Photo contests, indexed by authenticity policy
Compare AI rules, RAW requirements, and entry policies across the world's major photography competitions. Every fact is sourced and dated.
Open contests
Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Jun 30, 2026
- Entry
- Free
View details
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2026
AI: category-onlyRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Jun 30, 2026
- Entry
- From $40 single image (professional); discounted rates for non-professional, student, and multi-category entries
View details
Allard Prize Photography Competition 2026
AI policy unspecified
- Deadline
- Jul 1, 2026
- Entry
- Free
View details
ConservationMag Photography Awards 2026
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- —
- Entry
- Free
View details
Epson International Pano Awards 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Jul 14, 2026
- Entry
- US$22 per image (Open); US$20 per image (Amateur); US$20 per image (VR/360)
View details
Landscape Photographer of the Year UK 2026 (Take A View)
AI policy unspecified
- Deadline
- —
- Entry
- Variable per category; fees include 20% UK VAT and are payable via PayPal
View details
Minimalist Photography Awards 2026
AI: category-only
- Deadline
- —
- Entry
- Per-entry fees by tier; specific 2026 amounts not surfaced
View details
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Jul 22, 2026
- Entry
- €30 single image; €50 series (2–8 images) or book; 20% discount per additional category
View details
Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) 2026
AI: category-only
- Deadline
- Aug 1, 2026
- Entry
- Specific 2026 fee amounts not surfaced; Photographer of the Year EUR 3,000, New Talent EUR 2,000
View details
PhotoVogue Global Open Call 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Sep 11, 2026
- Entry
- Free
View details
Mobile Photography Awards (MPA) 2026 (15th edition)
AI: category-onlyRAW not required
- Deadline
- Dec 18, 2026
- Entry
- Per-entry fees by tier; specific 2026 amounts not surfaced
View details
Portrait of Humanity Vol. 7 (2026)
AI allowed
- Deadline
- —
- Entry
- Standard entry GBP 25 single image; series and other fee tiers vary
View details
Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest 2026
AI: category-only
- Deadline
- —
- Entry
- Free
View details
URBAN Photo Awards 2026 (17th edition)
AI banned
- Deadline
- Jun 28, 2026
- Entry
- Per-entry fees vary by category and tier
View details
Wiki Loves Earth 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Jul 31, 2026
- Entry
- Free
View details
Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) 2026
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Oct 12, 2026
- Entry
- From £14 per entry; free for entrants 18 and under; TPOTY Pass £99 for unlimited entries until 31 July
View details
World Nature Photography Awards 2026 (WNPA)
AI banned
- Deadline
- —
- Entry
- Per-image entry fees; specific 2026 tier amounts vary
View details
Visa pour l'Image - Perpignan 2026 (38th edition)
AI banned
- Deadline
- —
- Entry
- Free
View details
Wiki Loves Monuments 2026
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Sep 30, 2026
- Entry
- Free
View details
In judging
Drone Photo Awards 2026
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Jun 15, 2026
- Entry
- First entry free; subsequent images, series and videos are paid
View details
National Geographic Pictures of the Year 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- —
- Entry
- Free
View details
Nature Photographer of the Year 2026 (NPOTY)
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Jun 8, 2026
- Entry
- €35 standard (€32 early bird); €17.50 portfolio; free for youth category
View details
Bayeux-Calvados-Normandy Award for War Correspondents 2026 (33rd edition)
AI policy unspecified
- Deadline
- Jun 4, 2026
- Entry
- Free
View details
Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA) 2026 - Family
AI: category-onlyRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- May 31, 2026
- Entry
- Free
View details
Natural Landscape Photography Awards 2026 (NLPA)
AI bannedRAW for shortlist
- Deadline
- May 31, 2026
- Entry
- Per-entry fees vary by tier; specific 2026 amounts not surfaced
View details
Vienna International Photo Awards (VIEPA) 2026 (6th edition)
AI policy unspecified
- Deadline
- May 31, 2026
- Entry
- Non-refundable entry fee; specific 2026 amount not surfaced
View details
1839 Awards 2026
AI: category-onlyRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- May 17, 2026
- Entry
- Per-entry fees vary by tier and contest (Color, Black & White, Annual)
View details
Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2026
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- May 7, 2026
- Entry
- Free
View details
PORTRAITS - Hellerau Photography Award 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- May 3, 2026
- Entry
- EUR 50 for a series of up to 20 images; EUR 30 for a single image; 50% discount for students
View details
Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition 2026
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- May 1, 2026
- Entry
- Free
View details
Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Mar 31, 2026
- Entry
- Free
View details
Earth Photo 2026
AI policy unspecified
- Deadline
- Mar 4, 2026
- Entry
- GBP 15, covering up to 10 works
View details
Female in Focus 2026 (1854 Media)
AI allowed
- Deadline
- —
- Entry
- Per-entry fees vary by tier; specific 2026 amounts not surfaced
View details
Hasselblad Masters 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Feb 28, 2026
- Entry
- Free
View details
Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2026 (LOBA)
AI banned
- Deadline
- Feb 28, 2026
- Entry
- Free
View details
Magnum Photography Awards 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Feb 18, 2026
- Entry
- Entry fees vary by award; structure not surfaced in public summary sources
View details
World Photographic Cup 2026
AI bannedRAW for shortlist
- Deadline
- —
- Entry
- Free
View details
ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- —
- Entry
- Specific 2026 entry fee not surfaced in publicly indexed sources; top prize GBP 10,000
View details
Closed contests
36th Memorial Maria Luisa International Mountain, Nature and Adventure Contest 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- First photograph free; subsequent images EUR 22 (single payment covers all categories); free for novice photographers under 19
View details
Architizer Vision Awards 2026 - Photography Categories
AI allowedRAW not required
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Base entry fee not surfaced; Best of Year add-on USD 125
View details
LensCulture Critics' Choice 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- One free single image; US$10 per additional image; US$35 for five judged individually; US$45 for a series of up to 10
View details
iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) 2026
AI bannedRAW not required
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Per-entry fees; specific 2026 amount not surfaced in public summary sources
View details
Audubon Photography Awards 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- US$15 per image or video; free for Youth division (ages 13–17)
View details
BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- US$25 for up to 10 images; US$15 photo story; 15% early-bird discount before 15 January
View details
Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest 2026 (12th edition)
AI policy unspecified
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Free
View details
Asferico International Nature Photography Competition 2026 (XX edition)
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- EUR 30 adult standard (until 30 Nov), EUR 35 (1-7 Dec); free for entrants under 18
View details
British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Per-entry fees; specific 2026 amounts not surfaced; free for Youth entrants
View details
Deutscher Jugendfotopreis 2026
AI: category-only
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Free
View details
Environmental Photography Award 2026 (Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation)
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Free
View details
GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- EUR 35 standard entry; free for the K9 (Young Photographers) category
View details
GDT Naturfotograf des Jahres 2026
AI bannedRAW for shortlist
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Free
View details
Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2025
AI policy unspecified
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Free
View details
FEP Awards 2026 - European Professional Photographer of the Year
AI: category-onlyRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Per-entry fees; restricted to FEP member-federation photographers
View details
International Aerial Photographer of the Year 2026 (2nd edition)
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- USD 22 per image; every fifth entry is free when entering by 23 April 2026
View details
International Garden Photographer of the Year 19 (IGPOTY 2026)
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Per-entry fees vary by category; specific 2026 amounts not surfaced
View details
International Landscape Photographer of the Year (12th, 2025)
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- US$25 per image; every fifth entry free if entered before 1 September
View details
LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Per-entry fees vary by tier; standard rates from approximately USD 60 per single image
View details
LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Per-entry fees by tier; specific 2026 amounts vary
View details
LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Per-entry fees by tier; standard rates start at approximately USD 60 per single image
View details
Sony World Photography Awards 2026
AI: ambiguous policyRAW not required
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Multi-track: Single Image (free), Series, Student, Youth — fee varies by track
View details
National Wildlife Federation 55th Annual Photo Contest 2026
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- USD 15 (10 photos) / USD 20 (15 photos) / USD 25 (20 photos + magazine subscription)
View details
SIYU Award 2026
AI allowed
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Free
View details
Wiki Loves Africa 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Free
View details
Wiki Loves Folklore 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Free
View details
National Geographic Traveller (UK) Photography Competition 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Free
View details
Pulitzer Prize (Photography Categories) 2026
AI bannedRAW mandatory
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Entry fee per category (not surfaced in source materials)
View details
NPPA Best of Photojournalism 2026
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Free for NPPA members in good standing; US$90 for non-members
View details
Siena International Photo Awards (SIPA) 2026
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Per-entry fees vary by category and number of submissions
View details
Pictures of the Year International (POYi) 83
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- US$50 early; US$60 after 6 January
View details
Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest 2025-2026
AI policy unspecified
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Per-entry fees; total prize pool exceeds USD 60,000 in value
View details
Nikon Photo Contest 2024-2025
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Free
View details
Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Entry fee structure not surfaced in publicly indexed sources
View details
Swiss Press Photo 2026
AI policy unspecified
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Free
View details
Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026 (UPY)
AI bannedRAW for shortlist
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- £20 / £35 / £45 for up to 3 / 10 / 20 images; Mobile Phone category is free
View details
World Food Photography Awards 2026 (formerly Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year)
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Per-category entry fees; specific 2026 amounts vary by category and tier
View details
World Sports Photography Awards 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Free
View details
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2026
AI policy unspecified
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- GBP 22 per entry; up to 6 entries per photographer
View details
World Press Photo Contest 2026
AI bannedRAW mandatory
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- Free
View details
Glanzlichter der Naturfotografie 2026
AI banned
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- €30 standard; €15 for entrants under 18
View details
Bird Photographer of the Year 2026
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- £35 for 25 entries (plus VAT for UK entrants)
View details
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 62 (2026)
AI bannedRAW for finalists
- Deadline
- Closed
- Entry
- £35 adult (up to 25 photos); free for 18–26 and waiver-list countries
View details