People in Focus: Excire’s AI-Judged Photo Contest
$7000 in prizes
- Deadline: 30 June 2025
- Entry fee: Free
- Website: https://competition.excire.com/?lang=en-US
To celebrate 10 years of Excire's photo-management software, we're hosting a free-to-enter international photography competition judged entirely by AI. The People in Focus contest invites photographers to submit compelling, people-centric images—portraits, candid scenes, travel photos, and more—for a chance to win $7000 in cash prizes. Our in-house AI model, trained on aesthetic principles by professional photographers, scores each photo instantly. A live leaderboard displays the current top 20 images, making this one of the most unique and engaging contests of the year.
Our competition theme is “People in Focus.”
We’re looking for photos that feature people — whether expressive portraits, emotional moments, moving everyday scenes or cultural impressions. We want to see pictures where people take center stage!
Prizes:
1st Place: $4000
2nd Place: $2000
3rd Place: $1000
All entrants receive a 20% discount code for Excire software, valid through June 30, 2025. Select submissions will be featured on Excire’s social media and newsletter.
Eligibility:
Open to photographers worldwide, aged 18 or older. Images must feature people as a primary subject. AI-generated images are not eligible.
Copyrights & Usage Rights:
Photographers retain all copyright over their submitted work.