Featured Photography Contests

AOP AWARDS

Organisation - Association of Photographers
Deadline - Refer Website
Eligibility - Refer Website
Entry Fee - Refer Website
Prizes - Refer Website
Other - Refer Website
Website - http://www.the-awards.com/

Aperture Portfolio Prize Competition

Organisation - Aperture Foundation
Deadline - 11 July
Eligibility - Open to All
Entry Fee - $25 entry fee, payable during the online entry process, Entrants
must be current, paid subscribers of Aperture magazine
Prizes - First prize is $2,500. The first-prize winner and three
runners-up will be featured on Aperture’s website.
Other - Artists may submit up to two separate portfolios of
15 images each.
Website - http://www.aperture.org/store/apertureprize.aspx

BJP International Photography Award

Organisation - British Journal of Photography
Deadline - Refer Website
Eligibility - Refer Website
Entry Fee - Refer Website
Prizes - Images printed by leading art lab Spectrum Photographic,
Master Technika Classic 4x5 camera, Linhof Studio
Other - Refer Website
Website - http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=282366

Canon Female Photojournalist Award

Organisation - Canon France and the Association des Femmes
Journalistes (AFJ)
Deadline - Refer Website
Eligibility - Refer Website
Entry Fee - Free
Prizes - 8000 Euros / Refer Website
Other - Only for female photojournalist
Website - http://ifougere.club.fr/CanonAFJindex.html

Dorothea Lange-Taylor Prize

Organisation - Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize Committee
Deadline - 31 January
Eligibility - Collaboration is essential / Refer Website
Entry Fee - $35
Prizes - $20,000
Other - Intended to fund collaborative work by a writer and a photographer
in the formative or fieldwork stages of a documentary project
Website - http://cds.aas.duke.edu

Fifty Crows Fund for Documentary Photography

Organisation - Fifty Crows Foundation
Deadline - 15 October
Eligibility - Project theme: Central Asia and Caucasus regions (2008)
Entry Fee - N/A
Prizes - $5,000 plus media support
Other - Two winners selected from within region of theme,
two from outside region
Website - http://www.fiftycrows.org

Hasselblad Award

Organisation - Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation
Deadline - Refer Website
Eligibility - Refer Website
Entry Fee - Refer Website
Prizes - SEK 500,000
Other - Refer Website
Website - http://www.hasselbladfoundation.org/

HCB Award

Organisation - Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson
Deadline - 31 March
Eligibility - Application by nominating institution and artist’s project
description
Entry Fee - None / Portfolio showing significant body of work on reportage
Prizes - 30,000 EUR cash, exhibition and catalogue and is awarded
every other year
Other - Award permits realization of a project that will not be otherwise
accomplished
Website - http://www.henricartierbresson.org

Humanity Photo Award

Organisation - Human Photo Award & China Folklore Photographic Association
Deadline - Refer Website
Eligibility - Open to all
Entry Fee - $10 for one category and $20 for more than one category
Prizes - Exhibition and various other
Other - Refer website
Website - http://www.china-fpa.org/en/

International award for concerned photography,
FFF Award, F 25 AWARD

Organisation - Fabrica and Forma, Milan
Deadline - 15 May
Eligibility - Open to all
Entry Fee - NA
Prizes - Exhibition and others
Other - Refer Website
Website - http://www.fff.ph

Leica European Publishers Award for Photography

Organisation - Dewi Lewis Publishing (UK) & other Publishers
Deadline - Refer website
Eligibility - Open to photographers world-wide
Entry Fee - Refer Website
Prizes - Book Publication / Refer Website
Other - The competition requires the submission of a substantial,
completed and unpublished photographic book project
Website - http://www.dewilewispublishing.com/
EUROAWARD/EUROAWARD.html

Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Photo Contest

Organisation - Microsoft
Deadline - Refer website
Eligibility - Open to all students who are 18 years of age or older. Refer website
Entry Fee - Free
Prizes - US$20,000 and others
Other - Refer website
Website - http://prophoto.microsoft.avitivacorp.com/

Nikon Photo Contest International

Organisation - Nikon
Deadline - 30 November
Eligibility - Refer Website
Entry Fee - Refer Website
Prizes - Refer Website
Other - Refer Website
Website - http://www.nikon-npci.com/

PDN Photo Annual

Organisation - Photo District News
Deadline - 20 December (Refer website for extensions)
Eligibility - Open to all
Entry Fee - $45 per single entry/$55 per series/$25 for student.
Unlimited Entry (Refer website)
Prizes - Refer Website
Other - Online submissions only
Website - http://www.pdnphotoannual.com

Pictures of the Year International

Organisation - Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
Deadline - Refer Website
Eligibility - Refer Website
Entry Fee - Refer Website
Prizes - Cash Awards and more
Other - Refer Website
Website - http://www.poy.org

Pulitzer Prize for Photography (Various)

Organisation - Pulitzer Prizes
Deadline - Refer Website
Eligibility - Refer Website
Entry Fee - Refer Website
Prizes - Refer Website
Other - Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, Pulitzer Prize for
Breaking News Photography, Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
Website - http://www.pulitzer.org/EntryForms/entry_forms.html

Px3 Photographer of the Year

Organisation - Prix de la Photographie, Paris
Deadline - Refer Website
Eligibility - Open to all
Entry Fee - $30 onwards, various, refer website
Prizes - Cash prizes + recognition
Other - Awards in numerous categories
Website - http://px3.fr/

Robert Capa Gold Medal

Organisation - Overseas Press Club
Deadline - Refer Website
Eligibility - Refer Website
Entry Fee - Refer Website
Prizes - Refer Website
Other - Refer Website
Website - http://www.opcofamerica.org/

The Nikon Discovery Awards

Organisation - Nikon and British Journal of Photography
Deadline - 31 October
Eligibility - Open to Students
Entry Fee - N/A
Prizes - Cash prize of £5000, Cameras, Lens etc
Other - Portfolio of work of between six to 20 photographs
Website - http://www.bjp-online.com/public/
showPage.html?page=bjp_awards_nikon

World Photography Awards

Organisation - World Photography Awards
Deadline - Refer Website
Eligibility - Open to all, Amateur and Professional
Entry Fee - Free
Prizes - Professional - $25,000 / Refer Website
Other - Refer Website
Website - http://www.worldphotographyawards.org/

World Press

Organisation - World Press Photo Organization
Deadline - 12 January
Eligibility - Images made between Jan 1 - Dec. 31 of prior year
Entry Fee - N/A
Prizes - 10,000 EUR top prize
Other - Professionals only, single image or 2-12 image stories
Website - http://www.worldpressphoto.nl/

Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Organisation - Natural History Museum, UK & BBC Wildlife Magazine
Deadline - 31 March for online. 24 March for postal submission
Eligibility - See website for details
Entry Fee - £20 to enter online and £27 to enter by post
Prizes - Eric Hosking Award - Prize: £1,000 / Refer Website
Other - One of the main wildlife photography competition
Website - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/
temporary-exhibitions/wpy-entry/