• Pulitzer Prize

• Profoto • Deadline: March 15th, 2026 • Category: Best use of Light • Prize: $2,000 in Profoto Gear + Exposure • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE This is an open invitation to explore your relationship with light. There are no thematic frameworks to respond to and no boundaries to restrict your creativity. The brief is intentionally simple: create an image that demonstrates what you can achieve with your Profoto light. Think carefully about how light behaves in y

• All About Photo • Deadline: March 31st, 2026 • Theme: Shadows • Prize: $1,000 + Online Exhibition + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE At All About Photo , we are dedicated to celebrating photography that goes beyond technical excellence—images that inspire, challenge perspectives, and create meaningful emotional connections. We believe that powerful photography has the ability to transform the way we see the world, spark conversation, and bring people t

• PhotoPlace Gallery • Deadline: April 6th, 2026 • Theme: Portals: New Perspectives • Prize: Exhibition in Vermont (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE A portal is more than just an opening; it suggests the possibility of passage, discovery, and transformation. It invites us to pause and look through, to step beyond the visible threshold, or to imagine what might exist just out of view. A portal can separate spaces while also connecting them, marking th

• BJC Museum

• Form Photography • Deadline: March 15th, 2026 • Theme: Open • Prize: Exhibition during Art Basel + Feature • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE With the support of photo basel , Picter , and Form. , we are excited to introduce the Form Photo Award 2026 , an annual photography prize dedicated to contemporary image-making and new artistic perspectives. The award is designed to spotlight photographers who bring fresh ideas, strong visual identities, and thoughtful app

• Dusk Photo Gallery • Deadline: March 26th, 2026 • Theme: Botanical • Prize: Exhibition in Santa Fe (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE This call centers on the theme of Botanical , inviting artists to explore the natural world with curiosity, imagination, and creative depth. We are not simply seeking images that document plants as they appear, but rather photographs that transform botanical subjects into compelling visual experiences. We encourage yo

• FOTO Bali Festival • Deadline: March 13th, 2026 • Theme: Afterimage • Prize: Exhibition in Bali (Indonesia) • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE This edition proposes a shift in temporal perspective. Instead of concentrating on the decisive event or the immediacy of representation, it examines what follows—what remains once an occurrence has concluded and its effects begin to sediment into reality. After transformation has taken place, after urgency has dissipated

• Siena Awards • Deadline: April 1st, 2026 • Category: Several Categories • Prize: €500 + Exhibition + 2-night Stay in Italy • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The Creative Photo Awards serves as a global platform that brings together professional and emerging photographers, offering them the opportunity to share their vision with an international audience. The competition is open to photographers of all backgrounds and styles, united by a passion for creativity

• Leica

• VIEPA • Deadline: May 31st, 2026 • Category: Several Categories • Prize: €10,000 in Prizes + Exhibition in Austria • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Photography serves as a universal language, a medium capable of connecting people across the globe. Its quiet strength fosters understanding, bridging the gaps between nations, communities, and continents. The peaceful power inherent in photographic expression brings individuals together, encouraging dialogue, empat

• Kuala Lumpur Portrait Awards • Deadline: March 31st, 2026 • Category: A Stranger's Face • Prize: €2,000 + Exhibition in Malaysia • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Travel photography continues to captivate photographers and audiences alike, offering the promise of new places, unfamiliar cultures, and unforgettable experiences. While dramatic landscapes, vibrant cities, and local cuisine often dominate the visual narrative of travel, it is the people encountered a

• Profoto • Deadline: March 15th, 2026 • Category: Best use of Light • Prize: $2,000 in Profoto Gear + Exposure • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Here is your moment to reveal how you work with light at its fullest potential. There are no imposed concepts, no narrative requirements, and no creative limitations—except one: your image must show what you can achieve with your Profoto light. Approach it in the way that feels most authentic to you. Perhaps you sculpt

• Photojournalism Prize (PJP) • Deadline: April 30th, 2026 • Category: Photojournalism and Documentary • Prize: €5,000 + Online Exhibition • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The introduction of the Photo Journalism Prize (PJP) marks the debut of a competition dedicated to acknowledging the ability of photography to document reality with depth, emotion, and nuance. Designed to be inclusive of all skill levels, the PJP invites both seasoned photojournalists and emergi

• National Geographic

• Boomer Gallery London • Deadline: March 12th, 2026 • Theme: Vogued • Prize: Exhibition in London • Entry Fees: Free Submission (Pay if Selected) • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE At a time when the art world is evolving faster than ever, understanding how to approach contemporary art has become an increasingly important question. New technologies have transformed the creative process, allowing artists to generate highly complex works in mere seconds, while traditional artistic pr

• Decagon Gallery • Deadline: March 31st, 2026 • Theme: Night Works • Prize: $1,000 Total Cash + Online Solo Exhibition • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE NIGHT WORKS calls on photographers to explore the visual and emotional possibilities of the hours after dark. In this exhibition, night is more than a setting—it is a creative force that shapes light, alters perception, and redefines space. Submitted images may be bold or restrained, urban or rural, crowded or d

• FOTO Bali Festival • Deadline: March 13th, 2026 • Theme: Afterimage • Prize: Exhibition in Bali (Indonesia) • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE In this edition, we turn away from the flash of the moment and toward its aftermath. We are interested in what remains once something has already occurred—after the noise has subsided, after change has quietly settled into the fabric of things, after attention has drifted elsewhere. What endures when the image no longer d

• Black Box Gallery • Deadline: March 11th, 2026 • Theme: Color Photography • Prize: Exhibition in Portland (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Black Box Gallery announces a juried group exhibition focused on the expansive field of contemporary color photography. This exhibition seeks to examine how photographers engage with color not merely as a descriptive element, but as a conceptual and aesthetic force within their work. Across today’s photographic

• International Aerial Photographer of the Year • Deadline: April 30th, 2026 • Category: Aerial Photography • Prize: $10,000 in Cash Prizes + Publication • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Those wondering whether they have made it into the Top 101 have two straightforward ways to check. They can explore the flipbook featuring all Top 101 entries, available at the bottom of the article, where the selected works are presented in full. Alternatively, they can access t

• National Geographic

• BJC Museum

• PhotoPlace Gallery • Deadline: March 9th, 2026 • Theme: Water: Element of Change • Prize: Exhibition in Vermont (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Water surrounds us and sustains us, flowing through our lives in ways both visible and subtle. It shapes the land beneath our feet, catches and reflects light in ever-changing patterns, and carries a sense of movement, memory, and emotional depth. Sometimes it appears calm and quiet; at other times it fee

• Photometria International Photo Festival • Deadline: March 31st, 2026 • Theme: Open • Prize: Exhibition at Photometria Festival in Greece • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The Photometria International Photography Festival, continuing its commitment to growth, innovation, and the active support of emerging talent, is proud to announce the launch of the “Youth Collective 2026” competition. This new initiative forms part of the festival’s broader vision to cultiva