• PERSPA • Deadline: July 31st, 2026 • Category: Architectural Photography • Prize: €1,000 + Exhibition in Bourges (France) • Entry Fees: Yes (Free Options) • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Association PERSPA, a registered cultural association based in Bourges, France, proudly invites photographers from around the world to submit their finest architectural photography to its international competition. The competition celebrates the creativity, technical excellence, and artistic vis

• Global Lens • Deadline: September 30th, 2026 • Category: Several Categories • Prize: $1,000 + Exhibition + Publication • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Global Lens Photography Awards 2026 welcomes photographers from around the world to submit work across an extensive range of categories that reflect the diversity of contemporary photography. Whether your practice focuses on documentary storytelling, commercial imagery, conceptual projects, or artistic experiment

• Click Live & Click Masters • Deadline: July 31st, 2026 • Category: Several Categories • Prize: Fujifilm XT-5 Camera Kit (Worth £2,000) • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE All competition entries must be submitted digitally by 31 July 2026. Following the closing date, the judging panel will review all submissions, and shortlisted finalists will be notified within one week. Finalists will then be invited to produce and submit a printed version of their selected image

• Capri Foundation • Deadline: July 5th, 2026 • Theme: Journeys and Mirages • Prize: Exhibitions in Capri (Italy) + Accommodation • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE In March 2026, Fondazione Capri launched an international open call through its official platforms, inviting photographers of all levels to engage with the theme VIAGGI E MIRAGGI . Whether professional or amateur, participants are encouraged to bring their unique vision to a concept that blends travel,

• Delta Birding Festival • Deadline: July 31st, 2026 • Category: Bird Photography • Prize: €1,000 Nikon Camera + Exhibition in Spain • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Every year, the Ebro Delta, recognised as one of the most significant natural areas in the Western Mediterranean, becomes the meeting point for birdwatchers, wildlife photographers, conservationists, and nature enthusiasts from around the world during the Delta Birding Festival. This internationally r

• Point Pleasant Publishing • Deadline: July 22nd, 2026 • Category: Photo / Moving-Image / Performance • Prize: Publication (Print & Digital) + Exposure • Entry Fees: Free (Pay if Selected) • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Founded in 2014 in Jersey City, New Jersey, Point Pleasant Publishing has grown into an internationally recognised contemporary art publisher, now based along the New Jersey Shore while working with artists and writers from around the world. The publisher is dedi

• Decode Gallery • Deadline: July 24th, 2026 • Theme: Endless Summer • Prize: Exhibition in Tucson (USA) + Sales + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Some seasons pass quietly, but summer lingers. It stretches out through long afternoons, warm evenings, and memories that seem to glow long after the days have ended. For this exhibition, we invite photographers to explore the feeling of a summer that refuses to fade—a season suspended in time, where golden su

• Black Box Gallery • Deadline: July 10th, 2026 • Theme: Trees and Water • Prize: Exhibition in Portland (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Black Box Gallery is excited to present a juried group photography exhibition exploring the captivating relationship between Trees and Water. These two essential elements of the natural world have inspired artists for generations, and this exhibition aims to showcase the many creative and contemporary ways photogra

• La Forma del Ritratto • Deadline: June 30th, 2026 • Theme: The Shape of the Portrait • Prize: Exhibition in Pavia (Italy) • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE At the heart of a theme devoted to portraiture lies the desire to reclaim the camera as an object of connection, a talisman capable of bringing people together and unveiling the invisible threads that bind one life to another. Far from being an exercise in aesthetics alone, portrait photography becomes an act

• Open Doors Gallery (London) • Deadline: August 12th, 2026 • Category: Contemporary Photography • Prize: £2,000 + Exhibition in London + Interview • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Open Doors Gallery is pleased to announce the sixth edition of the OD Photo Prize, our annual international open call dedicated to discovering and supporting emerging artists working within the first ten years of their photographic practice. Established as a platform for identifying exc

• Tokyo International Foto Award (TIFA) • Deadline: August 1st, 2026 • Category: Several Categories • Prize: $3,000 + Exhibition + Trophy • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) is dedicated to acknowledging, promoting, and celebrating exceptional photography from every part of the world. By bringing together photographers from diverse cultural and creative backgrounds, TIFA highlights the power of photography as a universal lan

• Berlin Photo Awards • Deadline: June 30th, 2026 • Theme: Several Categories • Prize: €4,000 + Certificate + Honorable Mention • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE You’re moments away from completing your entry to the Berlin Photo Awards 2026. Upload your strongest work below and take the opportunity to compete for a share of the €4,000 total prize fund. Beyond the awards, selected photographers gain international recognition, increased visibility, and the chance to

• Rotlicht Festival For Analog Photography • Deadline: June 30th, 2026 • Theme: Anthropocene: Hybrid Realities • Prize: €250 + Exhibition in Wien + Publication • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE In 2026, the festival returns once more to the extraordinary halls of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, transforming over 1300 square meters into a space for encounter, experimentation, and dialogue through analog photography. The exhibition will open with works by the 20

• La Forma del Ritratto • Deadline: June 30th, 2026 • Theme: The Shape of the Portrait • Prize: Exhibition in Pavia (Italy) • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE A thematic exploration dedicated to portrait practice offers photographers the opportunity to reconsider the role of the camera as a relational device capable of generating dialogue, intimacy, and mutual recognition. Rather than limiting itself to the production of visually compelling images, this approach see

• Nikon Comedy Wildlife Award • Deadline: June 30th, 2026 • Theme: Pet / Wildlife / Nature • Prize: Kenyan Safari for 2 + Camera Kit • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Entry to this competition is entirely free, and participation is open to everyone regardless of experience level or camera brand. Whether you are a professional photographer or simply enjoy taking pictures as a hobby, you are welcome to take part. To enter, all you need is a humorous photograph or v

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• PhotoPlace Gallery • Deadline: July 6th, 2026 • Category: Cyanotype Photography • Prize: Exhibition in Vermont (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE PhotoPlace Gallery invites artists and photographers from around the world to participate in Cyanotype: A Celebration of Process and Possibility, a juried exhibition devoted to one of photography’s most enduring and expressive alternative processes. Since its invention in 1842, cyanotype has captivated gene

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• Revela't Contemporary Analog Photography Festival • Deadline: July 30th, 2026 • Category: Analog Photography • Prize: 11 Expert Portfolio Reviews • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Experience the Revela'T Festival Portfolio Review, an exceptional opportunity designed to connect photographers with leading professionals from across the photography and visual arts industry. During this exclusive event, participants will engage in a series of personalized one-on-one m

• IPA International Photography Awards • Deadline: June 30th, 2026 • Category: Several Categories • Prize: $10,000 + Exhibition + Publication • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Since 2003, the International Photography Awards™️ has proudly held an annual competition that brings together photographers from every background—professionals working at the top of their field, passionate amateurs pursuing their craft, and students developing their artistic voices. Over ti

• La Forma del Ritratto • Deadline: June 30th, 2026 • Theme: The Shape of the Portrait • Prize: Exhibition in Pavia (Italy) • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The fundamental premise of a theme centered on portraiture is to encourage artists to employ the camera not merely as a recording device, but as a symbolic instrument of encounter, connection, and human exchange. In this context, photography transcends the pursuit of formal beauty and aesthetic perfection, bec

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• Exposure Photo Gallery • Deadline: June 30th, 2026 • Theme: The Shape of a Moment • Prize: $500 Exhibition in USA and Argentina • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE There are moments so brief they seem to dissolve the instant they appear, yet they leave behind a lasting impression, as if time itself has quietly marked them. These are the subtle, almost invisible intersections where light shifts, emotion surfaces, and meaning emerges for just a fraction of a second.