THE INTERNATIONAL
PHOTO CONTESTS DIRECTORY 2026

• Most Traveled People • Deadline: September 30th, 2026 • Category: Travel Photography • Prize: MTP Ticket + €800 Travel Voucher • Entry Fees: Free for MTP Registered Members • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE MTP warmly invites photographers, explorers, and travel enthusiasts from around the world to participate by submitting their most inspiring travel photographs from every corner of the globe. Whether your images capture breathtaking landscapes, vibrant cities, remote wilderness,

• Evi Mono • Deadline: October 1st, 2026 • Theme: Two Generations. One Story. Women. • Prize: Online Presentation + Exposure • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The EVI MONO AWARDS is an international monochrome photography competition created to celebrate women, their experiences, and the many stories that shape their lives. Open to photographers from every corner of the world, the award encourages artists to use the timeless language of black and white photography

• All About Photo • Deadline: August 18th, 2026 • Category: Nature Photography • Prize: $1,000 + Online Exhibition + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Nature photography invites us to slow down and experience the world through a fresh perspective. As one of the most inspiring forms of photography, it celebrates the endless beauty and diversity of our planet, capturing everything from vast wilderness and breathtaking landscapes to the smallest details of pl

• Arrival Gallery • Deadline: October 10th, 2026 • Category: Contemporary Photography • Prize: Exhibition in Amsterdam + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Arrival Gallery welcomes submissions from artists working across a wide range of creative disciplines for its exhibition programme in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Open to both emerging and established artists, the gallery invites painters, photographers, sculptors, illustrators, textile artists, mixed media p

• Decagon Gallery • Deadline: October 10th, 2026 • Theme: The Shape of a Life • Prize: $1,000 Prize Pool + Online Exhibition • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE A life is shaped by far more than its defining milestones or major achievements. It is built from the countless small moments that often go unnoticed—the familiar places we return to, the people who remain by our side, the routines that structure our days, the objects that carry personal meaning, and the flee

• Action Contre la Faim • Deadline: August 31st, 2026 • Category: Social / Documentary Photography • Prize: €5,000 Grant + Exhibitions • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Action Against Hunger is launching the fourth edition of its Grant for a New Humanitarian Perspective, reaffirming its commitment to supporting visual storytelling that challenges conventions and brings forward more authentic, ethical, and inclusive narratives about humanitarian issues. This year,

• Black Box Gallery • Deadline: August 7th, 2026 • Category: Color Photography • Prize: Exhibition in Portland (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Black Box Gallery announces an open call for a juried group exhibition focused on the endless creative possibilities of contemporary color photography. Color has become one of the most influential visual languages in photography, capable of conveying emotion, building atmosphere, emphasizing narrative, and tr

• British Ecological Society • Deadline: August 31st, 2026 • Theme: Ecological Triumph / Challenge / Survival • Prize: £750 + 12 months BES Membership • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Each year, ecologists, conservationists, and wildlife photographers from across the globe come together to share some of the most powerful, thought-provoking, and visually striking stories about the natural world through this internationally recognized photography competition. From e

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