Run by Rossiya Segodnya under the auspices of the Russian Federation Commission for UNESCO, the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest allows young photojournalists from around the globe to show what moves and concerns them.
The 2019 contest has five categories:
• Top News
• Sports
• My Planet
• Portrait. A Hero of Our Time
• Inspiration
Entries can contain a single photograph or series of no more than 12 photographs. Minor cropping, or balance (white balance) or density (brightness, contrast) correction is acceptable. framed images, collages, photos that have been significantly photoshopped, with parts of the image edited, deleted or replaced with a different image, will not be accepted.
Photos will be uploaded in the JPG format. The image is to be no less than 2,200 pixels and no more than 5,700 pixels by its longer side.
Photographs must have been taken after January 1, 2018. In exceptional cases, series of photographs started in previous years are accepted. In such case, the last photograph of the series must have been taken in 2018 or 2019.
There is no entry fee.
Eligibility
Open worldwide to participants aged 18 to 33.
Prize
The Grand Prize for 2019 is 700,000 RUB (approx. 10,050 USD) and there are three other monetary prizes for the best work in each competition category.
