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WIN A Solo Exhibition this November — Get the Exposure you deserve!
WIN A Solo Exhibition this November — Get the Exposure you deserve!

Open Photo Contests

Deadline: October 17, 2025
In the Nude
In the Nude is a photography exhibition that strips away pretense to confront the raw, unapologetic beauty of the human body. From the divine proportions of antiquity to the stark vulnerability of contemporary flesh, these works expose the nude not as an object to be idealized, but as a living canvas of desire, defiance, and truth. In the Nude is an international open call for photographers ages 18 and older. ​​​​​​​All forms of two-dimensional images, traditional and non-conve
Deadline: October 17, 2025
Untitled 2025: A Photographic Exhibition
Untitled is an annual competition and exhibition designed to showcase the best work of APA members and beyond – Images that show your unique vision, creative passion, and individualistic style, titled or untitled. This contest is open to all photographers at any level. All entries will be curated by our jurors and the top 20 images will be selected to display for exhibition with the top three (3) photos awarded prizes. While an APA membership is not required to enter, members receive discou
Deadline: October 17, 2025
AAP Magazine 53: Travels
Our 53rd printed issue of AAP Magazine will feature the best projects showcasing the theme 'TRAVELS'. 'My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.' - Steve McCurry We are looking for your travel photographs, near and far, to the edge of the earth and to the places perhaps known only to you. Whether you're hauling around a view camera and a tripod or just pulling a mobile phone out of your back pocket, we want to see what you've captured and
Deadline: October 19, 2025
Halloween
LENSCRATCH is creating exposure opportunities for photographers with group online exhibitions. Photographers will be allowed ONE entry per exhibition. Please follow directions exactly. Send ONE image of costumes, candy, ghosts and goblins, dark nights or pumpkins. Spooky and Scary images too! All images will be published, if appropriate to the call. Submit one photograph by October 19th for a chance to be featured.
Deadline: October 19, 2025
The Still Life
Still life photography offers the photographer a space of pure construction—where every element can be placed, shaped, and lit with precision. Unlike portrait or landscape, the still life is entirely built: light, color, texture, and balance become the tools of meaning. Praxis Gallery seeks photographic art that investigates the genre of the Still Life. Submissions may explore traditional arrangements, symbolic tableaux, minimalist studies, or conceptual assemblages. From the classical to the
Deadline: October 19, 2025
3rd Annual International Visionography Awards
Are you a photographer, digital artist, or visual storyteller ready to share your vision with the world? This is your moment to shine in one of the most prestigious global competitions, the International Visionography Awards. Over 70 Classes in 5 Categories: Composite Art – Multi-layered visual creations Painted Art – Painterly & artistic finishes Photographic Art – Pure, unaltered photography Software-Generated Art – AI, CGI & creative software Stories
Deadline: October 19, 2025
Photographer of the Week 44
Showcase Your Talent: Become Our Photographer of the Week! Each week, from Monday morning to Sunday evening, you can submit up to 10 of your best shots! If your photo is chosen by our jury, you'll have your image featured across the All About Photo website and social media for an entire week. Don’t miss your chance to shine it's free! Showcase Your Talent: Become Our Photographer of the Week! For the entire week: Your winning photo will be showcased on the All About Photo webs
Deadline: October 19, 2025
AI Synthetic Perspectives
AI Synthetic Perspectives invites photographers and digital artists to explore the evolving intersection of creativity and artificial intelligence. This open call welcomes works created entirely with AI as well as photographs retouched or transformed through intelligent tools, reflecting how technology reshapes visual expression. Many photographers have already experimented with AI-sometimes with remarkable results, other times with unexpected or imperfect outcomes-yet each attempt reveals somet
Deadline: October 20, 2025
Submit to Dek Unu
Unlike anthology or gallery-style magazines, Dek Unu publishes only one artist per issue. We are highly artist-centric; each edition is themed and curated by the artist, not the editorial staff. Along with 11 images, Dek Unu emphasizes each artist's words – each issue includes an artist's commentary for each image and an in-depth interview. Additional images from the artist are included in the interview section to add context, depth, and texture to readers' understanding of the artist and the
Deadline: October 20, 2025
23rd Eurostars Grand Marina Photography Award 2025
The Hotusa Group invites amateurs and professionals to participate in the 23rd Eurostars Grand Marina Photography Award 2025. Participants must compose photographic triptychs inspired by the theme "Barcelona in nature". The jury will recognise the series that, in their opinion, capture the theme with an innovative approach and technical and aesthetic quality. Surrounded by the Mediterranean, the Collserola mountain and the Besòs and Llobregat rivers, Barcelona integrates the natural environ
Deadline: October 21, 2025
Landskrona Foto Festival 2026 Open Call
Landskrona Foto Festival celebrates its 10th edition in 2026. Over the years, the festival has established a strong tradition of exhibiting photography in outdoor settings. It is a core part of our mission to take photography beyond cultural institutions and bring it closer to the local community. For our 2026 edition, we invite artists and photographers to submit projects for our outdoor exhibition programme, responding to the theme Displacement. Displacement can be understood in many way
Deadline: October 21, 2025
AAP Solo Exhibition November 2025
We want to showcase incredible work. Photography that awakens our imagination, transforms our way of thinking, or simply resonates with who we are. The Solo Exhibition enables you to reach a wider audience through our independent magazine that has become one of the most vibrant portals of photography on the web. The Solo Exhibition competition is open to any category of photography or subject matter. Photojournalism, street photography, artistic photography, portrait, nudes, landsca
Deadline: October 23, 2025
Yellow
Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the fifth "Yellow" online art contest for the month of October 2025. Contest is open to all artists worldwide over 18 years of age. The Artists from around the world are welcome to submit. The theme may include any work with depiction of the color “Yellow” or shades of Yellow (beige, lemon yellow, canary yellow, golden yellow). All visual art mediums (except video and sound) are allowed. Best of Show artwork will be on the poster of the show. Winning artist
Deadline: October 24, 2025
19th Annual International Color Awards
International Color Awards is open to professional and amateur photographers shooting in all forms of color photography using traditional or digital methods. We encourage classic styles, new creative ideas and photographers who are driven by their artistic eye and a desire to excel in this classic art form. Winning photographers enjoy exposure on a global scale as they vie for the 16th Annual International Color Awards. Prize money, Certificates of Achievement, winner medals, publication in
Deadline: October 24, 2025
Southwest
Photographers are welcome to submit their work for this juried exhibition highlighting the landscapes, cultures, and stories of the American Southwest. The images must be captured in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, or New Mexico. Whether you’ve documented the vibrant colors of the desert, the rich history of the region, or the spirit of its people, we want to showcase your unique perspective. 26 images will be selected by the juror for exhibition at Decode Gallery. The gall
Deadline: October 26, 2025
Chromatic Photography Awards 2025
Chromatic Awards is an international competition of color photography open to both professionals and amateurs. Participation in the Chromatic Awards offers not only prestige, but also the opportunity to win extra money for the development of passion. As such, every professional and amateur photographer from every corner of the world is invited and urged to participate in the third edition of this international prestigious photographic competition dedicated to color photography where 20 catego
Deadline: October 27, 2025
Raccont’arti – Castelfiorentino Prize for the Arts
Participants must submit a photographic project consisting of 10 to 30 images. Submissions can include documentary, artistic, or hybrid approaches. Only projects are accepted, not single images. The Open category winner will receive €3,000 and the Student category winner €500. All winners and finalists (4 per category) will exhibit in a group show in Castelfiorentino. “The illusion of knowledge: the photographic image between freedom and control.” The theme investigate the role of pho
Deadline: October 27, 2025
Portal
Portal : doorway, entrance, opening, entry, gate, egress, opening, aperture, porte, exit, hatch, mirror, passage, threshold, cut, entrada, hole, scuttle, window, approach, camera, breach, mirror…. “Portals have been sought as long as man has been man, real and imagined. A lecturer in art history expressed that the painter Paul Gauguin sought a portal into the home of his artistic daemon by traveling to Tahiti. She defined the word daemon as: a supernatural being whose nature is int
Deadline: October 27, 2025
SNAP TO GRID: the UN-Juried Exhibit
Show your work in our un-juried exhibit featuring digital art and photography: "Snap to Grid." All entries will be printed (8.5"x11" on heavyweight paper) and shown in our gallery arranged in a grid. Entrants submit JPEG files of original work. Multiple entries are permitted. Separate registration required for each image. Exhibit is limited to space available, early entry is advised. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the
Deadline: October 28, 2025
reFocus Awards 2025 World Photo Annual
Contest Description: CALL FOR ENTRIES. A celebration of the enduring power of photography, this prestigious annual contest awards the honor of Photographer of the Year within each category. Winners will receive $5,000 in cash prizes, an immersive, dedicated digital gallery to share their works in a global Artist Directory, and way more. Company Description: The reFocus Awards were created to celebrate the lasting power and indomitable spirit of the photographic image and its unique ability
Deadline: October 30, 2025
Home
Home is not always a building or a place on a map. It can be a feeling, a routine, a relationship, or a memory. It may be found in familiar objects, everyday moments, or the people who surround us. This exhibition invites photographers to share their personal views on what home truly means. Submissions may depict home as a physical space or as something less visible and more intangible. Diverse perspectives and styles are warmly welcomed. The goal is to create a thoughtfully curated collec
Deadline: October 30, 2025
Minimalism
Submissions are now open for "Minimalism", a photography exhibition dedicated to the art of simplicity, clarity, and refined visual composition. The exhibition presents photographic work that embraces minimalist principles, whether through the use of negative space, subtle tones, geometric form, or a stripped-back approach to subject and structure. Images should convey depth and emotion through thoughtful composition, visual restraint, and a heightened sensitivity to space, form, and balan
Deadline: October 30, 2025
Red
Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 1st “Red” Online Art Competition for the month of November 2025. This international competition invites artists to explore the essence of Red its energy, symbolism, and emotional depth. Participants are encouraged to express their personal perspective on the theme, whether through bold realism, imaginative surrealism, or striking abstraction. All visual art mediums are acceptable (painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, pri
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Shoot the Frame
Shoot The Frame is a suite of monthly international photography contests, designed to celebrate stunning photography and expose talented photographers. We are a community that is completely in love with all things photography. If you are a passionate amateur or professional photographer, we would love to see your imagery. You can submit your photos into our contests below. We have three categories every month. Shoot the Face, Shoot the Land and Shoot the Wild. All finalists and winners will h
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Photographer of the Month
"For Photographers Only" is a platform dedicated to selecting and sharing the finest international opportunities exclusively tailored for photographers. We are excited to introduce our monthly photo contest, an exclusive privilege for our members. The winner will receive an online exhibition, and their work will be prominently featured on our homepage and shared across our social media platforms throughout the entire month. If you're a passionate amateur or professional photographer, we invit
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Anthology Cover Art Award 2025
The Anthology Cover Art Competition is established to foster and support both established and emerging visual artists and provide a platform for publication, the cover art competition is open to multiple genres including painting, printmaking, mixed media, photography and digital media.  Works entered must not have appeared on the cover of another publication and not entered simultaneously in any other contest or competition. Works previously exhibited or published on the artist’s website
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Annual Americana Photo Awards
We are delighted to announce the first annual Americana Photo Awards, a global photography show that transcends borders to celebrate the rich tapestry of America's spirit. From stunning landscapes, architectural wonders to cultural moments and the vibrant people who shape the American identity. The awards international jury encourages you to express your unique perspective and capture the essence of this extraordinary nation. Visit Americana Photo Awards today and submit your best images to b
Deadline: October 31, 2025
10th FIGURATIVE
Welcome to TERAVARNA's "10th FIGURATIVE" International Juried Art Competition! We are thrilled to announce this exciting opportunity for visual artists worldwide. At TERAVARNA, we help you showcase your finest artwork centered around the theme of figurative paintings. Artists from around the globe are invited to submit their creations for consideration in our prestigious exhibition. Our figurative art competition embraces the diversity of artistic styles and mediums, offering a platform for art
Deadline: October 31, 2025
The Homiens Art Prize
The Homiens Art Prize, which awards over $12,000 USD annually to artists, is an internationally celebrated event that elevates art careers to new heights. Open to all art forms and artists internationally. Artworks completed in any year are eligible, and there are no theme or size restrictions. Artists who enter retain full ownership of their submitted works and are free to exhibit or display them elsewhere at any time. Homiens celebrates selected artists across their media, exhibiting their
Deadline: October 31, 2025
The Spirit World’ Virtual Exhibition and Catalog
Call for Art: The Spirit World Virtual Exhibition and Catalog Create! Magazine invites artists to submit work for The Spirit World, a curated virtual exhibition and professionally designed catalog. This special fall edition explores the spiritual, mystical, eerie, and uncanny. From meditations on the unseen to explorations of ghosts, myth, or paranormal encounters, all interpretations of this expansive theme are welcome. Selected artists will receive inclusion in a curated virtual ex
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Milky Way Photographer of the Year 2025
Photography Magazine Extra is excited to announce our First Annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year competition! The season for photographing incredible images of the Milky Way ends in October, and we hope you will participate to help make this event a great success. If you know someone passionate about Milky Way photography, please share this information with them. The contest winners will be announced shortly after the Milky Way Photography Season ends for the year. The night sky reveals
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Black and White 2026
Color photography may dominate in today’s world, but there remains a special place for black and white. Purity, simplicity, profundity… It is said that constraints fuel creativity, and stripping away color can bring focus to contrast, texture, shape and form. The best black and white photography allows us to see more sharply and feel more deeply. From the great masters to you – the history of black and white photography is long, but it continues to be written. New or from your archives,
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Sonntag Grant For Photography
Launched in 2025 and based in Berlin, this annual photography grant aims to support FLINTA artists (female, lesbian, inter, non-binary, trans, agender). Each year, one artist is awarded €3,000 to develop a project. The focus is on providing time, support, and space to pursue new or ongoing work. We want to give visibility to artists who reflect on the world in thoughtful, critical, or imaginative ways. No expectations of finished work. Just the possibility of time, space, and focus. F
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Autoportrait 2025
Following the success of our first AUTOPORTRAIT open call last year, we are excited to announce the 2025 Interim Edition once again with the theme Experimental Self-Portraits. Often involving a stretch of the imagination and pushing beyond the practice of traditional self-portraiture, experimental self-portraiture may utilise unconventional techniques and materials to explore identity, emotion, and the self in new and abstract ways. KLPA welcomes the use of diverse methods and processes, b
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Distant Frames
Team NAT PHOTO SOCIETY is looking for photographers who seek inspiration from their travels, irrespective of the distance or destination. As long as it is a journey and you have a photograph to share, we would like to see your work at the 1st Travel Photography Contest where you can win cash prizes worth $500, social media promotions, and get featured on our homepage. You are welcome to submit camera or smartphone images. Every good photograph is a blend of camera skills, forward-looking visi
Deadline: October 31, 2025
SINWP Bird Photographer of the Year 2025 in Aid of RSPB
Calling all photographers! Enter your best bird images into this exciting photo competition and help raise vital funds for The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). The Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers is pleased to announce that the Bird Photographer of the Year Competition in aid of RSPB is back for its 8th year running and has raised over £16,138 in that time. Colin Jones SINWP CEO says, “We're thrilled to announce the return of our 2025 competit
Deadline: October 31, 2025
The Knights of Art™ International Photography Awards
We celebrate exceptional creativity, bold vision, and artistic excellence. We honor photographers who push the boundaries of visual storytelling across cultures and genres. This competition, curated by The Knights of Art™, honors those who shape the future of photography and turn vision into legacy. Why Participate? Cash Prizes : $1,000 Prize Pool Certificates of Achievement for Winners and Honorable Mentions Global Publication in The Knights of Art™ Magazine (both digit
Deadline: October 31, 2025
2025 Bob & Millie Lynn Grant
The National Press Photographers Foundation Inc. (NPPF), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is charged with advancing photojournalism through education and awarding scholarships and fellowships to deserving individuals who have demonstrated ability or promise in the field of visual journalism. NPPF supports the work of photojournalists who play a critical role in the free flow of visual information in a healthy democracy. Bob & Millie Lynn Grant The National Press Photographers Foundati
Deadline: November 01, 2025
Artadia Awards: Houston
Artadia has active awards programs in the following cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Awards are granted in participating cities on a rotating basis. Artadia Awards are $15,000 and are unrestricted: The award money can be used however the artist sees fit. Artadia chooses to fund artists in cities that demonstrate a commitment to contemporary art. These cities are notable for: • The active presence of local artists
Deadline: November 01, 2025
Nature Studies 
"Nature Studies" focuses on work that examines the connections and overlaps between nature and human life. This space wishes to encourage reflection on how humans impact and are influenced by the living world around them. Images that highlight change, transformation, or the unexpected in nature are especially relevant as they challenge conventional views of the natural world and humanity’s place within it. Exhibition Details and participation benefits: - One or more of your photographs
Deadline: November 01, 2025
Short Stories
The RPS Women in Photography group invites you to take part in an exciting new project: “Short Video Project” – a platform for you to share your photography in a fresh, dynamic way. We’re inviting members to create a short video or slideshow that either:     • Showcases your photography: A visual portfolio-style presentation of your work, giving insight into your creative style, themes, or evolution as a photographer.     Or,     • Tells a story: Use still im
Deadline: November 01, 2025
Contemporary Reflection
We invite artists from all disciplines to submit artworks for the Contemporary Reflection Exhibition, a curated showcase exploring the complexities of modern life, identity, and cultural transformation. Motivation Statement In a world marked by rapid change and global uncertainty, Contemporary Reflection seeks to spotlight voices that interpret and respond to the present moment. This exhibition challenges artists to pause and reflect—on the personal, the societal, the environmental, and t
Deadline: November 02, 2025
Environmental Photography Award 2026
The Environmental Photography Award 2025, hosted by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, is an international competition aimed at spotlighting the profound relationship between humans and the natural environment. Launched to inspire conservation efforts, the award encourages photographers worldwide to capture stunning images that reveal both the planet’s beauty and the pressing challenges it faces. Entrants can submit their work across five key categories: Polar Wonders, Ocean Worlds, In
Deadline: November 02, 2025
Animal KIngdom
The New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA) invites photographers world-wide to submit images using any photographic process (print, image transfer, emulsion transfer, encaustic, black and white, etc.). Winners will receive $4,000 in cash awards, be featured in the NYC4PA Online Gallery and in the winners catalog. The Grand Prize winning image will be posted on the NYC4PA home page. ANIMAL KINGDOM:​ Our world is filled with animals. Whether your first thoughts are about
Deadline: November 02, 2025
Between Bridges Residency
Between Bridges is pleased to announce the open call for the next residency for visual artists. The residency will take place from July to December 2026 and includes a working phase as well as a one-month exhibition or public presentation. The eighth recipient of the residency will follow previous artists Yalda Afsah, Didem Pekün, Lucy Beech, Harry Hachmeister, Wisrah C. V. da R. Celestino, Kristian Vistrup Madsen, and the publishing collective Viscose. Eligibility The residency is open
Deadline: November 02, 2025
Architecture Interpreted
• perception • form • pattern • light • structure • design • memory The built environment is everywhere—from monumental icons to ordinary spaces—but how we see and interpret it transforms structure into art. Architecture is not only construction; it is form, light, rhythm, and cultural memory. Praxis Gallery seeks photographic art that explores architecture as a subject of perception and imagination. We invite work that moves beyond simple documentation—images that reve
Deadline: November 03, 2025
History
history : chronicle, archive, record, study, narrative, story, tale, saga, memoir, artifact, yesterday …… We think of this call for entry as an open call with a bit of a twist. How would you interpret the camera as a history machine? “Are you aware what that is you are holding in your hands? Oh no, that was a name given it by someone with little understanding of the true soul of the thing. It is a History Machine. Every image you will make, immediately after you click the sh
Deadline: November 03, 2025
Barcelona Experimental Photo Festival 2026 Open Call
The Experimental Photo Festival 2026 in Barcelona, one of the most important events on the global avant-garde photography scene, invites photographic and visual creators from all over the world to submit their most creative, alternative, and experimental projects. More than a festival, it is a vibrant international platform where the limits of photography are explored, between analogue, digital, and the totally disruptive. During its last edition, the festival brought together more than 300
Deadline: November 04, 2025
7th Chelsea International Photography Competition
The 7th Chelsea International Photography Competition provides the selected participants the opportunity to exhibit at one of our New York spaces, located in the heart of the Chelsea art district. The sprawling and elegant street-level space attracts hundreds of visitors with its striking exterior. With prizes valued over $55,000, the competition is open to photographers from around the world at any stage of their careers. Collective Exhibition 30 photographers will be selected t
Deadline: November 05, 2025
ShowOFF 2026 by Krakow Photomonth
The ShowOFF Section, devoted to premiering projects by artists making their debut, is one of the main parts of the Krakow Photomonth programme. By participating in the ShowOFF Section, emerging artists, chosen via an open call, have the opportunity to work with recognised and experienced specialists in the field of visual arts, including the invited curators and festival organizers helping to guide, oversee and promote their projects. What winners receive The prize for each of the 6 winne
Deadline: November 06, 2025
Female in Focus
1854 Media presents the sixth edition of Female in Focus call for entries. This is an international award that celebrates the remarkable talent and creativity of women photographers. For this year’s competition, photographers are invited to respond to the theme ‘On the Cusp’. This theme explores personal and international turning points, focusing on moments of revolution, revelation, and transformation. It encourages submissions that consider ideas such as aging, climate change, rapid tech
Deadline: November 06, 2025
Getxophoto: Open Call 2026
In June 2026, the Getxophoto International Image Festival will turn 20. After pressing the PAUSE, PLAY, and REC buttons –the themes of the three previous editions– the common thread for the next edition could only be… RESET. This button invites us to reboot the system. We know that anniversaries are moments to celebrate and rejoice, but they are also excellent opportunities to look back and take stock, to review our archives and get a glimpse of what we have changed. At the same tim
Deadline: November 06, 2025
Green
Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 3rd "Green" Online Art Competition for the month of November 2025. This is an international competition and artists from around the world are welcome to submit their work. You are welcome to submit any style or subject matter as long as the theme color "Green" is prominent. All visual art mediums are acceptable (painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage or installation art) except sound and video art.
Deadline: November 07, 2025
Square
We are seeking photography of any genre in a square format. Whether you specialize in portraits, landscapes, documentary, architecture, or conceptual photography, we’d love to see submissions that embrace the creative possibilities within a square frame. 12 images will be selected by the juror for exhibition at Decode Gallery. The gallery handles all printing for accepted photographers for free, we print professionally on an Epson printer with Ilford Pearl paper. We will only print one
Deadline: November 07, 2025
Architecture 2025
This month's Architecture Photography Competition challenges photographers to capture the beauty, innovation, and character of the built world through their lenses. Open to amateurs and professionals alike, the contest seeks images that highlight striking design, dramatic lighting, and compelling perspectives—whether showcasing iconic landmarks, modern masterpieces, or overlooked urban details. Entries will be judged on creativity, uniqueness of vision, composition, and technical skill, ce
Deadline: November 08, 2025
Unexpurgated Freedom in Form and Color
SlowArt Productions presents the thematic exhibition: Unexpurgated: Freedom in Form and Color. This exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery from March 5 – 28, 2026. The exhibition invites artists to explore the concept of art as a form of speech and expression. Works may address themes of personal truth, social commentary, identity, resistance, or the uninhibited creative voice. All media and stylistic approaches are welcome. All interpretations of the theme Unexpurgated: Freedom in Form
Deadline: November 10, 2025
Silence
Silence is always juxtaposed against its opposites: sound, noise, and loudness. It is strongly associated with loneliness, alienation, the unknown and disturbing landscape on the one hand, and known tranquillity and peace on the other. Photographically, the contrast between deep darkness and dazzling light is also crucial. After natural or social catastrophes, everything falls silent: empty cities, villages, abandoned public transport and empty workplaces serve as reminders of the transience and
Deadline: November 10, 2025
Women street photographers annual exhibition
The Women Street Photographers Annual Exhibition is the centerpiece of the WSP Festival in New York City (April 10–12, 2026), showcasing the most compelling single images of street photography and street portraiture from around the world. Open to women and non-binary photographers, the call celebrates diverse voices and expansive approaches to photographing life in public spaces. Seventy finalists will be exhibited at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 in New York City, April 10–20, 2026. Win
Deadline: November 11, 2025
The Hopper Prize: Fall 2025
The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for their Fall 2025 artist grants. For this open call, grant amounts have been increased to $4,500. 2 artists will each receive $4,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000. The Hopper Prize was established to provide grants, visibility, and career enhancing validation to artists who demonstrate a serious commitment to their work. We accept submissions for grants through a bi-annual open call. For each grant cycle, a new cohort of artists is
Deadline: November 12, 2025
Camera Work: Black and White
Black Box Gallery is excited to announce a Black and White juried group photo show. There is often a classic, nostalgic and dynamic translation to black and white photography. Black and White has an important tradition of luminous, well-crafted and thoughtfully composed imagery. Contemporary photographers are involved in this dialog of history and tradition, but with their own modern voice, visions and aesthetics of imagery. Black Box will be looking for a diversity of photographic works and ide
Deadline: November 15, 2025
The Nature Photography Contest 2025
The Nature Photography Contest has 10 categories for you to submit your images of natural landscapes, wildlife, macrophotography and more. You can win cash prizes and international recognition. The winner of the best photograph of the year will receive €1000, the winner of each category will receive €100 and the best photographer of the year will receive a trophy. In addition, for each participant, a tree will be planted in the country chosen by the winner. Nature photography is a g
Deadline: November 15, 2025
F-Stop Magazine - Portfolio 2025
Issue #134 will be a Portfolio issue. This should be a single project or body of work (if you are unsure what this means you can view past portfolio issues by going to the "Archive") Issue #134 will have an expected publication date of December 1, 2025. Only one submission per person for an issue. The featured artist is chosen from the work that is submitted to the issue.
Deadline: November 15, 2025
LA ART SHOW
TERAVARNA proudly carries its legacy into the 4th year at the LA Art Show, continuing an electrifying journey of art showcases. TERAVARNA has once more opened its doors to accept applications for a juried exhibition at the LA Art Show. This is an incredible opportunity and an unparalleled international art experience with over 120 galleries, museums, and non-profit arts organizations from around the world exhibiting painting, sculpture, works on paper, installation, photography, design, video
Deadline: November 15, 2025
Black & White Photography Open Call 2025
Black & White Photography Open Call 2025 at Grid Photo Gallery invites image-makers everywhere to explore the timeless strength of monochrome. When color falls away, form, light, and emotion take the lead—whether you’re drawn to crisp contrasts, velvety midtones, or the quiet poetry of grain. Show us portraits, street scenes, abstractions, architectures, landscapes, or moments in between—so long as the story lives in black and white. This call celebrates the discipline’s clarity and
Deadline: November 15, 2025
Artist Grant
Artist Grant awards an unrestricted $1200 USD grant to one visual artist three times each year. The next deadline is November 15, 2025. International artists, age 18 and older, may apply for a grant. Submissions are accepted in a wide range of media, including: Painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, installation, and other new or alternative visual media. Please note: Submissions for music, theater, dance, or film/video are not accepted. How to Apply: To apply, email s
Deadline: November 16, 2025
Monochrome Photography Awards 2025
The connection of Black and White Photography with tradition and timeless values is beyond contestation. Since its infancy, black and white photography was not only the craft but primarily the art, where ideas conjured in the artist's imagination is immortalized through the lens of their camera. The Monochrome Awards is primarily aimed at people of whom photography is a passion and a way of life. It is a platform where professionals and amateurs can enter their shots amongst a sea of ambitiou
Deadline: November 16, 2025
Revelations
The aesthetic elaborations that turn their gaze towards formal dynamics have originated from the studies on the organic world. These have been being developed since the nineteenth century, thanks to scientific discoveries and technological inventions such as the microscope, x-rays, microphotography, etc., and all these are tools through which artists could also observe the natural world: in this cultural context Art Noveau develops as an artistic phenomenon characterized by a style that uses cur
Deadline: November 16, 2025
Revela-T Festival: Open Call 2026
Theme 2026: “20 Ways to Escape” In a world saturated with images and technological promises, to keep looking in wonder is already an act of freedom. “20 Ways to Escape” is an open invitation to explore routes of escape – real or symbolic – from whatever confines us: routine, memory, borders, digital noise, even our own image. We are not here to tell you what to show; we want to accompany your gaze. What are you escaping from? Where to? What ways have you found to slip away?
Deadline: November 20, 2025
 YICCA Prize 2025/2026 – International Contest of Contemporary Art
YICCA International Art Contest embodies a convergence of talent and opportunity, making it an unmissable chance for artists with dreams of leaving a mark on the contemporary art landscape. The competition is open to all types of artworks and all techniques are allowed. This includes videos, performances and installations. By participating in YICCA, artists gain access to an influential global network that can significantly impact their careers. This exposure and recognition can be a game-change
Deadline: November 23, 2025
Les Boutographies
LES BOUTOGRAPHIES IS A FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY The contest is open to all photographers living in Europe. THERE IS NO THEME. The criteria for selection by a jury of professional in the photographic field are a height creative level, originality and a coherent personal vision. TWO SECTIONS WILL BE PROGRAMMED The official selection (on the walls) and the selection Jury Projection (in projection). You don't need to choose. If you are selected by the Jury, your w
Deadline: November 24, 2025
BBA Artist Prize 2026
BBA Prizes is turning 10. And double digits = double exhibition. We will be taking over the Kühlhaus in Berlin to present 20 artists and 20 photographers from our 2025 Artist Prize and Photography Prize open calls across 3 floors. Enter now to be part of the major exhibition and to be in the running for cash prizes, a solo exhibition + more. Plus, every day we will feature an “Artist of the Day” on our social media stories. Our “Artist of the Week” is then featured on our social media f
Deadline: November 24, 2025
The Chico Review - Photobook Retreat and Publishing Prize 2026
The Chico Review is the country’s premier Photobook Retreat. Organized by Charcoal Book Club, The Chico Review takes place over seven days at Chico Hot Springs Resort, near Livingston Montana. Eighty applicants will be selected by our jury and invited to spend the week with over twenty five of the most influential and creative photographers, book makers, gallerists, museum curators, and photobook publishers in the industry. One full tuition scholarship, two half tuition scholarships, and five
Deadline: November 24, 2025
World Sports Photography Awards 2026
World Sports Photography Awards, the world’s leading celebration of sports photography, today announces Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com) as the Official Imaging Partner for the highly-anticipated 2026 awards. Celebrating the world’s finest sports photographers, the free to enter awards recognise images that capture the passion, raw emotion, athleticism, and focus at the heart of sport. Judged by leading figures from sport, media, photography, branding, and the creative industries, the World Spor
Deadline: November 25, 2025
London International Creative Competition 2025
Since starting out in 2006, the London International Creative Competition has been recognising and rewarding the world’s most fresh and progressive creative talents. Our artists and designers are connected not by conventions, but by qualities. They work across a diverse range of formats, genres and industries, creating stunning and essential works of art in their respective fields. We’re not looking for anything done by-the-book. We’re looking for work that is as visual as it is vital.
Deadline: November 25, 2025
ASISAFoto International Photography Contest 2025
The ASISAFoto International Photography Contest 2025, organized by Fundación ASISA in Spain, is a globally recognized competition that invites photographers from all backgrounds to showcase their creative talents. Celebrated for its professional organization and prestigious reputation, the contest aims to promote visual storytelling and artistic expression through the medium of photography. Participants can submit their work online, making it accessible to amateur and professional photographers
Deadline: November 26, 2025
New York Photography Awards 2025
New York Photography Awards strives to honor, recognize, and promote outstanding photographers, as well as budding talents, worldwide. This award is open for photographers who wish to express their emotions and messages through their abstractive images, whilst incorporating the alluring sights of Big Apple’s cityscape. New York Photography Awards’ mission is to assist photographers from around the world, celebrating and honoring their photos, as well as cultivating a new generation of pho
Deadline: November 29, 2025
World Street Photo Awards
The World Street Photo Awards invites photographers of all levels – professional, amateur, or student – to showcase powerful street photography that captures real moments and untold stories from around the globe. We welcome bold, authentic submissions that reflect the spirit of the street – unfiltered, spontaneous, and visually compelling. Our goal is to highlight emerging talent and celebrate street photography as a vital form of visual storytelling. Winners receive international ex
Deadline: November 30, 2025
Anthology Photography Award 2025
Open to photographers working at any level, the Anthology Photography Competition celebrates outstanding standalone images. It also provides a platform for photographers to showcase their work through publication. Images submitted must be on the theme of ‘Everyday Wonders’. Submissions will be judged on quality, creativity, originality, and visual/emotional impact. Photography styles can include street photography, landscapes, natural world & wildlife, macro photography, lifestyle, obj
Deadline: November 30, 2025
Open Call for Al-Tiba9 Artist Directory 2025
Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art is a leading international platform in the contemporary art world, facilitating print and digital distribution of featured artists in our magazine, art books, web, and social media presence, and through our participation in art fairs in Spain and Portugal. Our artist page directory will serve as a development space for new and emerging talent as well as facilitate professional connections and collaborations across our extensive network of galleries, museums, art coll
Deadline: November 30, 2025
Cities
A city is more than a place in space. It is a drama in time.” – Patrick Geddes More than half of us now live in cities – surviving and thriving in a complex, manmade space. Show us urban life and the revelations of the modern world, from New York to Nairobi, São Paulo to Shanghai… Open to all photographers, we’re interested in urban explorations and the insights they can uncover: architecture and cityscapes, urban decay, street encounters, suburban stories… New or from your ar
Deadline: November 30, 2025
15th Abstract
TERAVARNA announces their "15th ABSTRACT" International Juried Art Competition. Artists with a keen eye for originality are encouraged to put their most compelling pieces on the unifying topic of abstraction to this unique occasion. The abstract art competition is open to contributions in a wide variety of creative disciplines, including but not limited to traditional media such as painting and sculpture, new media such as digital art, painting, fiber art, photography, graphic design, and
Deadline: December 01, 2025
SHOTS  Spring 2026 Issue, #170
Send up to 8 images. No entry form is required, but please include a word document that includes your name, address, email, titles/captions, website, and any other information pertinent to your submittal. Shots accepts files submitted online using either WeTransfer or pCloud Transfer (free services, no registration required, for files up to 2GB or 5GB respectively). Please use submit@shotsmagazine.com as the recipient address and include your name in all files. Prepare your files per the spec
Deadline: December 01, 2025
Smithsonian Magazine Annual Photo Contest 2025
The Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest 2025 is the 23rd annual installment of their photography competitions, inviting photographers of all levels to showcase their vision through powerful images. The contest highlights creativity, originality, and storytelling across six dynamic categories: Wildlife, Travel, People, The American Experience at 250, Artistic Images, and Drone/Aerial photography. All photographs must have been taken since January 1, 2023, ensuring that entries capture fresh, conte
Deadline: December 01, 2025
DPG Masters Underwater Imaging Competition 2025
The DPG Masters Underwater Imaging Competition is a long-established and widely respected contest that celebrates the splendor of the oceans and the challenging art of underwater photography and video. The organizers call on underwater shooters of all levels, from novice to professional, to compete in what has become the “World Championship” of international underwater imagery events. The prizes, worth more than $85,000 in total, include dive trips with the world’s top resorts and liveab
Deadline: December 02, 2025
The 8th John Ruskin Prize
The 8th John Ruskin Prize is an internationally recognised, multi-disciplinary art prize that celebrates creativity, craftsmanship, and critical thought inspired by the values of John Ruskin, the leading 19th-century writer, art critic and social thinker. Organised by The Guild of St George and supported by Trinity Buoy Wharf, the prize invites artists, designers, and makers from across the world to respond to the theme “Patience in Looking, Truth in Making.” The competition is open to a wid
Deadline: December 04, 2025
Emergency Grants
Created in 1993 to further FCA's mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists who: Have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates Emergency Grants is the
Deadline: December 07, 2025
Exposure One Awards - 2025 Nature Photography Contest
Seeking images incorporating our Earth as a source of inspiration & as subject matter in the 2025 Nature Photography Contest by the Exposure One Awards. Winners will receive career-enhancing cash prizes, global media exposure, a dedicated digital gallery to share their works, and way more. Awards: Over $4,000 in cash prizes, global exposure, artist profile, winner's gallery feature, custom press release, interview, and more.
Deadline: December 07, 2025
Walk of Water Photostory Contest: Identities
We invite photographers of all levels, from experienced professionals to amateurs, to explore and unravel the rich tapestry of human experiences with water, with more than €10 000 in prizes up for grabs. From cultural and spiritual traditions to everyday moments, livelihoods, gender, and the environment, your photos can reveal how water connects us all and influences who we are. The contest leans on the United Nation’s theme for World Water Day 2026, which will focus on the vital connectio
Deadline: December 10, 2025
Cold
"Cold is a force that shapes everything it touches, pressing against the skin, stiffening the air, freezing rivers, and hardening the earth beneath snow and ice. It silences landscapes, and exposes the vulnerability of bodies and structures alike. Through photography, Cold captures the relentlessness of winter, the sharp textures of ice, the beauty of frost, and the contrast of human presence against vast landscapes. This exhibition seeks images that confront cold in all its forms, also work
Deadline: December 11, 2025
Innovate Grant: Fall  2025
Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (6) honorable mentions (3 in art and 3 in photo), will be featured on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Innovate Grant's commitment extends beyond the grant cycle by promoting the work of selected winners and honorable mentions into the future. For more information and to apply visit https://innovateartistgrants.org Innovate Grant supports ar
Deadline: December 14, 2025
Annual Photography Awards 2025
The seventh edition of this international photography competition features five main categories, each divided into 25 subcategories, providing participants with a broad platform to showcase their talent and artistic vision on the global stage. We encourage bold and innovative approaches that challenge conventional artistic standards. Regardless of the chosen theme, participants can submit their work in up to five categories. There are no restrictions on interpretation, creativity, or aest
Deadline: December 15, 2025
Alice Austen House 4th Triennial of Staten Island Photography
In March 2026, the Alice Austen House will present the fourth iteration of its Staten Island Triennial of Photography, Resilient Communities. Resilient Communities will be a juried exhibition that aims to highlight underrepresented communities and creates dialogue around resilience, identity and perseverance. The Alice Austen House Museum aims to create a platform to support emerging and mid-career photographers while addressing Staten Island’s ongoing need for arts representations and in
Deadline: December 19, 2025
Geographies
LoosenArt is inviting photographers, video makers and digital visual designers to take part in the collective exhibition "Geographies: an exploration between places, environments and cultures", an exhibition project that seeks to question and narrate the many forms of contemporary geography: physical and symbolic, human and environmental, local and global. The aim is to explore borders - geographical, cultural, political, and emotional - and their transformations through the creative gaze of pa
Deadline: December 20, 2025
Our Sky
Our Sky" is a photography exhibition exploring the sky as a constant, shared presence that is at once universal and deeply personal. It is always above us, spanning cities, forests, oceans, and deserts. The sky can be calm or turbulent, bright or muted, vast or intimate; it is never static, yet always present. Submissions might capture dramatic weather patterns, subtle cloud formations, or unique perspectives that make the familiar unfamiliar. Photographers are invited to submit work that ref
Deadline: December 30, 2025
Umbra International Photography Awards 2025
Welcome to the Umbra Awards 3rd Edition 2025. As one of the most prestigious photography awards, the Umbra International Photography Awards™ celebrate visionaries who push the boundaries of creativity and redefine the art of visual storytelling. ​ ​Win the Grand Photographer of the Year 2025 and take home the coveted Umbra Awards Grand Gold Statue, along with prestigious gold medals. Whether you are a seasoned professional or an emerging talent, the Umbra Awards recognize photographe
Deadline: December 30, 2025
Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation Grants
Call for Proposals: Two $50,000 grants and three $8,000 grants available to visual artists. The Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation is proud to announce its inaugural grant program. This initiative celebrates Bobby’s vision while looking forward — supporting artists whose practices expand empathy, nurture connection, and respond to the ecological and social challenges of our time. We invite proposals from visual artists working across media and approaches whose work embodies this spirit. F
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Join SDN
We encourage both professional and non-professional photographers to submit your work to the Social Documentary Network website. The primary criteria is your commitment to use the documentary form to explore the human condition - with the goal of increasing our understanding of it. Submitting your projects to the SDN website is the first and only step in getting your work selected for publication in ZEKE magazine.Step 1: Apply for a free membershipStep 2: Submit your photos and text
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Open Show
Check out the listings to find the open show that works best for you. Each month you can find shows that are open in a town near you.
Deadline: December 31, 2025
MVIBE Magazine Call for Entry
MVIBE Magazine is a magazine created by artists for artists solely for the purpose of advertising worldwide. We give creative people the opportunity to be published and to show the world their images and their works. Impressive images, of high standards from world emerging talents. MVIBE Magazine is printed in America and distributed worldwide. It can only be purchased online, either in print or electronically, through the publishing company's website. It publishes three issues a month
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Al-Tiba9 Digital Interviews Platform
Al-Tiba9 Interviews is a promotional platform for artists to articulate their vision and to reach a varied audience of art collectors, art lovers, and fellow artists. You will receive a webpage entirely dedicated to you, with a selection of works, your artist’s statement and biography, as well as a detailed interview, tailored specifically to promote you and your artworks. 10 questions with the artist - The Digital Interview Once selected, you will be interviewed by the founder & curator Moh
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