Professional Photo Contests

The National Press Photographers Association’s 2025 Best of Photojournalism Competition recognizes work produced by professional visual journalists that was created or initially published in the 2024 calendar year. With nearly 100 categories, works that range from single photographs to video documentaries are eligible with awards for editors and photojournalists. All first place winners will receive an engraved plaque with certain premier categories eligible for cash or equipment prizes fro

The Awards: Celebrating excellence in photography and moving image publishing The annual Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards recognise individuals or groups of individuals who, in the opinion of the Judges, have made an outstanding original or lasting contribution to the art and practice of photography or the moving image through the medium of the book. Two winning titles are selected; one in the field of photography and one in the field of the moving image (including film, television and digital me

Photographers and cinematographers—of all levels—professional or enthusiasts—Canadian, US or International—dabbling in stills or creating motion for film, TV or online—Have your work published in print, online Winners Gallery, and the Awards Archive. Eligible published, unpublished, or personal work created between February 2024 and February 2025 can be entered into over 50 categories, including this and many more: advertising, architectural, corporate, environmental & spaces, event

Grants are awarded to applicants who can produce significant projects that share in The Alexia’s mission and who demonstrate the ability to accomplish their projects. Your submission must include a synopsis of your project, a proposal, your bio, a résumé/CV and a body of work. Stories may be in progress or planned. Entries are judged as much on the strength of the proposal as on the applicant’s visual skills. What storytellers address and what they say about life on the planet is more i

The international photography award Grand Prix Images Vevey, worth 40,000 CHF is one of the largest and longest-standing prizes in Europe and attracts participants from all over the world for each competition. Winning projects are then exhibited at the Biennale Images Vevey the following year. This prize grants the laureate the indivisible sum of 40,000 CHF for the development, achievement and presentation of a new photography project at the next Biennale Images Vevey in 2026.

The competition is open to professional artists and photographers as well as those in training who are currently working on a book project. No age limitations. No regional restrictions. The competition represents unique support for contemporary creation, with complete freedom of choice over subject and genre. A statement of intent written in english and 10 pictures of the photographic series and images of the book project (example: page spreads of the layout, dummy-documentation, sketches).

The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest was established on December 22, 2014 under the patronage of the Russian Federation’s Commission for UNESCO. The Stenin Contest is the only competition in Russia that discovers new names in international photojournalism and develops quality standards for documentary photography. The contest is aimed at supporting young photo journalists aged 18 to 33 in their striving for top professionalism. This year the contest celebrates its 11th annive

I write today from Los Angeles, where I’ve lived off and on for most of my life – and where we are now entering a time of aftermath, an environmental aftermath. I’m grateful to be safe, but like everyone in Los Angeles – I know people who lost everything. And still I am inspired by the humanity and care and compassion that are being expressed over and over by people in this city that I love so much. It’s the kind of spirit that drew me to telling post-conflict stories in the first

Cortona On The Move and the BarTur Photo Award are proud to announce their partnership to launch the Cortona On The Move | BarTur Grant, supported by the Visual Storytellers Fund. This new initiative is dedicated to empowering photographers globally, providing grants and resources to support the creation of compelling documentary photo essays that address urgent social, environmental, economic, and cultural issues of our time. Cortona On The Move, the renowned international photography festiv

Access to Safe and Clean Water is crucial to human development. Sustainable Development Goal #6 captures the essence of water by committing to making safe and affordable drinking water available for all by the year 2030. Despite this, many parts of the world are currently having significant challenges with access to safe water. Issues like climate change, and the way that we live, are putting unsustainable demands on the global supply of freshwater. In essence, we are using more freshwater t

This semiannual award is an opportunity for women photographers to display their work. Selected entries will be exhibited at FotoNostrum, the Mediterranean House of Photography, in 2025 (date to be determined), following the competition rules available at Julia Cameron Award Rules. Total prizes in this edition: $29,400. The awards include a fully paid exhibition of up to 20 artworks for each of the overall winners in FotoNostrum in July 2025, together with the winners of the 23rd JMCA (value

Applications include the following: - A description of the proposed project in no more than 250 words. - A thorough publication plan. Letters of interest or commitment from editors and news outlets should be included. - A preliminary budget estimate, including a basic breakdown of costs. Travel grants cover hard costs associated with the reporting; please do not include stipends for the applicants. Local reporting partner/translator/driver fees are acceptable. Three samples of published

The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit organization that supports independent global journalism, is seeking applications for investigative data-driven projects on issues related to gender equality and the empowerment of women & girls. This opportunity is open to all newsrooms and independent journalists in the United States and abroad. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by global crises and face discrimination and violence worldwide. In the fight against the dispar

The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize showcases the work of talented young photographers, gifted amateurs and established professionals in the very best of contemporary photography. The competition celebrates a diverse range of images and tells the fascinating stories behind the creation of works, from formal commissioned portraits to more spontaneous and intimate moments capturing friends and family. The selected images, many of which are on display for the first time, explore both traditi