Istanbul Photo Awards is an international news photography contest organized by Anadolu Agency, global news agency for more than 100th years. The contest aims to contribute to the sphere of news photography and offers a perspective shaped by the region’s unique position at the center of diverse cultures.

The awards reward endeavors of courageous and talented professional photographers from around the world on merit. All the winning photographs have the power to engage people against wars and conflicts, and to familiarize them with different cultures.

Entries are being accepted in 10 categories: Single News, Story News, Single Sports, Story Sports, Single Nature and Environment, Story Daily Life, and Story Portrait along with newly added Story Nature and Environment, Single Portrait and Single Daily Life.

Submitted photos must be taken in 2022. Digital manipulation and any kind of photoshop effects is not allowed, only basic color corrections are allowed.

2023 Jury: National Geographic photographer and filmmaker Ami Vitale, photojournalist Carol Guzy, Photojournalist Yuri Kozyrev from NOOR Agency, photojournalist Goran Tomasevic from The Globe and Mail, visual storyteller Marion Mertens, visual media consultant Michel Scotto, chief sports photojournalist Cameron Spencer from Getty Images, photojournalist Ahmet Sel and Firat Yurdakul, the editor-in-chief of Anadolu Agency's Visual News Department.

Copyrights remain on the photographer, and Istanbul Photo Awards will use photographers credit for all photographs used.

There is no entry fee.

Eligibility

Open worldwide to professional photographers only.

Prize

The first place winners in each category will be awarded 3,000 USD, the second place winners 1,500 USD, and the third place winners 1,000 USD. The Photo of the Year award will be given to the photograph that is first in the Single News category, and the photographer will be awarded 6,000 USD.