Amateur Photo Contests

Landscape photography invites us to pause, explore, and reconnect with the natural world, capturing its beauty through light, scale, and atmosphere. From dramatic mountains and endless deserts to serene coastlines and hidden forests, this genre challenges photographers to translate the grandeur of a scene into a powerful visual experience. Our Landscape Photography Contest celebrates this art by welcoming photographers from around the globe to share their most compelling outdoor images. Wheth

Calling all aspiring photographers and lens-based artists aged 13 to 25! SYPA is your stage to showcase creativity, technical finesse, and bold perspectives. Whether you’re a local or an international youth living in Singapore, this is your chance to shine. From street photography to portraiture and conceptual work, we want to see your strongest, most compelling images. SYPA celebrates the fresh viewpoints and visual storytelling that only young photographers can bring. This year’s

Current secondary, post-secondary, or graduate students studying Graphic Design, creative advertising, photography, illustration, digital, motion or gaming programs are eligible to enter the 2026 Student Awards competition. Any school (group or individual) or personal work created at any time during your academic, creative program is eligible. Whether you are just starting your journey or looking to launch your career, the Applied Arts Awards give you an advantage in this competitive marke

This month’s challenge invites you to capture the essence of wildlife, from majestic mammals and vibrant birds to intricate insects and underwater creatures. The guidelines are simple, and the process is designed to encourage fresh experimentation without extra hurdles. Selected works will be gathered into a curated collection with your name and link included, giving you a polished, shareable presence. Finalists receive certificates and a group feature, while top artists are highlighted w

The 2026 Lenscratch Student Prize is now open for submissions. The LSP seeks to support the next generation of photographers by offering monetary awards and professional networking opportunities to artists creating innovative and compelling work. Educators! Please share widely! Students currently enrolled in any bachelor’s or master’s degree program in photography are encouraged to apply. AWARDS FIRST PRIZE a $2000 Cash Award and a feature on Lenscratch a year long mentorship with

Fusion Art invites submissions for the 10th Annual Leaves & Petals art competition for an online exhibition during the month of June 2026. For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art depicting flowers, leaves, herbs, plants, shrubs, bushes, hedges and other botanical or floral subjects. All artists, regardless of location or experience, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography. Cash prizes wi

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces its Annual “Summer 5 for $10” Online Art Competition for 2026. For this competition, artists from around the world are invited to submit their work online for possible inclusion in the Gallery’s “Summer 5 for $10” online group exhibition. Artists may submit up to 5 entries for $10, and the gallery will select 12 overall winning artists from all participants. A special online exhibition will be presented on the Light Space & Time web

For the past 16 years, Circulation(s) festival promote a modern and inclusive vision of photography. He has more than a decade of discovering new emerging talent, and still a burning desire to make new visual writing accessible to all. Every year, the festival brings together the general public, artists and professionals around a multi-faceted, adventurous and innovative program that questions the boundaries between photography and contemporary art. It’s the must-attend event for tomorrow�

Launched in 2017, the Paris Photo Students Prize supports undergraduate and graduate students from European schools of photography and visual arts. Co-founded by Paris Photo, Picto Foundation and SNCF Gares & Connexions, the program aims to support emerging talent and facilitate access to the professional art world. Each year, a jury of art professionals selects 40 students from over 600 applications submitted by nearly 200 European schools. Four laureates are then chosen. The laureates

The Snider Prize is a purchase award given to emerging artists in their final year of graduate study. The winner receives $3,000, and two honorable mentions each receive $500 towards the purchase of work to be added to MoCP’s permanent collection. Established by the generosity of Lawrence K. and Maxine Snider, the Snider Prize forms a part of the museum’s ongoing commitment to support new talent in the field of contemporary photography.

Wildlife photography is a breathtaking journey into nature, capturing the beauty, power, and fragility of the animal world. From majestic predators to delicate birds in flight, from the depths of the ocean to the heart of the jungle, every image tells a story of life in its purest form. Our Wildlife Photography Contest invites photographers from around the world to showcase their best work, capturing extraordinary moments of nature in action. Whether highlighting rare species, dramatic encoun

t’s free to enter and open to everyone using any camera brand, and you don’t even have to be a professional photographer. You just need to have a funny photo or video of some wonderful wildlife and register here to upload your work. It’s tons of fun — and we haven’t even started to mention the fabulous prizes on offer... First things first, the competition is open to users of all camera brands. Yes, that’s right — we don’t mind what equipment you use, as long as it features wi

This month’s challenge invites you to explore the themes of nostalgia, memory, and the passage of time. Your first entry is free, the guidelines are simple, and the process is designed to encourage fresh experimentation without extra hurdles. Selected works will be gathered into a curated collection with your name and link included, giving you a polished, shareable presence. Finalists receive certificates and a group feature, while top artists are highlighted with interviews and a mini-maga

This month’s Ebb and Flow Art Challenge invites you to explore movement, change, and the quiet push-pull of life, through water, emotion, energy, or anything that rises and recedes.The guidelines are simple, and the process is designed to encourage fresh experimentation without extra hurdles. Selected works will be gathered into a curated collection with your name and link included, giving you a polished, shareable presence.Finalists receive certificates and a group feature, while top artis

This contest is open to all nature photographers aged eight and older, with $200 prizes awarded separately to 8 ― 18 year olds and ages 19 and up. Three of the categories (waterscapes, birds, and single bloom) are judged by a panel of two judges. Additionally, a $200 community choice award goes to the youth and adult photo with the most votes. Prizes Eight $200 Winners: One in each judged category for youth and adult, as well as one community choice award for youth and adult.

Our Minimalist Photography Contest is all about the art of less. In a world full of noise and visual overload, minimalism invites us to slow down and appreciate the quiet beauty of simplicity. Clean lines, negative space, and subtle details came together in powerful compositions that prove you don’t need much to say a lot.

SlowArt Productions presents the annual group exhibition, A Show of Heads. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery from October 8 - 31, 2026. Open to all artists working in any media, this exhibition will include all interpretations and portrayals of the Human Head, from the traditional to the abstract and conceptual. All visions of the head, including partial and multiple heads, will be considered. he exhibition is open to all artists, national and international, working in al