Photography Awards

Pictures of the Year Latin America (Professional Category) — Closes next 2 January
Aperture Portfolio Prize — Closes next 8 January
Featureshoot Emerging Photography Awards — Closes next 8 January
Wellcome Photography Prize — Closes next 18 January
Sony World Photography Awards (Open Category) — Closes next 7 January
Sony World Photography Awards (Professional Category) — Closes next 14 January
2021 World Press Photo Contests — Closes next 12 January
All About Photo Awards — Closes next 31 January
Humanity @ HIPA International Photography Award — Closes next 31 January
Pictures of the Year Latin America (Amateur Category) — Closes next 31 January
Nikon Photo Contest — Closes next 1 February

Photography Grants

#ShowUs Grant by Getty Images (for women, female-identifying and non-binary photographers) — Closes next 14 January
Penumbra Workspace Program — Closes next 15 January
Photoworks x English Heritage (for photographers aged 18-25) — Closes next 18 January
Research Fellowships @ Ryerson Image Centre — Closes next 29 January
Landskrona Foto Residency — Closes next 31 January
Residencies and Special Projects @ VU (for Canadian photographers) — Closes next 1 February
SAC International Curatorial Residency Program (for curators, scroll down the linked page for English version) — Closes next 1 February

Open calls for photographers

The Best Photo Sitting on Your Phone — Closes next 2 January
Street @ IMA Next Magazine — Closes next 5 January
ShowOFF @ Krakow Photomonth Festival — Closes next 10 January
Life @ IMA Next Magazine — Closes next 11 January
The Constructed Image @ F-Stop Magazine — Closes next 15 January
2021 Nikon-Noor Academy — Closes next 17 January
COVID-19 Visual Project @ Cortona On The Move — Closes next 31 January
Filter Photo Fellowship (but it’s more of a job listing for a Programs Director) — Closes next 31 January
FotoFilmic JRNL 8 (analog photography only) — Closes next 31 January
Futures Nordic Talents @ Copenhagen Photo Festival (for North-European photography students) — Closes next 31 January
Open theme @ Ain’t Bad Magazine — Closes next 31 January
Tales of the Unwritten (for street photographers) — Closes next 31 January