The Huge List of International Photography Awards and Competitions
We made a huge list of international photography awards and competitions to help photographers keep up with all the opportunities to gain exposure that are out there. The list is slightly curated to include awards aimed at professional and semi-professional photographers from all around the world, but there are options for amateurs as well. (We also have a huge list of international photography grants and fellowships and photobook publishers).
Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Awards
- NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism Awards (December – January)
- Days Japan International Photography Awards (August – January)
- FotoEvidence Book Award (November – January)
- Istanbul Photo Awards (November – January)
- Pictures of the Year International (November – January)
- World Press Photo Awards (December – January)
- CDS Documentary Essay Prize (Biannual / November – March)
- Freelens Award (November – March)
- Lammarhuber Photography Award (November – March)
- Henri Cartier-Bresson Award (March – April)
- Pictures of the Year Latam (March – April)
- Vienna International Photography Awards (March – May)
- World.Report Award (April – May)
- IAFOR Documentary Photography Award (March – June)
- ICRC Humanitarian Visa d’Or Award (March – June)
- Prix Bayeux-Calvados (April – June)
- Marco Pesaresi Award (August – September)
- Syngenta Photography Award (April – September)
- Lucas Dolega Award (September – November)
- The Terry O’Neill Photography Award (May – November)
- PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Awards (October – December)
- HIPA Photography Awards (March – December)
Portrait Photography Awards
- LensCulture Portrait Awards (January – February)
- Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards (February – April)
- Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize (May – July)
- Portrait Salon (July – September)
- Portrait of Britain (February to April)
- Portrait of Humanity (October to December)
Awards for Female Photographers
- Julia Cameron Award (November – February)
- Female in Focus (January – February)
- Trust Women Photography Award (January – February)
- Canon Female Photojournalist Award (April – May)
- Prix Virginia – International Photography Prize for Women (January – May)
Awards for Photography Students
- BJP Breakthrough Awards (March – May)
- Lenscratch Student Prize (March – May)
- Photographique Student Award (March – May)
Photobook Awards
- Mack’s First Book Award (January)
- Dummy Award Kassel & Photobook Award Kassel (February – May)
- Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award (April – May)
- Unseen Dummy Award (May – July)
- CDS / Honickman First Book Prize in Photography (June – September)
- NYPH PhotoWorld Photographic Book Prize (August – September)
- Aperture’s PhotoBook of the Year Award, First PhotoBook Award & Photography Catalogue of the Year (May – September)
- Prix du Livre d’Auteur & Prix du Livre Historique (July – September)
- The Anamorphosis Prize (May – August)
- Bar Tur Photobook Award (September – October)
- Rendez-vous Image Prix du Livre (June – December)
Everything Else
- Featureshoot Emerging Photography Awards (July – January)
- International Emerging Artist Award (November – January)
- Leica Oskar Barnack Award (December – January)
- Sony World Photography Awards (June – January)
- Barcelona International Photography Awards (January – February)
- CENTER Awards: Personal, Social & Environmental (January – February)
- Next Photographer Award (October – February)
- Head On Awards (November – February)
- PDN Photo Annual (November – February)
- Pollux Awards (November – February)
- Voies Off Prize (December – February)
- Saif Discovery Prize (December – February)
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year (January – February)
- Big Picture Natural World Photography Competition (January – March)
- Communication Arts Photography Competition (June – March)
- Exposure Award (March)
- Foam Talent Call (February – March)
- Fotoprize (March)
- Kolor Panobook Awards (February – March)
- iPhone Photography Awards (June – March)
- Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award (February – March)
- POPCAP – International Prize for Contemporary African Photography (January – March)
- Résidence BMW au musée Nicéphore Niépce (January – March)
- Astronomy Photographer of the Year (January – April)
- Int’l Photography Awards (October – April)
- Nikon Small World Photography Competition (November – April)
- Photo Annual Awards (February – April)
- Prix Elysee (Biannual / February – April)
- Royal Photographic Society International Photography Exhibition (January-April)
- Snider Prize (January – April)
- Daylight Photo Awards (March – May)
- Kontinent Awards (March – May)
- On the Move International Award (April – May)
- Photo Levallois Festival Award (February – May)
- Renaissance Photography Prize (January – June)
- Carte Blanche PMU (March – June)
- Hariban Award (April – June)
- National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest (March – June)
- Tokyo International Photography Competition (April – June)
- Epson International Pano Awards (April – July)
- LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards (May – July)
- Prix Camera Clara (March – July)
- The Source-Cord Prize (May – July)
- Urban Photographer of the Year (April – July)
- EyeEm Awards (May – July)
- International Photography Award Emergentes DST (June – July)
- Art Gemini Prize (June – July)
- British Journal of Photography International Photography Award (June – August)
- ESPY Photo Award (May – September)
- Moscow International Fotography Awards (May – September)
- NYPH PhotoWorld (August – September)
- Shpilman Prize for Excellence in Photography (June – September)
- OpenWalls Arles (August – October)
- Conscientious Portfolio Competition (September – October)
- LensCulture Visual Storytelling Awards (September – October)
- National Geographic Photo Contest (September – October)
- Prix HSBC pour la Photographie (September – October)
- Travel Photographer of the Year (September – October)
- British Journal of Photography’s International Photography Award (August – November)
- International Color Awards (August – November)
- Monochrome Awards (August – November)
- Prix de la Jeune Photographie de Mode (September – November)
- Smithsonian Photo Contest (May – November)
- Aperture Portfolio Prize (October – December)
- BarTur Photo Awards (November – December)
- Grand Prix Fotofestiwal (September – December)
- LensCulture Exposure Awards (November – December)
- Mobile Photography Awards (October – December)
- Nikon Photo Contest (September – December)
- Rendez-vous Image Prix Photo (June – December)
- British Journal of Photography International Awards
- Wellcome Photography Prize
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