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Don't miss it! If you have your photographs chosen already and you wish to have them examined soon, submit them to one of the contests that slowly end the submitting process. On this list, you can find contests with their deadlines coming soon. Choosing one of them will guarantee you quick feedback. Will your pictures charm the judges this year?
The complete list of current contests is available here: best photography contests.

All About Photo Awards 2026 – The Mind’s Eye

Rare opportunity to have your work looked at by Steve McCurry!

We are pleased to announce the launch of the 11th edition of the All About Photo Awards – The Mind’s Eye. With expert juror - Steve McCurry
  • Deadline: 27 January 2026
  • Entry fee: Early Bird $30 / Regular $35
  • Theme: Open Theme
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Nandagang International Photo Competition

Nandagang International Photo Competition - Call for Entries!

Centered on the Nandagang Wetland, a critical node for global biodiversity along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, we invite creators worldwide to chronicle the stories of nature and life through the lens.
  • Deadline: 29 January 2026
  • Entry fee: Free
  • Theme: Wildlife
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Colour 2026 International Photography Exhibition

Open call for a month long photography exhibition.

An call for submissions for a month long photography exhibition in May 2026. Free to submit and is open to everyone. The theme is Colour.
  • Deadline: 30 January 2026
  • Entry fee: Free to submit, £48 participation fee if selected
  • Theme: Wildlife, Underwater, Travel, Street, Sports, Photojournalism, Portrait, Nature, Multi-categories, Landscape, Environmental, Culture, Abstract
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Creative Quarterly Call for Entries No. 83 – Theme: Yellow

Help us celebrate the color Yellow

What's yellow and could make you a winner?
  • Deadline: 30 January 2026
  • Entry fee: $35 for up to 5 images, $5 for each additional image
  • Theme: Other
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Seascape 2026 International Photography Exhibition

A call for submissions for a month long photography exhibition.

Call for submission to a month long international photography exhibition taking place in May 2026. Free to submit and open to everyone. The theme is Seascapes.
  • Deadline: 30 January 2026
  • Entry fee: Free
  • Theme: Seascapes, Underwater
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Borders calling: ENRS’ Photo competition for students

Take a picture of a (hi)story behind borders!

ENRS invites all high school students (15-19 years old) to challenge the idea of a border and to explore their immediate environment by taking part in a ph-otography competition: Borders calling! The competition is open until 31st January.
  • Deadline: 31 January 2026
  • Entry fee: Free
  • Theme: Landscape
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FE+SK Book Award 2026

The book will be printed with a print run of 500 copies.

Applications are open to all European (or resident in Europe) photographers, curators, and collectives
  • Deadline: 31 January 2026
  • Entry fee: 10€
  • Theme: Open Theme
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Human Body

Human Body: the art of seeing ourselves

First Place: $500 + Solo Online Exhibition
  • Deadline: 31 January 2026
  • Entry fee: $5 for one entry, $4 each additional entry. After 8 entries the next two are free.
  • Theme: Alternative process, Black and White, Fine Art, Conceptual, Nudes, People, Portrait, Self-Portrait, Street
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OPEN CALL FOR EXHIBITION: HOME-S

Exhibition date: April 2026.

Photopolis Festival invites photographers to explore the idea of home home in its widest possible sense—personal or collective, permanent or temporary, intimate or political, visible or invisible. Home may be a physical space, a relationshi
  • Deadline: 31 January 2026
  • Entry fee: The submission of entries to the invitation is free of charge. The selected photographers to participate in the exhibition will pay, after the selection of the photographs, the printing and hanging costs 45 €.
  • Theme: Landscape, People
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Human Body – the art of seeing ourselves

First Place: $500 + Solo Online Exhibition

Human Body invites photographers to look beyond the surface—to see the human form not merely as a subject, but as a mirror of experience.
  • Deadline: 31 January 2026
  • Entry fee: One image: $5, 2 to 4 images: $25 , Additional Images: $4 each, Bonus: Enter 8, next 2 free
  • Theme: People, Portrait
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