All Photography Contests

Whether you look for cash prizes, camera equipment, or having your work exhibited, photography contests are a great way to test your skills as a photographer. Most competitions publish early entries and finalist's photographs, aside of winner's galleries, so having your images posted on a photo contest website can give you valuable exposure whether you win or not. We've pulled together a selection of 150+ photography competitions in 2022, from free to paid photography awards, so you can decide what photo contest meets your needs.

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Art Fluent offers opportunities to artists worldwide through juried exhibitions throughout the year.
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The work of up to six artists will be selected for a group exhibition at SF Camerawork’s gallery in San Francisco, and one artist will win the $1,500 Juror’s Choice Award.
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The Glasgow Gallery of Photography's mission is to advance the arts, heritage and cultural sector through exhibitions of photographic works as a means for artistic, community and personal expression.
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The winning photographer will receive a $2,000 cash prize, a published interview on our website, a feature on Lenscratch.com, and a virtual hosted artist talk
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Four winners will be selected. Each winner will have a solo show in the gallery ;as well as online.
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Shoot The Frame is a suite of monthly international photography contests, designed to celebrate stunning photography and expose talented photographers.
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If you're a passionate amateur or professional photographer, we invite you to share your photographic project with us.
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‘Heritage’ is an exploration of the traditions, history, and practices that form nations and the people in them
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Join us for Wiki Loves Folklore 2024, an international photographic contest hosted annually at Wikimedia Commons!
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Entries are open worldwide to photographers using an iPhone or iPad. Photos should not be published previously anywhere. The posts on personal accounts (Facebook, Instagram etc.) are eligible.
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Residency Duration: June 29th - August 30th, 2024 in Hong Kong
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Exhibit Around APS and the dotARt association, promoters of the Trieste Photo Days international festival, are hosting an open call for the project PLAY! – Let the Game Begin!.
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Nature photographers watch out: In the 29th year EuroNatur has organised this international nature photo competition in conjunction with the magazine "natur"
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Now in its 15th year, it seeks fresh and innovative photography from new, emerging and established photographers from around the world.
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Selected artists will participate in the PEP X BPM group exhibition in September/October 2024 as part of the Photo Bienniale of Mulhouse (France).
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All art is eligible as long as it engages with technology in some form.
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TERAVARNA announces their "6th COLOR" International Juried Art Competition. All visual artists from around the world are invited to submit their best artworks on the theme for inclusion in the exhibition.
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Centrale Festival invites young artists working with photography and video art to apply for the 15th edition of the festival dedicated to contemporary image that will take place in Fano, Italy, from 7 to 23 June 2024.
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The SE Center for Photography is looking for images on the theme The Nude. Juror: Zoe Wiseman
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The SE Center for Photography is looking for images on the theme All About the Light. Juror: Michael Pannier
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Exhibition date: May, 12th (World Mother’s Day) to May 25th 2024.
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Praxis Gallery seeks the submission of photographic art of any genre and any subject matter that represents the artist's endeavor to reveal through the photographic process a personal declaration of visual significance.
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Whether the subject is your own city or as you explore other territories and cultures: this month we want to discover the streets through YOUR lens!
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Our Judges will select 43 APA Award Winners this year for 14 categories and one Best of Show.
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We are interested in works that use the body to express content.
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Submit your best photographs now and get your chance to be one of the winners awarded in Siena!
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The Light Work Grants in Photography program was established in 1975 to support artists working in Central New York. The $3,000 grants are awarded to encourage the development of ongoing projects and the creation of new work.
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Artadia Awards are open to all visual artists living and working throughout one of Artadia's Award Cities. Individual artists and collaboratives working in all visual media and at any stage in their career are strongly encouraged to apply.
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The Underwater Society of America is hosting its first ever photo competition. Join USOA to submit your best work from 2023 to be seen by our panel of judges and win cash prizes!
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Fusion Art invites submissions for the 8th Annual Black & White art competition for an online exhibition during the month of April 2024.
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Three separate grants of $5,000 each will be awarded to deserving photographers!
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As a professional photographer, you may wish to submit your work for an exhibition at the next Visa pour l'Image Festival or have a report screened as part of an evening program.
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Passepartout Photo Prize provides cash awards, exhibition in a fine art gallery in Rome, publication in annual catalogue and various magazines, and more.
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Artists must use the award of $4,000 to further their work in a significant direction, and may work in any medium, except for video or sound art.
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Street photography is characterized by its spontaneity and the emphasis on capturing the moment as it happens, without posing or staging the subjects.
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The Image Flow invites artists to submit work to our sixth annual group exhibition of alternative process photography.
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Decode Gallery is pleased to announce our upcoming theme: nature
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Nature Photographer of the Year not only gives you the opportunity to win great prizes and earn some cachet, it’s also a chance to support nature conservation.
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Curators: Ellen Friedlander & Lori Pond representing Pasadena Photography Art
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The World.Report Award aims at a new form of social commitment through photography. The award is open to both professional and amateur photographers from all over the world.
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BUDAPEST INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS is an international platform for photographers from all levels and genres to share their best images with the creative community in Hungary and Eastern Europe.
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Artist Space Gallery is pleased to announce our 2nd Botanicals online Art Competition for the month of April.
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We are looking for individuals who are interested in becoming an active part of the Explorer Community.
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Now in its sixth edition, the Portrait of Humanity award by British Journal of Photography returns once more to celebrate diversity, community and unity through photography.
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The competition’s aim is to promote the enrolled artists, giving them chance to join the international market of contemporary art. Internationality and networking make YICCA a huge opportunity for the artists.
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Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the fifth Open online art contest for the month of April 2024.
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Each exhibition will have 24 photographs selected by the juror for exhibiton at the gallery.
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Grand Prize: One photographer will receive $1,100. The image will be featured on the home page NYC4PA.COM.
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£500 cash prize to the overall Winner,
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The gallery invites all 2D and 3D artists (including photography and digital arts) from around the world to make online submissions for possible inclusion in the Gallery’s May 2024 online group exhibition.
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Step into a world of contemplative beauty with 'Monochrome Moments' exhibition, presented by ART SQUARE GALLERY.
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Projects should explore the issues of our future in synergy with the sea and/or defend a progressive - or militant - vision to radically raise awareness.
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Celebrating distinctive single images in monochrome
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MUSEC presents the 4 finalist's works to the public in a dedicated exhibition staged from the 15th December 2024 to 18 February 2025 at its Villa Malpensata venue in Switzerland
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TERAVARNA announces their "6th COLOR" International Juried Art Competition. All visual artists from around the world are invited to submit their best artworks on the theme for inclusion in the exhibition.
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For this exhibit, “a sense of place” is an understanding of the essence of a place as seen through the eyes of the photographer.
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We often imagine that the Surrealists worked to create profoundly weird and unconventional work as a matter of course.
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Our 16th printed issue of AAP Magazine will feature the best projects showcasing the theme "Shadows".
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Gomma invites you to take part in this new adventure. Show us the limitless nuances of our world in monochrome.
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Praxis Gallery seeks photographic art that explores ideas linked to mental health, be it conflict or humor, fiction, or fact, or any other literal or ephemeral lens-based investigation.
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Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 6th "Portrait" Online Art Competition for the month of April 2024
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Black and White Spider Awards is open to professional and amateur photographers shooting in all forms of black and white photography, using traditional or digital methods.
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We promote each online edition via email, web, and social media three times during the publication month.
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Win an online exhibition.
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We are looking for the best in contemporary photography and photo-based work. This is an open theme emphasizing creativity, content, and mastery.
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SCAN, the international photography festival organised by Tarragona City Council, has opened the call for entries for Talent Latent, aimed at creators from all over the world who use photography as an essential and preferred means of expression.
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Be Featured in our May 2024 Online Juried Solo Exhibition!
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We at Earth.Org strongly believes that photography and imagery has the power to inspire, educate and galvanise action into protecting and preserving our home and planet.
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PHotoESPAÑA aims to recognize the significant role that the publishing industry plays as a means of disseminating photography. With this objective, the Festival has been awarding since 1998 the Prize for the Best Photography Book of the Year.
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We proudly present the Women’s Only Online Fine Art Competition—an exclusive opportunity for women artists to globally show their collective talents.
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Women photographers can participate with her female visual perspective in 23 thematic categories.
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The 21st edition of The Pollux Awards, juried by Joan Alsina and Julio Hirsch-Hardy is now open for submissions
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The finalists will have their work produced and exhibited at the 2024 edition of the festival
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The Viviane Esders Endowment Fund is pleased to announce the opening of the call for applications for the second edition of the Prix Viviane Esders.
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PhotoVogue's 2024 Global Open Call invites artists worldwide to share works that celebrate nature's beauty and resilience.
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town & country: metropolis, farmland, village, city, hamlet, metropolitan, suburb, asphalt jungle, pastoral, rural, boondocks urban, boonies, downtown, backwoods ….
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Nikon’s Small World is regarded as the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. The Photomicrography Competition is open to anyone with an interest in microscopy and photography.
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Our mission is to add value and help spread the art of photography in order to raise awareness and protect nature.
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The winner will be invited to Landskrona Foto Festival 2024 to receive the award.
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TIFA connects photographers from around the world with the creative community in Tokyo, Japan, providing them with an excellent platform to present their work to a new market.
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The Best in Show award not only grants you a distinguished title but also includes a $150 cash prize, a solo exhibition featuring your masterpieces
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Landscapes that we see with our eyes or that we experience only in our minds. That we observe, create, nurture, replicate, analyze, destroy, resist, love.
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fruition: accomplishment, fulfillment, achievement, perfection, result, completion ….
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Tthe Inge Morath Award, a $7,500 grant given to a woman photographer under the age of 30 to support the completion of a long-term documentary project.
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Seven talented photographers will each be awarded a $5,000 grant by the Doug Pensinger Photography Fund.
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In a world where conflict seems to shape our narrative, peace can seem distant and illusive. But even amid turmoil, it thrives among us, around us, and within us.
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The winner will receive $2500, a digital feature and a chance to have their project considered for publication.
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Fusion Art invites submissions for the 8th Annual Colors art competition for an online exhibition during the month of May 2024.
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The awards program has included 9 international categories, as well as a London-specific main category for worldwide participation
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Submit your best work to our photo competition for a chance to win up to $11,500 in cash prizes, be selected by our curators for the PX3 exhibition in Paris and inclusion in the Annual PX3 book.
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$3000 CAD Grand prize
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The top entries will be exhibited at The Tampa International Airport from June 25 - August 25, 2024
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The Emergence project is to give recently graduated photography students a chance to showcase their work to a wider audience.
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Awarded every two years and now in its 7th edition, the Prix Virginia is the first photography prize exclusively reserved for a woman photographer, regardless of her age or nationality.
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Challenge Yourself, Win Awards and Receive a Judge Comment for Each Entry!
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Embark on a visual journey with our Places Photography Contest! From majestic landscapes to intimate cityscapes, this competition celebrates the diverse and breathtaking places that shape our world.
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Wells Art Contemporary (WAC) is an international art competition giving artists the opportunity to exhibit their work in Wells Cathedral and receive a wide range of prizes.
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The 8 exhibiting artists will be eligible for the 2024 APG/ Museum Purchase Award of $3000
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Photographers must be able to print, mat and frame, and deliver/pickup or ship their photographs to/from the St. Augustine Art Association gallery
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The project Transversalities: Photographs without Frontiers uses photography as a means of promoting the inclusion of territories and breaking with processes of exclusion to which vast areas of the planet are subjected by the media.
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We are offering grants in the amount of $3,500 (2 available) and $1,000 (4 available) to artists & photographers worldwide working in all media.
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Exposure 2024 is the 28th annual PRC Members juried exhibition, supporting photographers working in a broad range of exhibition-ready bodies of work.
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Issue 125 will not have a theme, it is open to all fine art and documentary photography.
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Abandoned is an exhibition exploring abandoned and rediscovered objects, spaces, and structures.
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The Best in Show award not only grants you a distinguished title but also includes a $150 cash prize, a solo exhibition featuring your masterpieces
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The Best in Show award not only grants you a distinguished title but also includes a $150 cash prize, a solo exhibition featuring your masterpieces
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MonoVisions Photography Awards are an international open call for photographers using black and white medium to express their visual language.
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The Grant is given in order to allow the winnerto carry out the photo-reportage which has been presented for the Grant.
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The International Photography Exhibition the world’s longest-running contemporary photography exhibition.
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The submission of photos for the specific contest is free. Each photographer can participate with up to 5 files.
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The IPA recognizes photography’s leading talents who are creating, shaping and defining the world of photography today.
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Online Exhibition Publication August 2024
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Artadia Awards are open to all visual artists living and working throughout one of Artadia's Award Cities. Individual artists and collaboratives working in all visual media and at any stage in their career are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Fusion Art invites submissions for the 9th Annual Animal Kingdom art competition for an online exhibition during the month of June 2024.
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Street photography is characterized by its spontaneity and the emphasis on capturing the moment as it happens, without posing or staging the subjects.
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Looking specifically for those with a bold & innovative approach that disrupts traditional artistic standards, participants can submit entries in up to eight categories.
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Black & White Photo Awards is a contest created with the intention of recognizing and rewarding talent in this discipline, with 5 Thematic category to show your creativity as a photographer:
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Selected pictures and collections will be exhibited in Vienna. Win prizes up to EURO 10.000!
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Group Exhibition in Rome city, Italy. July 2024
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Diversity has existed on earth since the beginning of time. It is one of the fundamentals of life that our ancestors have learnt and understood along with the wisdom behind it until it has become ingrained as intellect.
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Embracing Our Differences invites you to participate in its exhibition competition for 2025 and in creating a world where differences are embraced and individuality is celebrated.
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Monochrome Photography Awards conducts an annual competition for Professional and Amateur photographers.
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The Open competition is open to all photographers. The EPSON International Pano Awards showcases the work of panoramic photographers worldwide and is the largest competition for panoramic photography.
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Chromatic Awards is an international competition of color photography open to both professionals and amateurs. Participation in the Chromatic Awards offers not only prestige, but also the opportunity to win extra money for the development of passion.
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The mission of the AS International Film Photography Awards is to discover, showcase and promote photographers working across all genres of analog photography worldwide
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Group Exhibition in Rome city, Italy.October 2024
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For 14 days, from October 7th to 21st, 2024, Mind The Art Exhibition transforms the bustling London Underground into a contemporary gallery space, covering the period of the prestigious Frieze Art Fair.
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The free competition, open to wildlife photography novices, amateurs and professionals, celebrates the hilarity of our natural world and highlights what we need to do to protect
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The 2024 Global Contest promotes climate justice. We believe climate change is a human rights issue, so we are looking for images that show people impacted by the escalating climate crisis.
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Artadia Awards are open to all visual artists living and working throughout one of Artadia's Award Cities. Individual artists and collaboratives working in all visual media and at any stage in their career are strongly encouraged to apply.
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This program is a juried competition open to a diversity of book submissions- from traditionally published to prototypes, hand-made books to zines
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Choose your best work, upload photos and give yourself a chance to compete for prestige, fame and more than $ 7,500 in monetary award!
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The Aesthetica Art Prize celebrates contemporary art in all its forms, offering opportunities for exhibition at a major public gallery alongside online publication and £10,000 prize money.
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The winner of the Anthology Cover Art Award will receive a €500 cash prize and publication on the cover of – and editorial coverage in – a future Issue of Anthology. The winner will also receive a one-year subscription to Anthology
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This year's CIPC rewards selected artists with an exhibition in Chelsea, New York, along with other numerous PR opportunities. The event also provides invaluable exposure to the community while promoting career growth and recognition.
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The winner will receive a €500 cash prize and editorial coverage in a future issue of Anthology Magazine, plus a one-year subscription to Anthology
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Created in 1993 to further FCA's mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists
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Every weekend, The Eye of Photography dedicates itself to the portfolios of its readers. By publishing the best portfolios, the magazine enables photographers around the world to show case their photographs.
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We encourage both professional and non-professional photographers to submit your work to the Social Documentary Network website.
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Open Show holds social screenings worldwide where the public can experience compelling visual stories and interact directly with their creators.
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There is no particular theme, but we have an affinity for photos that display humorous, colorful, pattern oriented, and allegorical content.
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MVIBE Magazine is a magazine created by artists for artists solely for the purpose of advertising worldwide.
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Promote your work with Al-Tiba9 Interviews and engage with our diverse readership.
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The Pulitzer Center’s global reporting grants support in-depth, high-impact reporting on critical issues that are often overlooked in the media, from global health to climate change.
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We hope the Gender Equality Grant can help our partner organizations advance their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and commitments.
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You are invited to enter your best photos and videos in the 2024 Nature's Best Photography International Awards! Cash prizes and awards totaling $20,000!
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With a commitment to breaking barriers via equity and inclusivity, the exhibition is set to take place at Musée de la Femme in Marrakesh, Morocco, from, 20 April to 31 October 2024
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Presented by the Visual Artists Association, the prestigious VAO 2024 Award is now celebrating its seventh edition and offers an increased Prize Fund worth £10,000
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In 2024, SPMOP will select its second Photo Laureate, who will have the honor to document and represent Tampa Bay for one year.