World Press Photo 2016 – Call for Entry
Visual journalism
- Deadline: 7 January 2016
- Entry fee: Free
- Website: http://www.worldpressphoto.org/activities/photo-contest
The annual photo contest rewards photographers for the best single exposure pictures contributing to the past year of visual journalism. Whether entered as singles or stories, these pictures are judged in terms of their accurate, fair, and visually compelling insights about our world.
The contest is organized into categories, and judged by a jury comprising leading photojournalism professionals. The membership of the jury changes every year, and is led by a chair and supported by a secretary who implements the rigorous judging procedures. The jury, chair, and secretary are independent of the World Press Photo Foundation. The staff, board, and partners of the World Press Photo Foundation cannot direct the jury’s decisions.
Prizes:
The prize-winning photographs are assembled into an exhibition that travels to 45 countries and is seen by more than 3.5 million people each year. The winning pictures are also published in the yearbook, which is available in multiple languages, and can be purchased in our store. All award winners are invited to Amsterdam in April for the annual Awards Days, a two-day event featuring photographer presentations, talks by industry leaders, and the Awards Ceremony. Not eligible to enter? - Find contest where you are.
Eligibility:
International / 18+
Copyrights & Usage Rights:
Copyright holders retain copyright of their work.
For awarded pictures, copyright holders grant the World Press Photo Foundation unlimited non-exclusive use of high-resolution pictures for activities in all media, including social media, online and print, in relation to the contest, the exhibition, the yearbook, the public archive, and all promotional and educational activities for and under the auspices of the World Press Photo Foundation, without any remuneration being due.