12 Photography Contests To Enter in 2017
Many of our talented contributors have dozens of award winning photographs (if not hundreds.) For this reason, we compile reports every year to help you advance in your career. These photography contests can be quite rewarding as they come with great publicity, and excellent cash prizes to top it off.
Regardless of your specialty, at least one of these contests will fit your profile. We encourage our photographers and newcomers to scroll through and find something to your liking. You could easily be one of the lucky winners.
Canon – Live For the Story
We start our list with a special contest. Canon is looking for a person for a very important job (of a lifetime), to spend a year traveling the world and sharing stories. This project will be based on storytelling, therefore all that is required of you is to take a photo that tells a story, add a description of 50 words and tag it with #liveforthestory and @CanonUK on Instagram.
Deadline: 28 June 2017
Fees: Free
Prizes: round-the-world trip for 1 worth €33,000
Website: http://www.canon-europe.com/live-for-the-story/
British Wildlife Photography Awards 2017
Deadline: 3 June 2017
Fees: Young photographer – up to 6 images for free, 1 image – £10. Up to 5 images, £15.
Prizes: Winning images and best entries will be part of a touring exhibition across the UK and become part of a coffee table book. Winning photographer is awarded £5,000.
Website: https://www.bwpawards.org/
*Submitted photos must be originally taken in the UK
Monovisions Photography Awards 2017
Deadline: 11 June 2017
Fees: 1 image – $15, series of images – $20
Prizes: $3,000 cash prize for Black and White Series of the Year and $2,000 cash prize for Black and White Photo of the Year.
Website: http://monovisionsawards.com
Sunny Art Award
Deadline: 20 June 2017
Fees: £25
Prizes: £3000 and a solo exhibition
Website: http://www.sunnyartcentre.co.uk/artprize/
British Photography Awards 2017
Deadline: 30 June 2017
Fees: £15 for submitting up to 10 photos to a category. During the submissions stage, each person selects a charity they wish to support and half of the entry fee will be added as a donation to the chosen organization.
Prizes: National Category Victory – certificate, letter of thanks, mounted copy of your work, VIP invitation to charity gallery and £1000. National Category Runner-up – certificate, letter of thanks, mounted copy of your work, VIP invitation to charity gallery. Regional Category Victory – certificate, letter of thanks, mounted copy of your work
Website: http://www.britishphotographyawards.org
*Submitted photos must be originally taken in the UK
Monochrome Awards 2017
Deadline: 9 July 2017
Fees: Professional – $20, amateur – $15
Prizes: Monochrome Photographer of the Year – $2000 cash, monochrome Discovery of the Year – $1000 cash
Website: http://monoawards.com
Vincent van Gogh Photo Award 2017
Deadline: 31 July 2017
Fees: € 10,00
Prizes: Winner – € 1000, second place – €500, third place – €250
Website: http://vincentvangoghphotoaward.com/
International Photographer of the Year 2017
Deadline: 13 August 2017
Fees: Professional – $20, amateur $15
Prizes: Professional Grand Prize – Title of International Photographer of the Year and $2500. Amateur Grand Prize – International Discovery of the Year title and $1500.
Website: https://iphotographeroftheyear.com
Fine Art Photography Awards
Deadline: 15 October 2017
Fees: Professional – $20, amateur – $15
Prizes: Professional – title of Professional Fine Art Photographer of the Year, certificate, statue and $3000. Amateur – title of Ametuer Fine Art Photographer of the Year, certificate, statue and $2000.
Website: https://fineartphotoawards.com
International Garden Photographer of the Year 2017
Deadline: 31 October 2017
Fees: 4 single images – £12, portfolio – £25
Prizes: Main prize is £7500, winning portfolio submissions gets a medal and £2000.
Website: http://igpoty.com/
15th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest 2017
Deadline: 30 November 2017
Fees: Free
Prizes: Grand Prize – $2500, each category winner and the Readers’ Choice winner receives $500
Website: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/submission/
Amateur Photographer of the Year 2017
Deadline: 30 November 2017
Fees: Free
Prizes: Over £10,000 of prizing to be won (see website)
