• BBA Prizes & Gallery • Deadline: August 3rd, 2026 • Theme: Open • Prize: Cash Prizes + Exhibition in Berlin (Germany) • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE We are looking for work that goes beyond technical excellence to communicate ideas, emotions, and unique perspectives. Storytelling, strong visual concepts, imaginative creativity, thoughtful composition, abstraction, and artistic sensitivity are among the qualities we value most. We encourage artists to experimen

• PhotoPlace Gallery • Deadline: July 6th, 2026 • Category: Cyanotype Photography • Prize: Exhibition in Vermont (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities PhotoPlace Gallery announces an open call for entries to Cyanotype: A Celebration of Process and Possibility, a juried exhibition examining the enduring significance and contemporary vitality of the cyanotype process. Since its introduction in the mid-nineteenth century, cyano

• 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 proud to announce the launch of the fourth edition of its Grant for a New Humanitarian Perspective, an initiative designed to support visual storytelling that brings fresh, thoughtful, and respectful perspectives to humanitarian issues. For this new edition, one selected pr

• Photo Artfolio • Deadline: July 29th, 2026 • Theme: Wild • Prize: $1,000 + Online Exhibition + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE "Nature is not a place to visit. It is home." — Gary Snyder Photo Artfolio is delighted to announce Wild, an international online exhibition celebrating the extraordinary beauty, diversity, and resilience of the natural world. Photographers from around the globe are invited to share images that reveal the countless forms of lif

• 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: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities 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

• 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: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities 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 sus

• Black Box Gallery • Deadline: July 10th, 2026 • Theme: Trees and Water • Prize: Exhibition in Portland (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities 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

• La Forma del Ritratto • Deadline: June 30th, 2026 • Theme: The Shape of the Portrait • Prize: Exhibition in Pavia (Italy) • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities 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, portr

• 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: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities 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

• Rotlicht Festival For Analog Photography • Deadline: June 30th, 2026 • Theme: Anthropocene: Hybrid Realities • Prize: €250 + Exhibition in Wien + Publication • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities 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

• La Forma del Ritratto • Deadline: June 30th, 2026 • Theme: The Shape of the Portrait • Prize: Exhibition in Pavia (Italy) • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities 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 compe

• Nikon Comedy Wildlife Award • Deadline: June 30th, 2026 • Theme: Pet / Wildlife / Nature • Prize: Kenyan Safari for 2 + Camera Kit • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities 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

• KH Fund • Deadline: July 13th, 2026 • Category: Women Documentary Photography • Prize: $5,000 Grant + Exposure • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities Kari Howard was an exceptional storytelling editor whose work was guided by a deep appreciation for the moments that often go unnoticed yet reveal the essence of human experience. She championed writing that illuminated resilience in the face of hardship, dignity amid struggle, unexpected