THE INTERNATIONAL
PHOTO CONTESTS DIRECTORY 2026

• The LIK Foundation • Deadline: September 30th, 2025 • Theme: Travel & Holiday Photography • Prize: Publication + Exhibition in Spain +...

• Decagon Gallery • Deadline: October 31st, 2025 • Theme: Forgotten Architecture • Prize: $1,000 Total Cash Prizes+ Solo Exhibition • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Abandoned buildings are more than empty shells or forgotten ruins—they are powerful monuments to memory, history, and the relentless passage of time. Within their peeling paint, fractured walls, and shadowed interiors lie the whispers of untold stories: lives once lived, voices once heard, communities

• PhotoEd Magazine • Deadline: September 8th, 2025 • Theme: Moviment • Prize: Publication (Digital & Print) • Entry Fees: Free for...

• Black Box Gallery • Deadline: September 12th, 2025 • Theme: Trees and Water • Prize: Exhibition in Portland (USA) + Sales • Entry...

• New York City for Photographic Arts • Deadline: September 14th, 2025 • Category: Reflections • Prize: $1,100 + Online Exhibition +...

• Boomer Gallery London • Deadline: September 4th, 2025 • Theme: Dreams and Nightmares • Prize: Exhibition in London + Exposure • Entry...

• XPS • Deadline: September 15th, 2025 • Prize: $3,000 + Travel and Exhibition in UAE • Category: Visual Storytelling • Entry Fees: Free...

• Doctors of the World • Deadline: October 10th, 2025 • Prize: €6,000 + Exhibition in Spain • Category: Humanitarian Photography • Entry...

• The Chateau Gallery • Deadline: September 15th, 2025 • Theme: Pharmacopoeia • Prize: Exhibition + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes •...

• Festival di Fotografia • Deadline: August 27th, 2025 • Prize: €3,000 + Exhibition in Italy • Eligibility: Under 30 Years Old • Entry...

• PhotoPlace Gallery • Deadline: September 8th, 2025 • Theme: Monochrome • Prize: Exhibition in Vermont (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes...

• The Knights of Art™ Magazine • Deadline: August 28th, 2025 • Category: People • Prize: $12,000 Prize Pool + Publication + Exposure •...

• ILPOTY • Deadline: October 7th, 2025 • Theme: Landscape Photography • Prize: $12,500 Prize Pool + Expo + Publication • Entry Fees: Yes...

• Eyeshot Magazine • Deadline: August 17th, 2025 • Category: Street and Documentary • Prize: 1,750€ + Exhibition in Italy + Publication •...

• SEEEU • Deadline: August 31st, 2025 • Category: Photography Essay • Prize: €400 + Exhibition in Tokyo (Japan) • Entry Fees: Free •...

• The Bob and Diane Fund • Deadline: September 21st, 2025 • Theme: Project about Alzheimer or Dementia • Prize: $5,000 Fund • Entry Fees:...

• Out From The Mist • Deadline: August 29th, 2025 • Theme: Exploring Experiences of Mental Illness • Prize: $ 1,650 AUD + Exposure +...

• Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts • Deadline: September 14th, 2025 • Theme: Landscapes: Real or Imagined • Prize: $150 +...

• The Chateau Gallery • Deadline: August 15th, 2025 • Theme: Lucid — In Dreams • Prize: Exhibition + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes •...

• The Untitled Space • Deadline: August 15th, 2025 • Category: Art and Photography • Prize: Solo Exhibition in Tribeca (NYC) • Entry...

• Artist Grant • Deadline: November 15th, 2025 • Category: Painting, Drawing, Photography, etc. • Prize: $1,200 Grant + Exhibition + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The Artist Grant program offers visual artists the chance to receive an unrestricted cash award of $1,200 USD , presented to one recipient three times a year. This funding is designed to give artists the freedom to use the award in whatever way best supports their creative practice—whether th

• Umbra Awards • Deadline: August 30th, 2025 • Category: Several Categories • Prize: Statues + Medals + Certificates • Entry Fees: Yes •...

• Sublime Photo Awards • Deadline: August 15th, 2025 • Category: Several Categories • Prize: $500 + Exhibition • Entry Fees: Free •...

• Nikon • Deadline: September 18th, 2025 • Prize: Nikon Equipment worth €2,500 + Exposure • Eligibility: Women Photographers • Entry...