photo is an example of important work being done in the world of science, and that work can be shared thanks to rapidly advancing imagin...
