• PhotoPlace Gallery • Deadline: December 8th, 2025 • Theme: On the Street • Prize: Exhibition in Vermont (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities On the Street is an exploration of the world as it really is — unposed, unfiltered, and alive with energy. From fleeting eye contact between passersby to unguarded moments of emotion, street photography reveals the pulse of life as it moves around us. For this exhibition, we are

• Decagon Gallery • Deadline: December 18th, 2025 • Theme: The Art of Belonging • Prize: Promotion + Exhibition • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities Home is both a destination and a sensation, a physical landscape and an invisible thread that tugs at the heart. It might be the land where your first footsteps touched the earth, the country you once left behind, the rooms that held your childhood dreams, or a place you yearn for with an

Overview of the Contest For more than two decades, the Smithsonian Magazine Annual Photo Contest has celebrated creativity and the power of photography. This contest captures the world’s beauty, complexity, and stories. Now entering its 23rd year , the contest invites submissions from around the globe starting on September 15, 2025 . The entry period will remain open until December 1, 2025, at 5:00 PM EST . Every participant, by submitting, confirms they are 18 years or olde

• Photometria International Photo Festival • Deadline: December 15th, 2025 • Theme: Open • Prize: Exhibition at Photometria Festival in Greece • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities Photography is a language of endless voices—each one unique, each one essential. In celebration of contemporary vision and creative dialogue, the Photometria International Photography Festival is pleased to announce its Parallel Voices Portfolio Contest , ac

• un/producer & un/fund • Deadline: November 25th, 2025 • Theme: Open • Prize: €10k + Publishing + Residency + Mentorship. • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities un/fund warmly welcomes visionary and underrepresented visual artists worldwide to apply for its annual open call—an invitation to expand creative horizons through four remarkable opportunities. Artists may pursue a transformative residency experience, secure a publishing partn

• Eurordis • Deadline: January 30th, 2026 • Category: Documentary Photography • Prize: GoPro HERO13 Black + Certificate • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities The EURORDIS Photo Award offers a powerful opportunity for individuals to visually share what it means to live with a rare disease. Every photograph submitted becomes more than an image—it becomes a story, a voice, and a bridge that connects people living with rare conditions to

• New York Center for Photographic Arts • Deadline: February 8th, 2026 • Theme: Water • Prize: $4,000 Prize Pool + Online Exhibition • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE H₂O — one of the first chemical equations we ever learn, yet one of the most profound. With just three simple characters, it represents the essence of life itself. Water surrounds us constantly, shaping our world in ways both visible and unseen. It carves valleys into stone, nourishes the roots of e

• Fine Art Photography Awards • Deadline: February 15th, 2026 • Theme: Fine Art Photography • Prize: $3000 + Online Exhibition + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Welcome to a celebration of boundless imagination and artistic courage—the Fine Art Photography Awards have returned, and we’re inviting all creators who see the world through a different, daring lens. This is your moment to step forward and share the visions that others might overlook or deem t

• Chennai International Photo Biennale • Deadline: December 31st, 202 • Theme: Open • Prize: Exhibition in Chennai (India) + Promotion • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Every artist who submits work will have their photography reviewed by a distinguished and international jury composed of curators, institutional directors, festival programmers, and respected leaders within the global photography community. Your submission ensures that your work is seen, considere

• Decagon Gallery • Deadline: January 31st, 2026 • Theme: Human Body: The Art of Seeing Ourselves • Prize: $1,000 Prize Pool + Online Exhibition • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Human Body: The Art of Seeing Ourselves invites photographers and viewers alike to move beyond the surface—to look past skin and form, and into the deeper stories written within the human body. The exhibition challenges us to see the body not simply as a physical subject to be framed, bu

• Boomer Gallery London • Deadline: December 5th, 2025 • Theme: Transcendence • Prize: Exhibition in London + Exposure • Entry Fees: Free Submission (Pay if Selected) • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Art has always served as a mirror to the most complex aspects of human emotion—passion, conflict, love. These elements intertwine across mediums: the fluid line of a painting, the frozen instant of a photograph, the tactile weight of a sculpture. Within each lies a story, a confession

• 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 • 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

• 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 • 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 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 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 • 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

• 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

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• 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