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Smithsonian Magazine 20th Annual Photo Contest

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Smithsonian Magazine 20th Annual Photo Contest
Territory: Worldwide
Theme: Several Categories
Eligibility: Open to photographers who are 18 years old or older.
Entry Fees: Free
Prize: Cash Prize
Smithsonian Magazine is calling for entries to its 20th Annual Photo Contest, open to all photographers who are 18 years old or older. Award-winning photographs can range from a captivating portrait of a family member to a moon-drenched landscape to movement captured at just the right time. Smithsonian is looking for the best of the best. Eight prizes will be awarded in spring 2023, including a Grand Prize of $2,500, six category prizes of $500 each and a Reader's Choice award of $500.
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Deadline: February 24, 2025
38th Annual InFocus Competition and Sale
Each person may enter up to 6 images, no more than 3 in any one category, and the work must be hand delivered and picked up on the designated check in and out dates at Jamestown Community Hall. Sorry, no shipping options available. Entries are to be submitted electronically for the jurying process via the web-based competition management system, Smarter Entry. Only photos that are accepted for display through the jurying process will need to be framed and delivered for exhibition.
Deadline: February 25, 2025
Images Vevey Book Award 2025/2026
The competition is open to professional artists and photographers as well as those in training who are currently working on a book project. No age limitations. No regional restrictions. The competition represents unique support for contemporary creation, with complete freedom of choice over subject and genre. A statement of intent written in english and 10 pictures of the photographic series and images of the book project (example: page spreads of the layout, dummy-documentat
Deadline: February 25, 2025
The Grand Prix Images Vevey 2025/2026
The international photography award Grand Prix Images Vevey, worth 40,000 CHF is one of the largest and longest-standing prizes in Europe and attracts participants from all over the world for each competition. Winning projects are then exhibited at the Biennale Images Vevey the following year. This prize grants the laureate the indivisible sum of 40,000 CHF for the development, achievement and presentation of a new photography project at the next Biennale Images Vevey in 2026.
Deadline: February 25, 2025
15th Annual ’Figurative’ Online Art Competition
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces their 15th Annual “Figurative” Online Art Competition. 2D and 3D artists from around the world are called upon to make online submissions for possible inclusion into the Gallery’s February 2025 online group exhibition. The gallery invites artists (including photography & digital art), regardless of where they reside, to apply to this competition by submitting their best figurative art. Figurative subjects are considered to be figures,
Deadline: February 27, 2025
PHOTO 2026: Show Me Love
We are inviting emerging, mid-career and established artists and photographers from any country to participate in PHOTO 2026 International Festival of Photography and have their work presented as part of the official program. Applications must respond to the PHOTO 2026 theme: 'Show Me Love'. Successful applications will have their work presented as large-scale public artworks. Exhibited on building facades or freestanding frames, PHOTO 2026 will transform Melbourne's streets, laneways
Deadline: February 27, 2025
Botanicals
Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 7th “Botanicals” Online Art Competition for the month of March 2025. This is an international competition and artists from around the world are welcome to submit their work. The theme may include any work with interpretation of botanical and floral art (flowers, herbs, fruit, leaves, plants and related floral subcjects). All visual art mediums are acceptable (painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collag
Deadline: February 27, 2025
Hatta: A Story in Every Frame
Hatta is more than just a place; it's a story told through time. In collaboration with the Dubai Naturalization and Residency Department (DNRD), we invite all professional and amateur photographers to put the spotlight on Hatta. Capture human interaction, explore its traditional markets and participate in its unique events. Let your photo(s) and video express the vibrant soul and cultural diversity of Hatta. Participants may submit up to three photo(s).
Deadline: February 27, 2025
AAP Magazine #46: Women
Since the medium's inception, women have been the subject of photographers but also experimented photography as a tool of documentation and a space of self-expression. This 46th edition of AAP Magazine encourages photographers to celebrate all the important things women do. Send us a cohesive body of work or portfolio - capturing the essence, hard-work, beauty, resilience, kindness... of women! The subject is completely open, it can be fashion, nude, documentary, portrait, sports, fin
Deadline: February 28, 2025
Aftershoot Create Together Fund
We want to empower and support photographers in building thriving communities. With this initiative, we strive to create vibrant and supportive communities where photographers can flourish and inspire one another. By the end of 2025, we are committed to helping photographers across the United States, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, and New Zealand conduct 750 events with our $1M fund. Support 750 Photography Events Aftershoot was s
Deadline: February 28, 2025
Umencia Art Photo – International Photography Competition
Umencia Art Photo – International Photography Competition CALL FOR ENTRIES COMPETE AMONG THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE WORLD Prize: 1000$ Cash | Trophy | Medals | Publishing online | Publication in the annual book | Website link | Digital Ribbon | Digital Certificate | Digital seal | Exhibition Open to professional and amateur photographers 18 years old and older Territory: Worldwide Entry: submit unlimited photos Fee: $15 USD/photo COMMERCIAL, PUBLICATION AND ILLUSTRATION
Deadline: February 28, 2025
Animal kingdom
This month we want to explore animal life. Exotic or domestic, wild or tamed – out in nature or sharing our urban spaces. Thriving or merely surviving – animals as wildlife, companions or commodities. Show us the creatures that share our planet Earth. Wildlife, studio, documentary, storytelling, conceptual, candid or staged… All genres welcome. Juror: Petros Koublis
Deadline: February 28, 2025
Urban Animals
Join us for a visual exploration of the fascinating coexistence between animals and urban spaces in our upcoming photographic project URBAN ANIMALS. Presented by dotART and Exhibit Around APS, organizers of the Trieste Photo Days international photography festival, we invite photographers from around the world to participate in this exciting open call, showcasing the unique stories of animals living alongside us in our cities. ­ ­ Urban ANIMALS aims to explore the fascinating inte
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