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• All About Photo • Deadline: January 20th, 2026 • Theme: Open • Prize: Online Solo Exhibition • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Maximize Your Exposure: Enter the Solo Exhibition Competition for a Month-Long Online Showcase All About Photo is proud to support and celebrate photography that moves us—images that tell stories, spark emotion, and create lasting impact. Our Solo Exhibition Competition is designed to give photographers the space and visibility to share

• SEE:ZEEN Magazine • Deadline: January 20th, 2026 • Category: Contemporary Photography • Prize: Publication + Exposure • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Anyone can submit—no matter where you’re from. see-zeen  is an inclusive platform open to all forms of photographic expression. There are no restrictions on subject matter or approach: portrait, landscape, documentary, fashion, abstract, experimental—everything is welcome. We believe photography is more than ima

• PhotoEd Magazine • Deadline: February 13th, 2026 • Theme: Order VS Chaos • Prize: Publication (Digital & Print) • Entry Fees: Free for Subscribers • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Issue #76  will showcase the work of photographers investigating the dynamic relationship between Order and Chaos  through unique, lens-based approaches . This issue invites thoughtful visual explorations that consider structure, repetition, control, disruption, and unpredictability as central photogra

• Photo Place Gallery • Deadline: February 9th, 2026 • Theme: Analog - Made by Hand • Prize: Exhibition in Vermont (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Analog — Made by Hand  is an exhibition devoted to photography as a deliberate, physical, and deeply intentional art form. At a time when images are often produced and consumed instantly, this exhibition honors practices that require patience, attention, and a direct relationship with materials. Analog p

• SEE:ZEEN Magazine • Deadline: January 20th, 2026 • Category: Contemporary Photography • Prize: Publication + Exposure • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE From every corner of the world, submissions are welcome. see-zeen  is open to all kinds of photography—every theme, every style, every genre. Portraits, landscapes, documentary work, fashion, abstraction, and everything in between all have a place here. We believe art has the power to change the world by startin

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• Profoto • Deadline: January 15th, 2026 • Category: Lights Like the Perfect Rembrandt • Prize: $2,000 in Profoto Gear + Exposure • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Few lighting styles carry the weight of history and artistry quite like Rembrandt lighting. Instantly identifiable by its delicate triangle of light beneath the eye, this technique transforms a portrait into something both dramatic and intimate. It is a style that speaks in contrasts—bold yet restraine

• Black Box Gallery • Deadline: January 9th, 2026 • Theme: Open • Prize: Exhibition in Portland (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Black Box Gallery proudly announces an open-themed juried group photography exhibition that embraces the full spectrum of contemporary photographic expression. This call invites photographers to submit their most successful and meaningful images—work that reflects their personal approach to photography and their dedication

• Siena Photo Awards • Deadline: January 9th, 2026 • Category: Several Categories • Prize: €1,500 + Exhibition + 2-Night Stay in Italy • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The Siena Awards is an autonomous initiative conceived with the vision of establishing Siena and its surrounding territory as a distinguished global hub for photography. Functioning as a major curator of high-level cultural events, the project seeks to attract and engage leading international phot

• 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  — the simplest of scientific notations, yet one that defines life on Earth. We encounter water daily, often without pause to appreciate its mystery and versatility. It flows through our landscapes as rivers, lakes, and oceans, and through our daily lives in countless subtle ways — from the morni

• Eurordis • Deadline: January 30th, 2026 • Category: Documentary Photography • Prize: GoPro HERO13 Black + Certificate • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The EURORDIS Photo Award  serves as an international platform inviting individuals to visually communicate the lived experience of rare diseases. Each photograph provides a meaningful contribution to public awareness by revealing the realities faced by the rare disease community and sharing these narratives with

• 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  is an invitation to rediscover the familiar. This exhibition encourages photographers to go beyond the external—to see the human form as more than an object of beauty or anatomy. Instead, it becomes a canvas of lived experience, a testament to the

• Boomer Gallery London • Deadline: January 7th, 2026 • Theme: Dreams and Nightmares • Prize: Exhibition in London + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Some are guided by dreams, drifting into a radiant, otherworldly current of inspiration. In this suspended state, imagination takes flight, constructing surreal terrains where anything seems possible. Their creativity is fueled by wonder—by the pull of the mystical and the unreachable—propelling them toward

• Bob Books • Deadline: January 31st, 2026 • Category: Sport Photography • Prize: Bob Books Voucher + Exposure • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE The beginning of a new year brings a renewed sense of energy, motivation, and forward motion, making it the perfect time to celebrate the power of sport. That’s why we’ve selected ‘Sports’  as the theme for our January Photo of the Month competition . From the intensity of competition to the quiet focus before the whistl

• Allora Gallery • Deadline: March 1st, 2026 • Category: Architectural & Street Photography • Prize: Solo Exhibition + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Allora Gallery invites photographers from across the globe to participate in our international photography competition, “Stone & Stories.”  This open call welcomes both architectural and street photography, encouraging artists to explore the built environment and the human presence that animates it. Citie

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• 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 extends far beyond the boundaries of color. It lives in the whispers of tone, the grit of texture, the shifting mood, and the dramatic contrasts shaped by the eternal dance of light and shadow. Black and white photography amplifies these qualities, revealing a world stripped t

• PhotoPlace Gallery • Deadline: January 5th, 2026 • Theme: Cut. Paste. Transform. • Prize: Exhibition in Vermont (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Photo-collage continues to thrive today as a versatile and resonant artistic form, uniquely suited to our image-saturated world. Informed by contemporary concerns such as sustainability, nostalgia, archival exploration, digital manipulation, and community engagement, collage has become a vital bridge betw

• Rotterdam Photo • Deadline: January 5th, 2026 • Theme: Echoes of Silence, War in the Artist's Soul • Prize: Exhibition in Rotterdam Photo Fest • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE What becomes of an artist shaped not by witnessing war, but by inheriting its emotional weight? What echoes remain in the minds of those who live, escape, or only hear the rumble from afar? “Echoes of Silence” delves into this psychological terrain, presenting photographers who turn away

• New York Center for Photographic Arts • Deadline: January 4th, 2026 • Theme: Urban, Suburban, Rural • Prize: $4,000 Prize Pool + Online Exhibition • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Urban, suburban, and rural spaces represent three very different ways of seeing the world—and living within it. These locations not only shape our lifestyles but also influence how we perceive and capture images of our surroundings. Each carries its own identity, its own set of visual

• Profoto • Deadline: January 15th, 2026 • Category: Lights Like the Perfect Rembrandt • Prize: $2,000 in Profoto Gear + Exposure • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Few lighting techniques in photography are as instantly recognizable or enduring as Rembrandt lighting. Defined by the small, illuminated triangle that appears beneath one eye, this style is a masterclass in balance—where light and shadow work together to create mood, dimension, and emotional depth. Ro

• All About Photo • Deadline: January 20th, 2026 • Theme: Open • Prize: Online Solo Exhibition • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLOSED. Click HERE  for more Opportunities Maximize Your Exposure: Enter the Solo Exhibition Competition for a Month-Long Online Showcase At All About Photo, we are dedicated to discovering and celebrating outstanding photography—work that inspires, challenges perspectives, and creates meaningful connections. The Solo Exhibition Competition offers

• SEE:ZEEN Magazine • Deadline: January 20th, 2026 • Category: Contemporary Photography • Prize: Publication + Exposure • Entry Fees: Free • REGISTRATION: CLOSED. Click HERE  for more Opportunities Anyone, from anywhere in the world, is welcome to submit. see-zeen  is an open platform that embraces every form of photographic expression—there are no limits on theme, style, or genre. Whether your work is portrait or landscape, documentary or fashion, conceptual or abstract, it