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Fri, Dec 12Dec 12, 2025, 11:30 PMFee: Yes / Prize: $1,000 + PublicationTheme: Nature Photography. Nature Unveiled: Capturing the Splendor of Landscapes, Wildlife, Flora & Fauna Our 54th printed issue of AAP Magazine will feature the best projects showcasing the theme "Nature". Nature photography is a captivating and diverse genre that focuses on capturing the...
Fri, Dec 12Dec 12, 2025, 11:30 PMFee: Free / Prize: ExhibitionTheme: Open. Styrian Autumn is an interdisciplinary festival for contemporary art that takes place annually in Graz and Styria. Since the 1980s, it has comprised both a program curated by the festival team and projects presented independently by the local art scene within the...
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Envision Kindness - Our World is Kind Photography Contest 2025
• Envision Kindness • Deadline: December 15th, 2025 • Theme: Kind People / Kindness in Nature • Prize: $2,000 + Online Exhibition • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Over the course of its first six contests, the Our World is Kind Photography Contest has welcomed an extraordinary outpouring of creativity and compassion. More than 12,000 photographs have been submitted by over 2,000 photographers representing more than 150 countries, forming a remarkable archive of


The FIBA Photo Contest 2025 - "Dream Team" Open Call
• The FIBA Photo Contest 2025 • Deadline: November 21st, 2025 • Theme: Dream Team • Prize: 2,500 CHF + Travel + Accommodation • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE For nearly a decade, the FIBA Photo Contest has been a home for storytellers of the game—a place where every shutter click echoes the rhythm of a bouncing ball, where passion meets purpose, and where basketball’s universal language is spoken through images. As we celebrate the 9th edition , we invite you


"Grayscale" Open Call by Dusk Photo Gallery
• Dusk Photo Gallery • Deadline: November 20th, 2025 • Theme: Grayscale • Prize: Exhibition in Santa Fe (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Before color, everything began with light and shadow—the foundation of every photograph ever made. Black and white imagery takes us back to that beginning, revealing what’s essential. Without the distraction of color, we’re left with pure visual storytelling: the play of brightness and darkness, the texture of surf


Rotterdam Photo 2026: Open Call
• Rotterdam Photo • Deadline: December 1st, 2025 • Theme: Echoes of Silence – War in the Artist's Soul • Prize: Exhibition at the Rotterdam Photo Festival • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Rotterdam Photo 2026 presents Echoes of Silence , an exhibition that explores how war shapes artistic identity when the artist is not a witness but an inheritor of its emotional aftermath. In a world oversaturated with images of violence, this edition invites a more personal and


Umbra - 3rd International Photography Awards 2025
• Umbra Awards • Deadline: November 30th, 2025 • Theme: Several Categories • Prize: Statues + Medals + Certificates • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Step into the spotlight with the Umbra Awards 3rd Edition 2025 , where photography becomes more than an image—it becomes a story that moves the world. The Umbra International Photography Awards™ stand among the most respected honors in the creative community, celebrating artists whose photographs capture imagination


Decode Gallery - "Light and Shadow" Open Call
• Decode Gallery • Deadline: November 28th, 2025 • Theme: Light and Shadow • Prize: Exhibition in Tucson + Sales + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Decode Gallery is proud to announce our next juried exhibition, Light and Shadow , an exploration of the ways illumination and obscurity define photographic expression. From the first days of the medium, photographers have been captivated by the dialogue between light and darkness—how one reveals, the other c


Black Box Gallery - Focus: Shadow and Light Open Call
• Black Box Gallery • Deadline: December 12th, 2025 • Theme: Shadow and Light • Prize: Exhibition in Portland (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Black Box Gallery is delighted to present a new juried group exhibition dedicated to the visual poetry of shadow and light. At the heart of photography lies a constant negotiation between darkness and illumination, and this show celebrates the many ways artists harness that interplay. Shadows help define the


Photo Artfolio - Black & White: The Poetry of Light and Shadow
• Photo Artfolio • Deadline: January 5th, 2026 • Theme: The Poetry of Light and Shadow • Prize: $1,000 + Online Exhibition + Exposure • Entry Fees: Free Entry Option • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE An image is so much more than a splash of color. It is tone, texture, atmosphere. It is contrast carved by light and shadow, shaping a quiet dialogue that draws the viewer inward. Black and white photography, in particular, reveals these elements with remarkable clarity, inviting us to


MIA Photo Fair - I Edition Award Superstudio Photo Award
• MIA Photo Fair BNP Paribas 2026 • Deadline: December 15th, 2025 • Theme: Metamorphosis, from Garment to Skin: differently ME • Prize: Exhibition in Milan (Italy) + Professional Photo Shoot • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The 15th edition of MIA Photo Fair BNP Paribas proudly marks a new milestone with the launch of an international call for entries centered on the thought-provoking theme: “Metamorphosis, from Garment to Skin: differently ME.” This new initi


The FIBA Photo Contest 2025 - 9th Edition
• The FIBA Photo Contest 2025 • Deadline: November 21st, 2025 • Theme: Dream Team • Prize: 2,500 CHF + Travel + Accommodation • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Now celebrating its ninth edition , the FIBA Photo Contest has established itself as a vibrant platform for basketball enthusiasts around the world. Over the years, it has evolved into a creative space where photographers and fans alike can express their devotion to the sport and reveal the many ways bask


Photo Place Gallery - "On the Street" Call for Entries
• PhotoPlace Gallery • Deadline: December 8th, 2025 • Theme: On the Street • Prize: Exhibition in Vermont (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE From fleeting glances exchanged between strangers to bold confrontations unfolding in plain sight, street photography captures life as it happens — raw, unrehearsed, and beautifully imperfect. It is the art of noticing, of finding stories in the rhythm of the world as it moves past us. For this exhibition, we in


Smithsonian Magazine - The 23rd Annual Photo Contest Open Call
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Dusk Photo Gallery - "Grayscale" Open Call
• Dusk Photo Gallery • Deadline: November 20th, 2025 • Theme: Grayscale • Prize: Exhibition in Santa Fe (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Long before the advent of color, photographers worked with the purest elements of visual expression: light and shadow . In the realm of black and white, distractions fall away. What remains is the essence of the scene—the structure, the texture, the rhythm of contrast that gives photography its timeless power. Dusk


Shoot The Frame - Annual Portrait Awards
• Shoot The Frame • Deadline: December 31st, 2025 • Category: Portrait Photography • Prize: $2,000 + ViewSonic Monitor + Exhibitions • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE 13 years of Shoot The Frame. Launched in 2012, Shoot The Frame evolved into a global suite of photography contests celebrating exceptional portrait, landscape and wildlife photography. In 2025, we’re pausing the monthly contests and launching the inaugural Shoot The Frame Portrait Award. The story be


The Art of Landscape by The Chateau Gallery
• The Chateau Gallery • Deadline: November 17th, 2025 • Theme: The Art of Landscape • Prize: Online Exhibition + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The Chateau Gallery proudly presents The Art of Landscape , an international online photography exhibition redefining what “landscape” means in contemporary art. Think beyond sweeping hills or quiet rivers — this open call embraces everything from city peripheries and coastal transformations to experimental and i


Photora Awards - International Photo Competition Call for Entries
• Photora Awards • Deadline: December 6th, 2025 • Category: Several Categories • Prize: €2,500 in Cash Prizes + Certificates • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE At its heart, the Photora Awards is not simply about winning — it’s about sharing your vision with the world . It’s about the courage to look closer, to find beauty in the ordinary, and to express what words cannot. With 20 categories that celebrate every form of photography — from the bustling energy of S


Un/Fund 2025 - International Award Open Call
• un/producer & un/fund • Deadline: November 25th, 2025 • Theme: Open • Prize: €10K + Exhibition + Residency + Mentorship • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE un/fund is calling on exceptional visual artists from every corner of the world—especially those from underrepresented backgrounds—to take part in an open call offering four exciting pathways for creative growth. Artists can apply for a residency program, a publishing deal, a mentorship award, or direct funding


All About Photo Magazine / Nature Photo Contest
• All About Photo • Deadline: December 9th, 2025 • Category: Nature Photography • Prize: $1,000 + Publication + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE For its 54th printed issue, AAP Magazine proudly presents a new call for entries dedicated to one of photography’s most enduring and evocative subjects: Nature . This special issue will celebrate photographers who reveal the magnificence of our planet through their lenses—artists who observe, interpret, and hon


Photometria International Photo Festival - Portfolio Contest Parallel Voices 2026
• Photometria International Photo Festival • Deadline: December 15th, 2025 • Theme: Open • Prize: Exhibition at Photometria Festival in Greece • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE In its ongoing mission to promote and support contemporary photographic creation, Photometria International Photography Festival proudly announces the Parallel Voices Portfolio Contest , open for submissions from November 1st to December 15th, 2025 . This competition continues the festival


36th Memorial Maria Luisa International Photo and Video Contest
• Memorial Maria Luisa • Deadline: December 1st, 2025 • Category: Nature / Adventure Photo & Video • Prize: 4,000 € + Exhibition in Spain + Accommodation • Entry Fees: Yes (Free under 19yo) • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE For the Memorial Maria Luisa , the responsibility of judging rests with a panel of esteemed mountain and nature photographers, appointed by the Founders Board. Their expertise, passion, and recognized standing in the world of photography ensure that the evaluati
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