The Huge List of International Photography Awards and Competitions – Compiled by Fotoroom.co
Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Awards
- NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism Awards (December – January)
- Days Japan International Photography Awards (August – January)
- FotoEvidence Book Award (November – January)
- Istanbul Photo Awards (November – January)
- Pictures of the Year International (November – January)
- World Press Photo Awards (December – January)
- CDS Documentary Essay Prize (Biannual / November – March)
- Freelens Award (November – March)
- Lammarhuber Photography Award (November – March)
- Henri Cartier-Bresson Award (March – April)
- Pictures of the Year Latam (March – April)
- Vienna International Photography Awards (March – May)
- World.Report Award (April – May)
- IAFOR Documentary Photography Award (March – June)
- ICRC Humanitarian Visa d’Or Award (March – June)
- Prix Bayeux-Calvados (April – June)
- Marco Pesaresi Award (August – September)
- Syngenta Photography Award (April – September)
- Lucas Dolega Award (September – November)
- The Terry O’Neill Photography Award (May – November)
- PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Awards (October – December)
- HIPA Photography Awards (March – December)
Portrait Photography Awards
- LensCulture Portrait Awards (January – February)
- Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards (February – April)
- Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize (May – July)
- Portrait Salon (July – September)
Portrait Photography Awards
- Julia Cameron Award (November – February)
- Trust Women Photography Award (January – February)
- Canon Female Photojournalist Award (April – May)
- Prix Virginia – International Photography Prize for Women (January – May)
Awards for Photography Students
- BJP Breakthrough Awards (March – May)
- Lenscratch Student Prize (March – May)
- Photographique Student Award (March – May)
Photobook Awards
- Mack’s First Book Award (January)
- Dummy Award Kassel & Photobook Award Kassel (February – May)
- Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award (April – May)
- Unseen Dummy Award (May – July)
- CDS / Honickman First Book Prize in Photography (June – September)
- NYPH PhotoWorld Photographic Book Prize (August – September)
- Aperture’s PhotoBook of the Year Award, First PhotoBook Award & Photography Catalogue of the Year (May – September)
- Prix du Livre d’Auteur & Prix du Livre Historique (July – September)
- The Anamorphosis Prize (May – August)
- Bar Tur Photobook Award (September – October)
- Rendez-vous Image Prix du Livre (June – December)
Everything Else
- Featureshoot Emerging Photography Awards (July – January)
- International Emerging Artist Award (November – January)
- Leica Oskar Barnack Award (December – January)
- Sony World Photography Awards (June – January)
- Barcelona International Photography Awards (January – February)
- CENTER Choice Awards (October – February)
- Next Photographer Award (October – February)
- PDN Photo Annual (November – February)
- Pollux Awards (November – February)
- Voies Off Prize (December – February)
- Saif Discovery Prize (December – February)
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year (January – February)
- Big Picture Natural World Photography Competition (January – March)
- Communication Arts Photography Competition (June – March)
- Exposure Award (March)
- Foam Talent Call (February – March)
- Fotoprize (March)
- Head On Awards (February – March)
- Kolor Panobook Awards (February – March)
- iPhone Photography Awards (June – March)
- Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award (February – March)
- POPCAP – International Prize for Contemporary African Photography (January – March)
- Résidence BMW au musée Nicéphore Niépce (January – March)
- Astronomy Photographer of the Year (January – April)
- Int’l Photography Awards (October – April)
- Nikon Small World Photography Competition (November – April)
- Photo Annual Awards (February – April)
- Prix Elysee (Biannual / February – April)
- Royal Photographic Society International Photography Exhibition (January-April)
- Snider Prize (January – April)
- Daylight Photo Awards (March – May)
- Kontinent Awards (March – May)
- On the Move International Award (April – May)
- Photo Levallois Festival Award (February – May)
- Renaissance Photography Prize (January – June)
- Carte Blanche PMU (March – June)
- Hariban Award (April – June)
- National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest (March – June)
- Tokyo International Photography Competition (April – June)
- Epson International Pano Awards (April – July)
- LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards (May – July)
- Prix Camera Clara (March – July)
- The Source-Cord Prize (May – July)
- Urban Photographer of the Year (April – July)
- EyeEm Awards (May – July)
- International Photography Award Emergentes DST (June – July)
- Art Gemini Prize (June – July)
- ESPY Photo Award (May – September)
- Moscow International Fotography Awards (May – September)
- NYPH PhotoWorld (August – September)
- Shpilman Prize for Excellence in Photography (June – September)
- Conscientious Portfolio Competition (September – October)
- LensCulture Visual Storytelling Awards (September – October)
- National Geographic Photo Contest (September – October)
- Prix HSBC pour la Photographie (September – October)
- Travel Photographer of the Year (September – October)
- British Journal of Photography’s International Photography Award (August – November)
- International Color Awards (August – November)
- Monochrome Awards (August – November)
- Prix de la Jeune Photographie de Mode (September – November)
- Smithsonian Photo Contest (May – November)
- Aperture Portfolio Prize (October – December)
- Grand Prix Fotofestiwal (September – December)
- LensCulture Exposure Awards (November – December)
- Mobile Photography Awards (October – December)
- Nikon Photo Contest (September – December)
- Rendez-vous Image Prix Photo (June – December)