• Siena Awards • Deadline: June 15th, 2026 • Category: Drone / Aerial Photography • Prize: €400 Cash + €500 Gears + Exhibitions • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The Drone Photo Awards is a global celebration of aerial photography, bringing together professional, amateur, and student drone photographers who share a passion for seeing the world from new and extraordinary perspectives. The competition highlights the creative potential of drone technology and honors

• The Global Peace Photo Award • Deadline: May 24th, 2026 • Theme: What Does Peace Look Like? • Prize: €11,000 in Prizes + Exhibition in Austria • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The Global Peace Photo Award, formerly known as the Alfred Fried Photography Award, is a prestigious international competition that highlights photography focused on themes of peace and humanity. The award is organized by Edition Lammerhuber in partnership with a broad coalition of respe

• ReA! Art Fair • Deadline: May 6th, 2026 • Theme: Open • Prize: 1,500€ + Exhibitions in Milan (Italy) • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The ReA! Art Fair Open Call invites emerging visual artists worldwide to submit their work for possible inclusion in the forthcoming edition of the fair. This international contemporary art platform is committed to promoting independent artistic practices and fostering the visibility of new and underrepresented creative voices. D

• Narwhal Rainbow Alliance • Deadline: May 31st, 2026 • Theme: Queer Nature (non-human) • Prize: €1000 + Exhibitions + Publication • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Welcome to the Queer Nature Photography Awards , a celebration of the powerful relationship between queerness and the extraordinary diversity found throughout the natural world. Nature is filled with complexity, variation, and surprising forms of life that often defy simple definitions. From shifting

• Arcadian Gallery • Deadline: May 15th, 2026 • Category: Nature Photography • Prize: $2,000 + Exhibition in Cumberland (USA) • Entry Fee: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The International Nature Photography Competition & Exhibition brings together photographers from around the world to celebrate the power and beauty of nature through the lens. From striking images of wildlife and plant life to breathtaking landscapes and thought-provoking conservation stories, the competition

• Decagon Gallery • Deadline: June 3rd, 2026 • Category: Portals • Prize: $1,000 Prize Pool + Online Exhibition • Entry Fee: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Some photographs seem to exist as thresholds. They hold the viewer in a suspended moment—at the edge between two places, two times, or even two states of being. These images do not simply depict a scene; they create a sense of transition, of something unresolved yet full of possibility. PORTAL invites submissions that evok

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• PhotoPlace Gallery • Deadline: May 4th, 2026 • Theme: After Dark: Night, Sky, and Shadow • Prize: Exhibition in Vermont (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE PhotoPlace Gallery invites photographers to step into the night and submit their work for After Dark , a juried exhibition celebrating images made in the quiet, mysterious hours between sunset and sunrise. This exhibition embraces the creative possibilities that emerge when darkness falls and fami