Fri, Jan 09
|Fee: Free / Prize: $58,000 Total Prize
FREE ENTRY / Istanbul Photo Awards 2026
Theme: Several Categories. Applications for İstanbul Photo Awards 2026, an international contest where the photos that set the world’s stage compete at the...
Deadline / Fee / Prize:
Jan 09, 2026, 11:20 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: $58,000 Total Prize
About:
Applications for İstanbul Photo Awards 2026, an international contest where the photos that set the world’s stage compete at the top level, opened on Nov. 13.
Organized by Anadolu for the 12th consecutive year, the contest aims to promote press photography globally.
Each year, around 20,000 images are submitted to İstanbul Photo Awards, which is widely seen as one of the world’s top photography contests.
Professional photographers, regardless of their press affiliation, are eligible to enter the contest provided their newsworthy photos were taken between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2025.
The contest features 10 categories, including Single News, Story News, Single Sports, Story Sports, Single Nature and Environment, Story Nature and Environment, Single Daily Life, Story Daily Life, Single Portrait, and Story Portrait.
Photographers may submit both published and unpublished work in all categories, with the responsibility to provide accurate personal and image details.