THE INTERNATIONAL
PHOTO CONTESTS DIRECTORY 2026
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Recommended and Sponsored Calls:

• Snow Much to See • Deadline: November 30th, 2027 • Theme: Snow, Ice & Cold • Prize: Exhibition in Cluses (France) + Prints • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Snow Much to See 2026: International Photography Open Call – Exhibit at Europe's Only Festival Dedicated Entirely to Snow and Ice Photographers from around the world are invited to submit their work to Snow Much to See 2026, an international photography competition held as part of the 17th edition of the Ima

• The Billboard Creative • Deadline: November 16th, 2026 • Theme: Contemporary Art & Photo • Prize: Exhibitions all over Los Angeles (USA) • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Your Art. Your Billboard. Los Angeles. The Billboard Creative invites artists to participate in its 13th Annual Los Angeles Billboard Exhibition, a unique public art project that transforms the city's streets into an expansive, open-air exhibition space. This is an opportunity to think about art

• Fabula Works • Deadline: November 15th, 2026 • Category: Lines • Prize: Exhibition in Rome (Italy) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The organisers are inviting photographers to apply for the opportunity to be featured in the first exhibition of their 2027 programme. Two photographers will normally be selected through this open call, which is centred on the broad and flexible theme “Lines.” Participants are free to interpret the theme in any direction, wh

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• Fotografia Calabria Festival • Deadline: November 15th, 2027 • Theme: Open • Prize: €2,000 + €1,000 + Publication + Exhibition • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE For the first time in the history of the competition, no specific theme has been established. This decision is intended to give photographers greater freedom to define the subject, direction and scope of their projects, while placing particular emphasis on their individual creative vision. Participants ar

• Social Documentary Network • Deadline: January 15th, 2027 • Category: Documentary Photography • Prize: $2,500 + Online Exhibition + Publication • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The ZEKE Award for Documentary Photography, presented by the Social Documentary Network (SDN), recognises outstanding photographic projects that demonstrate excellence in documentary visual storytelling. One photographer will receive a $2,500 honorarium for a body of work exploring any su

• Dusk Photo Gallery • Deadline: November 26th, 2026 • Theme: Darkness • Prize: Exhibition in Santa Fe (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE There is a particular kind of silence that belongs to darkness: the stillness of an unlit room, the slow passage of time before dawn, the pause between heartbeats when everything seems suspended. In these moments, familiar forms become uncertain, details disappear into shadow, and the world takes on a different emoti

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• Black Box Gallery • Deadline: November 13th, 2026 • Theme: Open • Prize: Exhibition in Portland (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Black Box Gallery is excited to present an open-themed juried photography exhibition that celebrates creativity, originality, and the many different directions contemporary photographic practice can take. Photographers are invited to submit their strongest and most personally meaningful images, with complete freedom to ex

• Arrival Gallery • Deadline: February 25th, 2027 • Category: Contemporary Photography • Prize: Exhibition in Brooklyn (USA) + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Arrival Gallery’s New York open call offers visual artists an exciting opportunity to have their work considered for exhibition in one of the world’s most influential and dynamic creative cities. New York is internationally recognised for its vibrant contemporary art scene, independent galleries, d

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• Phodar • Deadline: December 31st, 2026 • Theme: Traces Remain • Prize: €2,000 + Exhibition in Sofia (Bulgaria) • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The 14th edition of the Fodar International Photo Festival Biennale takes as its central theme “Traces Remain”, a title inspired by the novel of the same name by Bulgarian writer Pavel Vezhinov. The theme invites photographers and audiences to reflect on the lasting imprints left by time, human presence and historical e

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• The Black & White Gallery • Deadline: November 10th, 2026 • Category: Black & White Photography • Prize: Exhibition in Miami (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The Black & White Gallery has opened its international call for artists seeking opportunities to exhibit and gain representation at Red Dot Miami 2026, scheduled for December 2–6, 2026. Held during Miami Art Week and concurrent with Art Basel, the fair provides an international meeting point f

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• All About Photo • Deadline: November 10th, 2026 • Theme: Travel Photography • Prize: $1,000 + Online Exhibition + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE AAP Magazine invites photographers to present their work for an opportunity to be featured in its 62nd printed issue, Travels. Applicants must submit a cohesive collection of photographs that forms a unified portfolio or photographic project. Individual images without a clear connection to the overall body of

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• Vogue • Deadline: December 7th, 2026 • Category: Fashion & Social Photography • Prize: Online Exhibition + Publication • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Through PhotoVogue Mondays, photographers worldwide have the opportunity to submit their images for weekly editorial review and potential publication. This recurring open call aims to discover compelling photographic work and introduce new visual voices to PhotoVogue's international audience. Photographers worki

• PhotoPlace Gallery • Deadline: November 9th, 2026 • Theme: Animalia: Our Shared World • Prize: Exhibition in Vermont (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE PhotoPlace Gallery is seeking photographic submissions for Animalia: Our Shared World, a juried exhibition that celebrates the remarkable variety of animal species and the meaningful connections they create within the natural world. From domestic animals that share our homes to wildlife inhabiting for

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• The Hopper Prize • Deadline: November 17th, 2026 • Theme: Open • Prize: $4,000 X 4 Winners + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The Hopper Prize combines an artist grant programme with a digital archiving platform designed to support and promote contemporary artistic practices. Operating on a biannual basis, the organisation offers multiple individual grants with a combined value of $26,000 USD per funding cycle. These awards are intended to provide finan

• The London Photo Show Competition • Deadline: November 19th, 2026 • Theme: Open • Prize: Exhibition in London + Gears + Workshop • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Ready to see your photography exhibited in London? The Salon is designed to make exhibiting more accessible, giving photographers the chance to showcase their work without the pressure or commitment of putting together a full exhibition. With the opportunity to enter between one and five images, you can

• Decode Gallery • Deadline: November 20th, 2026 • Theme: Blue • Prize: Exhibition in Tucson + Sales + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Blue is everywhere, yet it never seems to mean quite the same thing twice. It stretches across endless skies, fills the depths of oceans, settles into distant horizons, and appears in the smallest details of our everyday lives. Sometimes it feels peaceful and expansive; at other times, it carries a sense of longing, solit

• Vital Impacts • Deadline: November 30th, 2026 • Theme: Environmental Photography • Prize: $20,000 Grant + Mentorship + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Around the world, people are working to protect the places, species, and communities that sustain life. Their efforts often unfold far from public attention, in forests and oceans, rural landscapes and urban neighborhoods, threatened habitats and communities adapting to a rapidly changing environment. Vi

• Pispa • Deadline: November 30th, 2026 • Category: Street Photography • Prize: $3,000 + Exhibition + Publication • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The Paris International Street Photo Awards (PISPA) 2026 invites street photographers from across the globe to capture and share the unscripted stories of urban life. Dedicated to the art of observing and documenting the world as it unfolds, the competition celebrates photographs that reveal authentic human moments, une

• Un/Produced & Un/Fund + Witty Books • Deadline: November 17th, 2026 • Category: Photo Book Projects • Prize: €10,000 + Published with Witty Books • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Photographers are invited to apply for this open call for the chance to publish their first book in collaboration with an independent publisher. The opportunity is aimed at artists who have created a cohesive body of photographic work and would like to develop it into a fully realised p

• Black Box Gallery • Deadline: November 13th, 2026 • Theme: Open • Prize: Exhibition in Portland (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Black Box Gallery invites photographers to participate in an exciting juried group exhibition dedicated to showcasing a wide variety of photographic styles, subjects, and creative ideas. This open call places no restrictions on theme or genre, encouraging artists to submit images that reflect their personal interests, art

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• Rotterdam Photo • Deadline: November 4th, 2026 • Theme: Vibrance, The Pulse of a Living World • Prize: Exhibition at the Rotterdam Photo Festival • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Rotterdam Photo presents Vibrance, a theme that invites photographers to challenge conventional representations of the contemporary world and move beyond the dominant narratives of crisis, uncertainty, and instability. Rather than overlooking the difficulties that define our time, the p

• Memorial Maria Luisa • Deadline: December 1st, 2026 • Category: Nature / Adventure Photo & Video • Prize: €4,000 + Exhibition + Accommodation • Entry Fees: Yes (Free under 19yo) • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE There are places that make us stop and look. Places whose beauty speaks for itself. There are others that only reveal their true character when we take the time to experience them, understand them, and see them through a different perspective. And then there are moments th

• Annual Photography Awards • Deadline: December 14th, 2026 • Category: Several Categories • Prize: $5,000 Prize Pool + Medals + Certificates • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Now in its eighth edition, the Annual Photography Awards continues to recognize and celebrate outstanding photographic talent from across the globe. The competition is open to photographers of all experience levels, including professionals, hobbyists, students, and emerging artists, creating

• Kuala Lumpur Portrait Award • Deadline: November 25th, 2027 • Category: Autoportrait • Prize: €1,000 + Exhibitions in Malaysia and UK • Entry Fees: Yes (Free for Students) • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The third interim edition of KLPA's AUTOPORTRAIT 2026 Open Call invites photographers to reconsider self-portraiture through the expansive and imaginative concept of PLAY. Developed in collaboration with the FORMAT International Photography Festival, this edition connects the op

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