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Shoot The Frame Annual Awards

Close on January 02, 2026
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Shoot The Frame Annual Awards
Territory: Worldwide
Theme: Portrait
Eligibility: Open to all
Entry Fees: $17/1 image, $27/3 images, $37/7 images
Prize: Cash Prize
We have some big news to share.

Shoot The Frame is launching its very first Annual Awards.

Since 2012, Shoot The Frame has celebrated photography through our monthly portrait, landscape, and wildlife awards. Over the past 13 years, thousands of photographers from around the world have shared their craft, their stories, and their imagery.

In 2025, Shoot The Frame is evolving.

The monthly contests are now on pause as we introduce the Shoot The Frame Annual Awards — a global celebration of photography that allows us to go deeper into storytelling and recognition of photographers across an entire year.

Categories

This year, the focus is on portrait photography, celebrated through two categories:

One Frame
Honouring the power of a single photographic portrait. You may submit as many images as you like, with each judged on its individual merit.

Photo Essay
A curated series of up to 15 portraits that connect as a complete body of work. Visual stories told through tone, subject, or theme, and judged as one unified entry.

Prizes

We have some incredible prizes lined up, including USD $4,000 in cash. Over the coming weeks, we’ll introduce you to our prize partners.

Our printed edition showcases the winners of AAP Magazine call of entries
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Contests Closing Soon

Deadline: March 05, 2026
Colors
Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the seventh Colors online art contest for the month of March 2026. Contest is open to all artists worldwide over 18 years of age. The gallery invites artists and photographers from around the world to share their artistic vision using a concetration of one color or a multitude of colors. A variety of interpretations of Colors theme can be submitted (representative, abstract, conceptional). All visual art mediums (except video and sound) are allowed. The Best of
Deadline: March 05, 2026
Portrait
People and their expressions have always been an interesting subject for photographers. It is really challenging to try to capture the emotions and the mood of a person in just one shot. The thoughts of the person in the picture can often be projected on the person’s face while photographed. It is also always interesting to see what the photographers see on the people they have photographed. We would really like to see this relationship as it is developed through your “Portraits
Deadline: March 06, 2026
GLF Photography Awards 2026
Rangelands cover 54% of the Earth’s land surface and sustain billions of people, cultures and livelihoods worldwide. Yet they remain underrepresented, misunderstood and undervalued. To celebrate the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, we’re inviting photographers from across the world to tell powerful visual stories of these landscapes and the people who steward them. We want you to show us what rangelands and pastoralism are all about – and why it’s
Deadline: March 07, 2026
Landscape
We are pleased to announce our annual Landscape Photography Competition, an open call inviting photographers to share their unique perspectives on the natural world. This competition seeks images that capture not only the beauty of the landscape, but the sense of place, atmosphere, and moment that define it. We encourage submissions that go beyond the obvious photographs that reflect thoughtful composition, intentional use of light, and an authentic connection to the environment.
Deadline: March 07, 2026
L.A. Photo Curator: Contemporary Trends in Beauty
Beauty- ever-changing, always subjective, and often imperfect- is a powerful quality that can transform and inspire. We want to see your vision of beauty. We welcome any handcrafted print, including experimental silver gelatin, albumen, anthotype, argyrotype, calotype, carbon, casein, chrysotype, cyanotype, gum bichromate, gumoil, photopolymer gravure, ivorytype, kallitype, mordançage, platinum/palladium, van dyke brown, wet plate collodion, and combinations thereof. Images ca
Deadline: March 08, 2026
Big Picture 2026
We don’t have to venture to the ends of the Earth to discover the beauty and surprising stories of the natural world. This year’s photo story opens our eyes to what’s happening in our own backyards: nearby parks, gardens, forests, streets, villages, ponds, streams, soil and skies. What changes have you been observing closely or close by over the days or years? What community or conservation work have you been focusing on? Show and tell us what’s been happening in your own backyard!
Deadline: March 08, 2026
Solo Exhibit 2026
Kickstart your art career with a solo exhibition of your artwork in the Tribeca Arts District presented by The Untitled Space gallery. The Untitled Space invites artists to apply for a Solo Exhibition to take place at the gallery in Tribeca, New York, Fall/Winter 2026. The selected artist will be awarded a solo exhibition presented as an in-person show at the gallery on Lispenard Street, located in the Tribeca Arts District of New York City. The solo exhibition will
Deadline: March 08, 2026
Fluid Ecologies
We invite artists working in all disciplines to participate in the Fluid Ecologies Open Call, exploring ecologies in their broadest sense—examining how systems respond, change, adapt, and evolve. Artists are encouraged to consider ‘ecology’ as both metaphor and framework for understanding how we live, interact, and relate to one another. This open call offers an opportunity to visualize, question, and respond to the networks and systems that sustain us, shape us, and impact our
Deadline: March 08, 2026
Photographer of the Week 12
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 sh
Deadline: March 09, 2026
Athens Photo Festival (APhF:26)
Athens Photo Festival (APhF:26) is now accepting submissions from artists and photographers for its 2026 exhibition program. The Festival will feature the work of over 100 artists from all over the world, selected through this international open call. The selected works will be exhibited from 4 June 2026 to 28 July 2026 at the Benaki Museum/Pireos 138, one of the most prestigious museums in Greece, displayed in over 3,000 square meters of exhibition space. The Fe
Deadline: March 09, 2026
World Report Award 2026: Documenting Humanity
The World Report Award | Documenting Humanity aims at a new form of social commitment through photography. The award is open to both professional and amateur photographers from all over the world. The award will give attention to works focusing on people and their social or cultural stories; public or private, minor or crucial; major human tragedies or smaller daily life stories; intimate and personal relationships connecting human beings. Environmentally focused wildlife c
Deadline: March 09, 2026
WATER: Element of Change
Water is a powerful and ever-present element, shaping landscapes, reflecting light, and carrying movement, memory, and emotion. It appears in countless forms—from oceans, rivers, and rain to ice, fog, reflections, and more abstract expressions. For this exhibition, we invite photographers to submit work that explores water in all its variations. Submissions may be literal or interpretive, representational or abstract, quiet or dynamic. All photographic approaches are
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