Photo Competitions
photography competitions, contests and awards
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Sony World Photography Awards
Deadline: January 5th, 2011
The Sony World Photography Awards are entirely international, welcoming professional and amateur photographers to enter their photographs…
Professional Competition
Entry Close: 5 January 2011
Submit your work for the chance to become the next Professional Photographer of the Year and win the coveted prize, L’iris d’Or, along with prize money of $25,000.
The professional is a serious photographer with a true passion for the job – the art of taking pictures, documenting a story, conceptualising an idea, capturing emotions and evoking a response from those who view the finished product.
Submissions must be based on a body of work and contain a minimum of 3 images and a maximum of 10 images.
Within the Professional competition, three distinct sectors within photography are discovered and awarded. The Commercial, Fine Art and Photojournalism & Documentary genres are all equally recognised and sought after.
Image entered in to any of the 15 professional categories must have been completed or first published in 2010.
Open Competition
Entry Close: 5 January 2011
The Power of Imaging… Enter the world where image is passion.
The Open competition seeks the true amateur – the lover of photography – to enter a single image, capturing that perfect moment.
All ages and levels of expertise are welcomed in this competition where image is everything and imagination is the only necessary ingredient.
Whether your passion is animals, places, people, sport, or travel, you could be the next to win $5,000 and a trip to the next Sony World Photography Awards ceremony and World Photography Festival in London!
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Categories: Photography
Lux Photography Awards
Deadline: September 30th, 2010
The Lux Photography Awards is the newest and coolest photography competition around. We seek to find the best photographers in a variety of genres, and reward them with some of the best photography related gear from an amazing set of companies and individuals.
Who Can Enter The Lux Awards?
For 2010, the Lux Awards are open to anyone in the United States or Canada. We hope to have an international competition with equally great prizes in 2011!
Who is Behind Lux?
The Lux Photography Awards were developed at the Eclipse Photography Institute, the place for serious photographers to learn more about the business and art of photography all online and in High Definition Video. Learn more about Eclipse Here
What Can I Win?
Our goal is to make this the most unique photography competition around. You can win everything from new cameras to trips, bags and more. For the most up to date listing of Prizes and Sponsors, visit our Prizes page.
Are there different Categories? What about Entry Fees?
No matter what category you enter, the entry fees are the same: $12.00 per image for everyone! There is no limit on how many photographs you can enter.
Categories:
- The Natural World (Wildlife and Nature Images) **Everything Wild, No Man-Made Objects**
- Bodies in Motion (Sports)
- The Urban Landscape (Travel)
- Universal Faces (Portraits)
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Categories: Photography
Travel Photographer of the Year 2010
Deadline: October 9th, 2010
TPOTY is run by photographers for photographers, judged by renowned photography experts and provides great prizes including travel adventures, photographic equipment, photography tuition and international exposure for your photography.
Who can enter? Anyone! Wherever you live in the world, whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, and whatever age you are, you can enter TPOTY.
Check out the three portfolio categories, the One Shot single image category, Young TPOTY (for photographers aged 18 years and under), the First Shot beginners’ award and New Talent, for students or those looking to kick-start a career in photography.
TPOTY 2010 has the following categories and themes
* Three portfolio categories – Encounters, Amazing Places and World In Motion
* A One Shot category – Adventures
* First Shot (for less experienced amateur photographers) – Festival of Colour
* New Talent (for those looking to start a career in photography) – Sell It!
* Young Travel Photographer of the Year (two age groups) – Big World Small World
Judges’ Special Award
* Young Photographers’ Alliance award for the best emerging talent. This award will be given by the judges to the most interesting, creative and original entry from a photographer, aged 25 years and under, in either the New Talent or Young Travel Photographer of the Year categories. Find out more.
Travel Photographer of the Year 2010
The Travel Photographer of the Year 2010 will be the photographer who is judged to have submitted the best two portfolios from the three portfolio categories Encounters, World in Motion and Amazing Places.
This Year’s Categories & Themes
PORTFOLIO
Encounters
The travel experience is enhanced by the encounters we have along the way; encounters with people in the countries we visit, with other travellers, and with and between wildlife.
PORTFOLIO
Amazing Places
What are the most amazing places you’ve been to on your travels? What made them so amazing?
Amazing Places
PORTFOLIO
World In Motion
Travel, transport and motion go hand in hand. This portfolio gives you scope to show us your journey, how you travelled or some of the movement you encountered when you got there.
NEW TALENT
Sell It!
Great travel photography sells the dream. The image is more powerful than the word and good travel photography can transport you to a destination or take you on a journey.
ONE SHOT
Adventures
Adventure is exciting, uplifting, inspiring and sometimes challenging. In this category we want you to take up the challenge and involve us with your adventure.
FIRST SHOT
Festival of Colour
Colour is evocative, creating atmosphere and a sense of place, drama or tranquility. Colour and travel go hand in hand to create lingering memories. Your challenge is to capture it.
Entry Fees
PORTFOLIO £15 per portfolio
NEW TALENT 1 portfolio only £20
ONE SHOT 1 entry in One Shot £10
FIRST SHOT 1 entry in First Shot £10
YOUNG TPOTY Free to enter
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Categories: Photography
Wildlife Photography Contest
Deadline: October 31st, 2010
Burrard-Lucas Photography have launched a new Wildlife Photography contest. They are looking for images of wild animals that stand out from the crowd… maybe it will be a striking portrait that catches our eye or perhaps the image will reveal an interesting aspect of an animal’s behaviour. Photographs of animals in captivity are eligible for entry but photos of domestic animals such as pets and livestock are not.
There are some fantastic prizes on offer including the chance to win a Canon EOS 7D Digital SLR camera. Lensbaby and Smugmug have provided the following additional prizes:
Winner: Lensbaby Composer and a SmugMug Pro account.
Runners up x 2: SmugMug standard accounts.
More about the prizes…
The Canon EOS 7D digital SLR offers performance with unprecedented versatility. Made to be the tool of choice for serious photographers and semi-professionals, the EOS 7D features an 18.0 Megapixel sensor and Dual DIGIC 4 Image Processors allowing it to capture stunning images at up to ISO 12,800 and at speeds of up to 8 frames per second!
The Lensbaby Composer is selective focus SLR lens that works on Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, and Pentax cameras. Based on a unique and innovative ball and socket configuration, the Composer delivers smooth selective focus photography with unparalleled ease. Photographers simply tilt the lens to a desired angle and then focus with a focusing ring. The result is an area of sharp focus (the “Sweet Spot”) which can be moved around the frame. The Lensbaby is perfect for taking creative photographs of your pets!
SmugMug offers you everything you need to kick start your online presence. From displaying photos on your own personal website through to printing and selling your work, SmugMug provides an easy to use, customizable and fully featured solution. Pro accounts also allow you to make a profit by setting your own prices for purchases – exactly what you need to get your online photography business up and running!
The deadline for entry of the Wildlife Photography Contest is 31st October 2010. Entry is free.
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Categories: Photography
Landscape Photography Competition
Deadline: August 15th, 2010
Burrard-Lucas Photography have launched a Landscape photography contest. They are looking for beautiful and unusual landscape photographs taken anywhere in the world.
There are some fantastic prizes on offer including the chance to win a Canon EOS 7D Digital SLR camera. Lensbaby and Smugmug have provided the following additional prizes:
Winner: Lensbaby Composer and a SmugMug Pro account.
Runners up x 2: SmugMug standard accounts.
More about the prizes…
The Canon EOS 7D digital SLR offers performance with unprecedented versatility. Made to be the tool of choice for serious photographers and semi-professionals, the EOS 7D features an 18.0 Megapixel sensor and Dual DIGIC 4 Image Processors allowing it to capture stunning images at up to ISO 12,800 and at speeds of up to 8 frames per second!
The Lensbaby Composer is selective focus SLR lens that works on Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, and Pentax cameras. Based on a unique and innovative ball and socket configuration, the Composer delivers smooth selective focus photography with unparalleled ease. Photographers simply tilt the lens to a desired angle and then focus with a focusing ring. The result is an area of sharp focus (the “Sweet Spot”) which can be moved around the frame. The Lensbaby is perfect for taking creative photographs of your pets!
SmugMug offers you everything you need to kick start your online presence. From displaying photos on your own personal website through to printing and selling your work, SmugMug provides an easy to use, customizable and fully featured solution. Pro accounts also allow you to make a profit by setting your own prices for purchases – exactly what you need to get your online photography business up and running!
The deadline for entry of the Landscape Photography Competition is 1st August 2010. Entry is free.
Competition Link / Set Reminder
Categories: Photography