EPSON International Pano Awards 2015

The sixth Epson International Pano Awards is dedicated to the art of panoramic photography. Advances in digital photography and editing software has resulted in a surge in the popularity of image stitching, especially in the panoramic format. Panoramic film photography also remains alive and well.

The Epson International Pano Awards showcases the work of panoramic photographers worldwide and is the largest competition for panoramic photography.

Eligibility : Worldwide

Entry fee  : USD$20

Prizes       : Total prize worth over $50,000USD, including $20,000 cash

Deadline :  26 July 2015

Details check here https://thepanoawards.com/

8th Annual iPhone Photography Awards is close soon!

All images must be taken with an iPhone, iPod or an iPad. The photos should not be altered in Photoshop or any desktop image processing program. The use of any iPhone/iPad App is permissible. iPhone add-on lenses such as Olloclip can be used. In some cases we may ask the original image to verify that it’s taken with an iPhone, iPad or iPod. The photos that can not be verified are disqualified.

Prizes        : 3pcs Apple watch and 19 Fine Gold Bars

Eligibility  : Worldwide

Entry fees  : 1 image:$3.50, 3 images:$7.50, 5 images:$15.50, 10 images:$27.50, 15 images:$35.50, 20 images:$50.00, 25 images:$57.50. There are no limits in the number of entries however we recommend that you only submit your best ones.

Deadline  : 03/31/2015

Details check here

YICCA 2015 Young International Contest

The competition’s aim is to promote the enrolled artist, giving them chance to join the international market of contemporary art.

This aim will be pursued by taking advantage of the opportunities that the contest offers:

• Euro 3000,00 (three thousand/00) money prize to the first selected
• Euro 1000,00 (one thousand/00) money prize to the second selected

Eligibility : Worldwide

Entry Fee : 30€

Deadline  : 06/16/2015

Details here

Monochrome Awards 2015

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Win $3000 and international recognition in prestigious Monochrome Awards honouring Black & White Photography

Monochrome Photography Awards conducts an annual competition for Professional and Amateur photographers. Our mission is to celebrate monochrome visions and discover most amazing photographers from around the world.

The winners of the Professional and Amateur sections will receive the titles: Monochrome Photographer of the Year and Monochrome Discovery of the Year and cash prizes. We are open to all points of view. All levels of expertise. All ideas of Black and White photography.

Eligibility : Worldwide

Entry fee  : Professional – 20 USD, Amateur – 15 USD

Deadline  : 11/29/2015

Details check here

Prix Voies Off 2015

From July 6th to 11th 2015 Voies Off Festival of the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographies in Arles will celebrate its 20th anniversary.

Year after year, the selected themes have met the evolutions of our contemporary world with a critical eye. Over twenty different nationalities are represented at each festival. Every year around sixty candidates are selected for the programme of the nightprojections.

Prizes:
Voies Off prize : 2 500 euros
SAIF Discovery Prize : 2 000 euros
Prix LaCritique.org award : the portfolio rewarded by the magazine will be published online with a critical text.

Eligibility: Worldwide

Entry Fee: 30 euros

Deadline: : March 15th, 2015

Details here

BigPicture Photo Contest 2015

Adult Division, Entries per Category:
One Grand Prize:
$5,000 cash

One First Place Prize:
$1,000 cash and Customized Award

Up to Ten Finalists (at the Judging Jury’s discretion):
Certificate of Recognition
Youth Division:

One First Place Prize:
Customized Award and Certificate of Recognition

Up to Ten Finalists (at the Judging Jury’s discretion):
Certificate of Recognition.

Eligibility : Worldwide

Entry fee can be check here 

Deadline March 31st 2015

35 Annual Sigma Photography Contest 2015

FIRST PLACE GRAND PRIZE
$2,000 cash award from Photographer’s Forum PLUS
• Sigma 35mm 1.4 DG HSM | Art lens ($899)*
• Chimera OB2 PRO Kit #6024 (Octa 2 Beauty Dish reflector and Versi Octa
Speed Ring) ($399)

SECOND PLACE
$1,500 cash award from Photographer’s Forum PLUS
• Sigma 18-35mm 1.8 DC HSM | ART lens ($800)*
• Manfrotto Pro Light Camera Backpack: Bumblebee-220 PL ($279.99)

THIRD PLACE
$1,000 cash award from Photographer’s Forum

FOURTH PLACE
Five $125 awards

100 HONORABLE MENTIONS
All Honorable Mentions will be listed in the November 2015 issue of Photographer’s Forum magazine and will receive a gold embossed certificate of outstanding merit from

Eligibility : Worldwide

Entry fee : EARLY ENTRY: April 13, 2015

Early entry fee is $4.95 per photo entered (all entries must be uploaded or postmarked on or before April 13, 2015).

FINAL ENTRY: May 18, 2015
Early entry fee is $5.95 per photo entered (all entries must be uploaded or postmarked on or before May 18, 2015).

Details check here 

The Global Next Photographer

The Global Next Photographer, in partnership with Getty Images, is set to unearth up and coming photographers and promote them back to the creative industry.

Prizes include mentorship from high profile photographers and ad agencies including McCann, AMV BBDO and adam&eveDDB, a $5,000 grant to realise a photography project and an exhibition of the shortlist and winning pieces in central London.

Eligibility : Worldwide

Deadline 4 March 2015

details check here 

Head On Awards 2015 Australia's Premier

Across 5 categories, 16 judges, 160 finalists and $50 000 in prizes, the Head On Awards represent a global selection of the best emerging and established photography. Our anonymous judging ensures each work is selected solely on its merit rather than the celebrity of the photographer. Details check here

The Pentax-Eminence Photo Contest 2015

The contest is open to all, professional and amateur, regardless of age, sex or nationality. Employees of Pentax, Ricoh, Eminence Distribution Limited, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such employees, whether or not related are not eligible.

Awards and Prizes
More than 55 prizes, trophies, and certificates including DSLR camera, adventure proof camera, binocular, free stay in luxury suites at Hotel Alfa Wave-Cox’s Bazar, lots of cash discount, and many more.
         Grand Prize Winner (By Jury)
                   1. Pentax-Eminence Popular Award, 2015 (Trophy)
                   2. Pentax DSLR Camera

         Popular Award (By Vote)                                        
                   1. Pentax-Eminence Photograph of the Year Award (Trophy and Certificate)
                   2. Ricoh Adventure Proof Camera

         Special Award
                       Pentax Binocular

         Twenty more photographs will be awarded with lots of prizes.

Contest begins January 28th, 2015 at 12:00:00 p.m. Bangladesh Time and ends February 28th, 2015, 11:59:00 p.m. Bangladesh Time (the "Photo Submission"). Details here.

LenstureCulture 2015 Photo Awards

The LensCulture Portrait Awards is the 2nd annual call for international portrait photography. The importance of portraiture is present in cultures across the world, illustrating the power and endurance of human connection. With over 145 countries represented on LensCulture, in over 15 languages, we’re seeking new global perspectives on the modern day portrait. This is an open call for portrait photography from around the world. 6 Winners and 25 Finalists will be chosen.

Exposure to over 500 photo industry insiders: curators, gallerists, editors, creative directors and publishers.

Be included in video projections at photo festivals around the world.

Over $10,000 in awards and opportunities for photographers to gain massive global exposure and career-changing recognition.

Chance for immediate exposure in the LensCulture Competition Gallery.

Check details here 

Blipoint : Photo Urbe Contest

Urban photography definitely sparks a great deal of curiosity. Documenting and focussing on big metropolises allows us to gain insight into our society and the world we live in every day. Taking photographs of urban landscapes is irresistible to every photographer, professional or amateur. We invite you to participate in this contest, showing us how strange and interesting your daily urban life can be. You can take part with pictures taken using your SLR or your mobile phone.

• First prize: :1.200 euros cash to the author of the best image. 
• Second prize: Editing and design of a photography book. 
• Third prize: Exhibition with the 21 winning images from 15 to 22 October 2015, in the Niu space in Barcelona - Spain.

Details check here

Natural World Photography Competition 2015

BigPicture encourages photographers from around the world to contribute their work to this competition that will both celebrate and illustrate the rich diversity of life on Earth and inspire action to protect and conserve it through the power of imagery. Chaired by award-winning conservation photographer Suzi Eszterhas, this competition welcomes high-quality nature, wildlife and conservation images and is open to all photographers around the world. Enter your nature, wildlife and conservation images for a chance to win cash prizes and be exhibited at the California Academy of Sciences.

   

Adult Division: 

• One Grand Prize: $5,000 cash 
• One First Place Prize: $1,000 cash and Customized Award 
• One Runner Up Prize Up to Ten Honorable Mentions (at the Judging Jury’s discretion) 

Youth Division:

• One First Place Prize 
• One Runner-up Prize 
• Up to Ten Honorable Mentions (at the Judging Jury’s discretion) Eligibility: Open to all photographers, worldwide. Entry Fee: from $15-25 for adults and $5-15 for youth 

 Details check here

Vevey International Photography Award 2015/2016

Vevey International Call for EntriesThe competition is open to professional artists and photographers or those in training.

The submitted project must be entirely achievable within a year from when the results of the competition are announced.

Eligibility  : Worldwide 18+
Entry Fee   : € 50

The applicant agrees that their participation is made public by the Fondation Vevey ville d’images where necessary.

The winners of the Awards and prizes agree to an exhibition as part of the Festival Images 2016. They should be present at the opening evening of the Festival.

Details check here

1st International Vellamo Photo Competition

Welcome to the 1st International Vellamo Photo Competition. The competition will be hosted in the luxury of the Maritime Centre Vellamo located in Kotka, in the Southeast Finland. 

The judges this year are a unique blend of Nikon ambassadors to accomplished graphic designers and digital artists. Our main category this opening year is 'Water'. Without it we simply could not exist. 

Water is an inspiration for many photographers in Kotka, which also holds true for photographers all around the world. Therefore we are excited to see your photos displayed here at Vellamo's Art Gallery, and see water how you perceive it. 

Besides the main theme, the competition has three other distinct categories which might inspire your artistic expression, so please check them out below.

Eligibility : Worldwide 18+
Entry Fee : 28€ Categories :

1. Water
2. Travel
3. Life
4. Open

Details check here

Travel Photography Contest Asia 2015

Travel photography contest Aisa is conduction a new travel photography contest that is open for both professional and amateur travel photographers who have traveled in Asia. This photo contest aims to highlight the vibrancy of the people, places, food and festivals in Asia. Our aim is to reach out to the large amateur and professional travel photography community and showcase their talent.

• Eligibility: The contest open for both professional and amateur travel photographers who have traveled in Asia

• Entry Fee: RM20/ USD$6

Prizes:

• A Samsung NX1 Camera with body +18-200mm (f3.0-6.3) lens
• A Samsung GALAXY K zoom Smartphone: GALAXY K zoom
• A Samsung GALAXY camera

copyright: Copy right of the photograph stays with the photographers at all times

• Deadline: April 20th, 2015

Check detail here 

The Portrait Photography Contest 2015

Win at Photography “The Portrait”

The Portrait – Capture the expression, personality or mood of your subject

Eligibility – Worldwide

Entry Fee – $10.00 for 3 images

Prizes – 1st – $250, 2nd – $100 & 3rd $50

Limit of Entry - No limit

Copyright – An entry must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, contract rights, or any other intellectual property rights of any third person or entity.

Usage of Entry

By entering this competition, you are granting us a non-exclusive perpetual license to reproduce your images on the Win At Photography website, in our newsletters, and/or the marketing of our competitions to the general public. Images will not be used for any other purpose than that which is stated here. All winning entries will be displayed on the Win At Photography website. Each entry becomes part of the public, historical/archival online contest catalog. It can be removed at a later date upon request.

Deadline – 02/28/2015
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INTERNATIONAL PHOTO SALON CONTRAST 2015

The INTERNATIONAL PHOTO SALON INFINITY 2014 is exhibition of art photography organised by Photo club Infinity from Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The photo salon is open to amateur and professional photographers from all over the world. Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally.

•  SECTIONS / THEMES CONTRAST (monochrome and color) 
•  PSA PID COLOR (PSA 2015-072) 
•  OPEN (color) PSA PID COLOR (PSA 2015-072) 
•  OPEN (monochrome) PSA PID MONOCHROME (PSA 2015-072) 
•  TRAVEL (monochrome and color) PSA PTD (PSA 2015-072) 
•  NATURE (monochrome and color) PSA ND (PSA 2015-072) 
•  PHOTOJOURNALISM (monochrome and color) PSA PJD (PSA 2015-072) Eligibility: Worldwide, 18+  

 Entry Fee 22 Eur / 30 USD

 Prizes INTERNATIONAL PHOTO SALON CONTRAST 2015 there will be awarded these medals:

•  6 x PSA Gold medal, 6 x PSA Silver and 6 x PSA Bronze medal and 18 ribbons, 6 x IAAP Gold, 1 x IAAP Silver and 1 x IAAP Bronze medal and 18 ribbons, 6 x UPI Gold, 1 x UPI Silver and 1 x UPI Bronze medal and 18 ribbons 6 x PCI Gold medal, 6 x PCI Silver and 6 x PCI Bronze medal. 
•  SPECIAL Awards: 6 best authors (each themes by one author) x 3 paid exhibition (3 states). List of international exhibitions: 
•  1. Banja Luka 2015 – Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
•  2. Good Light 2015 – Serbia and 
•  3. Prilep Salon 2015 – Macedonia. The organizer reserves the right to award the most successful author salon Contrast 2015. Limit of Entry No limit

Copyright No Copyright Policy.

Usage of Entry By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. Deadline 03/13/2015 check details here