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  • Aug 13, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Free / Prize: £1,500 + Exhibition
    Theme: Weather and Climate. The world’s favourite weather photography competition returns as the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) officially opens entries for the...
  • Wed, Aug 12
    Fee: $25 / Prize: €3,000 + Certificate
    Aug 12, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: $25 / Prize: €3,000 + Certificate
    Category: Several Categories. The European Photography Awards welcome photographers from worldwide nations ready to hone their photography skills and their extraordinary takes on diversity, whilst portraying the...
  • Wed, Aug 12
    Aug 12, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Free / Prize: Installation in Berlin
    Theme: One in Eight. One in eight women will face a breast cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. Still, we do not talk about it enough, nor do we see these stories shared as often as they should be. Together with The...
  • Aug 12, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: $18 / Prize: $500 + Gift Cards
    Theme: Open. This open call invites submissions for photographs that consider the relationship between photography and community building, creative practice and collaboration, and the photographic act as the foundation for connection. Artists...
  • Wed, Aug 12
    Fee: $45 /Prize: Publication
    Aug 12, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: $45 /Prize: Publication
    Category: Several Categories. The inaugural LensCulture Photobook Prize offers one photographer the opportunity to transform an unpublished project into a beautifully...
  • Wed, Aug 12
    Aug 12, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Free / Prize: Exhibition
    Theme: Breast Cancer Campaign. Still, we do not talk about it enough, nor do we see these stories shared as often as they should be. Together with The...
  • Wed, Aug 12
    Fee: Yes / Prize: £2,000 + Exhibition
    Aug 12, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Yes / Prize: £2,000 + Exhibition
    Theme: Open. Open Doors Gallery is delighted to invite submissions for the sixth edition of the OD Photo Prize. An annual open call for emerging artists working within the first ten years of their practice. For over a decade, Open Doors Gallery has championed the...
  • Aug 12, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: €15 / Prize: Exposure
    Theme: Movie. The Waterford International Film Festival is proud to present, for the 6th consecutive year, our Movie-Themed Photography Competition for Best Cinematic Image. Explore this page to learn more about the...
  • Tue, Aug 11
    Fee: Yes / Prize: Solo Exhibition
    Aug 11, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Yes / Prize: Solo Exhibition
    Theme: Open. WHY ENTER THE SOLO EXHIBITION? Global Reach: The Solo Exhibition allows you to showcase your work to a wide audience through one of the most dynamic photography portals on the web. Open to All Genres: Whether you're into photojournalism...
  • Aug 10, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Free / Prize: Exhibition
    Theme: Lens on Living Heritage. The Centre for Folk Culture Studies (CFCS), University of Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Centre for Folklore Studies and Research (CFSR), invites photographers, students, researchers, artists, and visual storytellers worldwide to participate in the...
  • Mon, Aug 10
    Fee: $35 / Prize: $40,000 in Prizes
    Aug 10, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: $35 / Prize: $40,000 in Prizes
    Theme: Several Categories. Production Paradise promotes world class commercial photographers and creative services to advertising agencies, magazine publishers, brands and corporate clients. Spotlight Magazine by Production Paradise, focuses on the...
  • Mon, Aug 10
    Fee: Free / Prize: Certificate + Exhibition
    Aug 10, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Free / Prize: Certificate + Exhibition
    Theme: Open. The Palaio Faliro Athens Riviera Photo Festival 2026 is an international group photography exhibition, co-organized by Moments Collective and the Municipality of Palaio Faliro, with Fujifilm Hellas as Grand Sponsor. The...
  • Mon, Aug 10
    Fee: $30 / Prize: Print
    Aug 10, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: $30 / Prize: Print
    Theme: Dreams. What is a dream? A vision, a memory, a warning, a fantasy, a place we return to in sleep? A dream can be an aspiration, a hope, a desire, or something stranger and harder to name. It can pull us forward, haunt us, comfort...
  • Aug 10, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Free / Prize: 3 X 1,000 €
    Theme: Resilient by Nature. Calling all photography enthusiasts! The European Environment Agency invites you to showcase your photographic talent in the 2026 edition of our annual photo competition: "Resilient by Nature". The...
  • Mon, Aug 10
    Aug 10, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: £20 / Prize: Online Exhibition
    Theme: On Film. To work on film is to accept time as irreversible and every exposure as a point of no return. Each photograph is an act of commitment made in real time, where seeing cannot be separated from deciding and where uncertainty is carried into the...
  • Sun, Aug 09
    Fee: £150 / Prize: Exhibition in Brighton
    Aug 09, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: £150 / Prize: Exhibition in Brighton
    Theme: Open. Lucy Day is the Executive and Artistic Director at Phoenix Art Space. Based in the heart of Brighton, Phoenix champions artistic excellence and engagement...
  • Sun, Aug 09
    Fee: €25 / Prize: Exhibition
    Aug 09, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: €25 / Prize: Exhibition
    Theme: Open. Following the success of our previous exhibition open calls (2024 and 2025), we are shifting our focus to a mission close to our hearts: discovering, nurturing, and professionalising the...
  • Sun, Aug 09
    Fee: Free / Prize: €500 + Exhibition
    Aug 09, 2026, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Free / Prize: €500 + Exhibition
    Theme: People in Motion. MobiliseYourCity is a European-led global partnership supporting cities and countries in developing and emerging economies...

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