Past competitions
An archive of recently closed opportunities.
World Press Photo Contest 2017
The annual World Press Photo Contest is at the core of World Press Photo's activities and it has come to be regarded as the most prestigious international award for photojournalism in…
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Olympus Global Open Photo Contest 2016-17
Photography has the power to bring people together from all over the world. Olympus is proud to host this Global Open Photo Contest to connect photographers worldwide. This year the co…
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Sony World Photography Awards 2017
Organised annually by World Photography Organisation and sponsored by Sony, the Sony World Photography Awards is the world's biggest photography competition and its aim is simple: to r…
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The 5th Zebra Photography Awards
Black and white photography is as simple as it is complex, carefully weaving streaks of light into the black-unknown, giving rise to lines, shapes, textures, emotions and stories. TZIP…
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European Professional Photographer Of The Year 2017
The FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards 2017 aims to help promote the photographic profession and to raise the level of professional standards. There are nine cat…
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LensCulture Exposure Awards 2017
The LensCulture Exposure Awards 2017 aim to discover and showcase the world's best contemporary photographers, including all genres of photography, and from diverse cultures on every c…
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Edelvives International Prize For Picture Books 2017
The Edelvives Publishing Group, which for many years has been committed to selecting and publishing high-quality picture books, hereby announces the 6th Edelvives International Picture…
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Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2017
The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize was created in 2005 by the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers and the Lynn Foundation to encourage the very best creative representational painting…
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Streamers International Open Call for Artists
UPDATE: deadline extended to December 16, 2016. Streamers invites artists to reveal the development of projects from conception to completion, in a continuous online process that prese…
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V&A Illustration Awards 2017
The V&A Illustration Awards celebrate the best illustration published over the last year in the UK. Original artwork from the best illustrated book, book cover, editorial illustration…
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