In honor of World Photography Day, we’ve curated a collection of incredible opportunities just for you. Whether you’re dreaming of turning your passion into a reality or seeking to expand your creative network, these resources will empower you to elevate your photography to new heights. Discover funding options, connect with fellow visionaries, and unlock your full creative potential.
Applications open for FRH Photo Competition
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Like religious heritage as much as they do? Whether you have a passion for photography or simply enjoy taking beautiful pictures during your holidays, this is your chance to share it with an international community of heritage lovers and win a prize for it…[more]
Skills in Action Photo Competition 2024
Deadline: 31 August 2024
Are you an amateur or professional photographer with an interest in youth skills? Don’t miss your chance to enter the UNESCO-UNEVOC Skills in Action Photo Competition…[more]
Call for Submissions: Weather Band Photo Contest 2024
Deadline: 30 August 2024
Submissions are now open for the Weather Band Photo Contest 2024…[more]
Call for Entries: Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award
Deadline: 4 October 2024
The Médicos del Mundo Spain announces the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award, aimed at recognizing and disseminating the best images that singularly demonstrate social inequities, injustices and/or human rights abuses, as well as the situations that either foster or fight against them…[more]
Sony World Photography Alpha Female Award
Deadline: 3 January 2025
The World Photography Organisation is inviting applications for the Alpha Female Award, focused on supporting and championing women photographers around the globe…[more]
Open call for Youth Photography Competition
Deadline: 3 January 2025
World Photography Organisation invites applications for the Youth Photography Competition…[more]
Call for Applications: Student Photography Competition
Deadline: 29 November 2024
World Photography Organisation invites applications for the photography competition to provide a platform for photography students worldwide…[more]
CFAs: World Photography Organisation Open Competition
Deadline: 3 January 2025
The World Photography Organisation invites applications for the World Photography Open Competition…[more]
Apply for Professional Photography Competition
Deadline: 10 January 2025
The World Photography Organisation is inviting photographers to submit their images for the Professional Photography Competition…[more]
Eidolon Grant for Vernacular Photography
Deadline: 30 August 2024
The eidolon is delighted to announce the launch of its first international grant for projects which explore, promote and conserve vernacular photography…[more]
Vincent Van Gogh Photo Award for Student
Deadline: 30 March 2025
Can you touch the jury with your images and are you aiming for eternal fame? Send in your photos and let the camera be your brush…[more]
Entries open for Vincent Van Gogh Photo Award
Deadline: 30 March 2025
Entries are now open for the Vincent Van Gogh Photo Award…[more]
SPIE International Day of Light Photo Contest
Deadline: 16 September 2024
The SPIE has announced submissions for the International Day of Light Photo Contest to demonstrate the impact that light has on cultural, economic, and political aspects of the world…[more]
Submissions open for CEWE Photo Award
Deadline: 31 May 2025
The CEWE invites applications for the CEWE Photo Award. The world’s largest photography competition is back! It carries an important message: every photo counts. Because for every photo you upload, CEWE donates 10 euro cents to SOS Children’s Villages around the world…[more]
Apply Now: Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant 2024
Deadline: 1 September 2024
Are you 24 or under, or enrolled in a full time photographic course? Entries are now open for the Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant…[more]
Call for Entries: International Photography & Film Awards
Deadline: 15 September 2024
The International Photography & Film Awards is your chance to have your work recognised on a global stage and to receive cash prizes pool value of over USD 60,000 across multiple genres…[more]
Global Media Awards in Journalism for Child Rights
Deadline: 31 August 2024
Save the Children has announced the launch of its inaugural Global Media Awards, a prestigious initiative dedicated to honouring exceptional journalism that champions the rights of children around the world…[more]
Submissions open for Andy Rocchelli Grant
Deadline: 15 October 2024
CESURA is inviting applications for the Andy Rocchelli Grant to identify the best unpublished photographic dummy and award the winner with the production and publication of the book by Cesura Publish, the collective’s publishing house…[more]
National Geographic Society Grants Program 2024
Deadline: 11 September 2024
The National Geographic Society warmly welcomes and encourages applicants from historically and currently underrepresented and underserved populations to apply for its grants program…[more]
Grant for a new Humanitarian Perspective
Deadline: 31 August 2024
The Action Contre La Faim has launched the second edition of its grant for a new humanitarian perspective to encourage reflection on the future of humanitarian imagery, in order to imagine its future development together and foster a new perspective…[more]
Open call for Media Arts Project Funding
Deadline: 20 September 2024
The UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts Karlsruhe is pleased to announce an open call for Media Arts Project Funding to supports the production and presentation of media art projects in the public space…[more]
Submissions open for “Shot On CAMON” Contest
Deadline: 30 September 2024
TECNO has Launched “Shot On CAMON” Contest, its first-ever global photography contest, to empowere consumers to find their creativity with every shot…[more]
Nominations open for Yacht Racing Image Award
Deadline: 13 October 2024
The MaxComm Communication is seeking nominations to recognise the very best yacht racing image taken during the year, and that which best represents the essence and excitement of yacht racing as a sport…[more]
Pulitzer Center AI Reporting Grants (Global South)
Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center is now accepting applications for its reporting initiative focused on AI technologies and their impact on society…[more]
Grants to advance Journalism on Issues Impacting Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center is seeking proposals to advance wide-reaching and relevant journalism on issues impacting communities in sub-Saharan Africa, including but not limited to water and sanitation, land degradation and coastal erosion, education, maternal health, and climate resilience…[more]
Call for Applications: Truth Decay Grant Initiative
Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center is seeking applications for the Truth Decay Grant Initiative related to science misinformation, science denial, and the spread of pseudoscience…[more]
Call for Proposals: Report on Vital Ocean and Fisheries Issues
Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center is seeking ambitious reporting proposals from freelance and staff journalists from around the world who wish to report on vital ocean and fisheries issues and are in need of support for the reporting projects…[more]
Global Reporting Grants Program
Deadline: Ongoing
Applications are now open for the Pulitzer Center’s Global Reporting Grants Program to support in-depth, high-impact reporting on critical issues that are often overlooked in the media, from global health to climate change…[more]
Applications open for APEC Photo Contest 2024
Deadline: 25 August 2024
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) invites applications for its Photo competition and offers a platform for professionals and amateur photography enthusiasts to showcase their work highlighting the dynamic and diverse Asia-Pacific region…[more]
EEA: “Urban Treasures” Photo Competition
Deadline: 1 October 2024
The European Environment Agency (EEA) invites applications, from all nature and photography enthusiasts, for the Urban Treasures Photo Competition to showcase their photographic talent in the 2024 edition of the competition…[more]
Latin America Professional Award
Deadline: 10 January 2025
Set up to celebrate dynamic and inspiring photographic work currently created in Latin America, the World Photography Organisation and Sony Latin America created the Latin America Professional Award…[more]
Submissions open for Rainforest Reporting Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center is seeking submissions for the Rainforest Reporting Grant to support and builds capacity for quality, independent journalism in three key regions: the Amazon, the Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia…[more]
Apply Now: Toto Awards for Photography (India)
Deadline: 15 September 2024
Toto Funds the Arts (TFA), in association with the Art & Photography Foundation, invites entries for its Toto Awards for Photography from young photographers between the ages of 18 and 29…[more]
K12 Photography Competition (United States)
Deadline: 26 August 2024
Does your K–12th grader love to take photos? Encourage them to submit their best snapshots, pictures, and photographs for a share of more than $20,000 in cash prizes…[more]
Wildlife Photography Competition (United Kingdom)
Deadline: 31 August 2024
Are you an experienced wildlife photographer or new to photography? The Wildlife Photography Competition is here for you…[more]
Applications open for Exploresask Photo Contest (Canada)
Deadline: 15 September 2024
Applications are now open for the Exploresask Photo Contest to submit most striking content that captures the natural beauty of Saskatchewan and tells stories about its people and communities…[more]
“The Dreamers” Annual Photography Competition (France)
Deadline: 15 September 2024
Applications are now open for the annual photography competition “The Dreamers” aimed at young people aged 12 to 16 in Greater Paris…[more]
Woollahra Youth Photographic Award and Short Film Prize (Australia)
Deadline: 26 August 2024
Calling on all high school students from year 7 to year 12 in the local area, it’s time to unleash your creativity and submit a photo or short film entry to the Youth Photographic Award and Short Film Prize 2024…[more]
Wild West Youth Film and Photography Competition (United Kingdom)
Deadline: 31 August 2024
The Wildscreen is inviting young people aged 13 – 18 years old from Bath, North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire to tell their nature stories in summer 2024 through photographs and short films…[more]
AREG Calendar Competition for Amateur Photographers– United Kingdom
Deadline: 19 September 2024
The Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) Calendar Competition is now accepting applications from amateur photographers of all ages…[more]
Young Railway Photographer of the Year Competition (United Kingdom)
Deadline: 31 January 2025
The National Railway Museum and the Railway Photographic Society present the second iteration of the UK’s Young Railway Photographer of the Year competition to entrants of all photographic abilities, whether amateur or professional…[more]
Apply for Contest: “Adverse Impact of the Ecological Disaster in the Aral Sea Region” (Uzbekistan)
Deadline: 15 September 2024
The United Nations Development Programme in Uzbekistan has announced a contest for photos and articles on “Adverse impact of the ecological disaster in the Aral Sea region”…[more]
Sony CREATE ACTION Grants Program (United States)
Deadline: 30 September 2024
The Sony Electronics is seeking applications for the CREATE ACTION grant to amplify the efforts of local organizations through funding, storytelling, and collaboration with Sony…[more]