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All About Photo has selected the best photo contests, photography competitions and call for entries. This list of international photo competitions and photo contests is thoroughly curated to help photographers find their next creative breakthrough and keep up with all the current opportunities to gain exposure. Exhibition, cash prize, publication... find the photo contest that is right for you.
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Deadline: June 15, 2025
Drone Awards 2025
The Drone Photo Awards stands as a premier competition for professional, amateur, and student drone photographers globally. Our international judging panel, comprised of distinguished photographers, editors, and industry experts, evaluates submissions with an eye for innovation and creativity. Winners in the primary categories receive an exclusive invitation to the AWARDS CEREMONY and GALA, competing for the coveted title of "Photographer of the Year." The overall winner, along with c
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Black and White Photo Awards 2025
Black & White Photo Awards 2025 continues its mission to recognize and reward outstanding talent in monochrome photography. With five thematic categories —Architecture, Street, Fauna and Flora, Portrait, and Landscape— photographers from around the world can showcase their creativity and vision. This year, the contest reaches new heights with an expanded prize pool valued at €8,500. The Absolute Winner will receive €1,000, courtesy of SanDisk Professional, along with a ThyPoch Simera
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Hariban Award 2025
Presented by Benrido, the Hariban Award combines a 170-year-old analogue technique with contemporary photography. Glass plates have been used as the base for collotype printing plates which still continues today. The award is called “Hariban” as “Hari” means glass plate, and “ban” means printing plate in Japanese. This Award invites professionals and amateurs alike to submit black and white photographs for a chance to win. Submissions are judged by an international group of Jurors, a
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Apparel
The New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA) invites photographers world-wide to submit images using any photographic process (print, image transfer, emulsion transfer, encaustic, black and white, etc.). Winners will receive $4,000 in cash awards, be featured in the NYC4PA Online Gallery and in the winners catalog. The Grand Prize winning image will be posted on the NYC4PA home page. ​ APPAREL - WHAT YOU WEAR:​ A part of everyone’s day includes the decision a
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Water - Sky
Water, sky, and the liminal space between them are, by definition, poetic and symbolic. There exist infinite iterations of the qualities of water and sky: water may be fluid, frozen, rippling, reflective, tranquil, turbulent, crystal-clear, submerged, or flowing. The sky may be celestial, atmospheric, airy, cloud-covered, ethereal, canopied, or infinite. The colors of water and sky span the spectrum from warm to cool; reflective silver, dark indigo, cerulean, cyan, azure, to crimson and blazing
Deadline: June 15, 2025
TERAVARNA International Artist Grant
TERAVARNA is a place where creative ideas may become a reality. We are happy to announce that we can allow foreign artists to apply for artist grants to help fund their work. We're committed to helping creative people alike succeed by giving out $2,000 in grants on four separate occasions a year. Here at TERAVARNA, we support the idea of giving creators a chance. Please submit as many pieces as you like; we won't turn anybody away for sending in more than five. To submit more than one
Deadline: June 15, 2025
L.A. Photo Curator: The Mindful Landscape
"We want to create a show that highlights the range of our go-to and inventive coping mechanisms for the current moment. Artists after all are also humans, and it must be all but impossible to silo what happens in the world from what happens in the studio. Do you garden, cook, or meditate, protest and organize, doom-scroll or re-read classic books, obsess over true crime podcasts and gallows humor, take up witchcraft or cycling, sink into nostalgia or self-medicating... news junkie or
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation Grants 2025
Created in 1990, the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation Grants help young media and culture professionals. Every year, a grant of 10,000 euros is awarded to a (french speaking) photographer under the age of 35 who wishes to create an original and innovative documentary project. The jury is composed of photography and media professionals. Much more than financial support, these grants provide a true springboard, helping to launch the careers of the award winners. Applicants should practice
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Beauty in Decay
Beauty is subjective in the eye of the viewer. Societal conventions pressure us to conform to like-mindedness, yet the most ethereal craft often originates from divergent work that transgresses tradition. True innovation and creative brilliance often occur when individuals question or break away from established norms. How does your work depict or challenge the concept of beauty? Beauty in Decay is an international open call for photographers ages 18 and older. ​​​​​​​Al
Deadline: June 15, 2025
ArtFund.ME Quarterly Grant
Applications are now open for the ArtFund.ME Quarterly Grant, offering $1,000 in unrestricted funding to visual artists and photographers worldwide. Artists must be 18+ years old. Don't miss this opportunity for funding and global exposure! No lengthy applications, project proposals, or recommendations needed. Just submit your work, and let our expert panel do the rest!
Deadline: June 15, 2025
URBAN 2025 Photo Awards
The URBAN Photo Awards is an international photography competition celebrating its 16th edition in 2025. The contest features seven photographic categories, offering participants multiple opportunities to showcase their work and compete for the prestigious title of Photographer of the Year 2025.​ Competition Timeline: April 1 – May 31, 2025: Submissions open for Single Photos, Projects & Portfolios, Books, Zines, and the Young section.​ By the e
Deadline: June 15, 2025
The Abandoned Landscape
Rural or urban, desert or jungle, ancient to recent. The SE Center is looking for photographers who appreciate the ravages of time and create compelling images reflecting those effects around us. Color or BW, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations are welcome. Entering Your Images You can enter your images online at www.SmarterEntry.com For best results, make sure your image is 1200 pixels @72 dpi on the longest side, Images should be i
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The 2025 Niépce Prize : Ed Alcock
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May 28, 2025 | Source: Picto Foundation
Since 2016, Picto Foundation, PICTO laboratories’ endowment fund, has been pleased to partner with Gens d’images to celebrate and support the Niépce Prize. The 70th edition of the Niépce Gens d’images Prize has just been awarded to British-French photographer photographer Ed Alcock.
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Contest
May 05, 2025 | Source: Lucie Foundation
Beauty can be found in every facet of life. The Lucie Foundation invites you to explore the concept of beauty especially in places less obvious. These forms of hidden beauty can be unconventional, unexpected, and misunderstood but revealed through photography. What is beautiful to you?
Announcing the 2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist
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Apr 16, 2025 | Source: Aperture
Aperture’s support of emerging photographers and other lens-based artists is a vital part of our mission. Founded in 2006, the annual Aperture Portfolio Prize aims to discover, exhibit, and publish new talents in photography—identifying contemporary trends in the field and highlighting artists whose work deserves greater recognition. We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize: Sara Abbaspour Alana Perino Emma Ressel Hashem Shakeri Daria Svertilova
The Nature Photography Contest Winner
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Mar 14, 2025 | Source: The Nature Photography Contest
For the second year, The Nature Photography Contest has united photographers worldwide, celebrating the beauty of our planet. This edition reaffirms photography’s power as both art and advocacy for nature. After a rigorous selection, the winners present a breathtaking journey through landscapes, wildlife, and Earth's delicate balance.

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 Sophie Ristelhueber 2025 Hasselblad Award Laureate
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Mar 10, 2025 | Source: Hasselblad Foundation
The Hasselblad Foundation is delighted to announce that Sophie Ristelhueber is the 2025 Hasselblad Award laureate, the world’s largest photography award, consisting of SEK 2,000,000, a gold medal, and a Hasselblad camera. The laureate is honoured with a solo exhibition at the Hasselblad Center in Gothenburg
Leica Street Photo Contest Grand Prix
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Mar 08, 2025 | Source: LFI
Mingzu Liu has won the Grand Prix of this year’s Leica Street Photo Contest. What started as a regional photo contest in Poland has evolved into a competition with international reach: more than 12,000 entries were submitted for the 14th Leica Street Photo Contest by photographers from 99 countries around the world. After their presentation in Warsaw, the 30 shortlisted works are now displayed at the Leica Gallery Vienna, where they can be viewed from 7 March to 30 April 2025.