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2026 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter (in the Q1: Winter, Q2: Spring, Q3: Summer, and Q4: Fall), to one Photographer and one Artist. In addition, (12) honorable mentions (6 in art and 6 in photo), will be featured and recognized on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. For more information and to apply visit https://innovateartistgrants.org

Innovate Grant supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. We’ve simplified the grant process, so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself and our application reflects that.

Innovate Grant awards:
+ 1 x $1,800.00 Grants to a Photographer
+ 1 x $1,800.00 Grants to a Visual Artist*
+ 12 x Honorable Mentions Interviews

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We welcome proposals from artists at all stages of their professional careers, working across a wide range of media—including photography, film, video, performance documentation, animation, and digital, interactive, or hybrid forms. Submissions may include existing bodies of work or new projects that critically engage with this year’s theme.

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Dive into the world of Revela’t Festival with our exclusive Portfolio Review session. Connect with 18 talented individuals and present your projects to a panel of 11 distinguished experts from the photographic field – including gallery owners, curators, festival directors, critics, and editors. Immerse yourself in 20-minute one-to-one sessions with each expert viewer, totaling 3 hours of valuable insights and constructive feedback on your work. Elevate your work and make meaningful connections.

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We are currently seeking two photographers to be featured in our fall exhibition. Selected artists will have their printing and exhibition promotion fully covered. Artists are simply responsible for making their own arrangements should they decide to attend and enjoy the opening night.

For this open call, photographers are free to develop on the theme: Cycle(s). We are very honoured to have Carolyn Mendelsohn as our guest jury. Please note that we reserve the right to present a solo exhibition if a submission demonstrates particularly strong artistic merit and a unique, singular vision.

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IX International Mini Print Cantabria 2026, “Open Sea. Reality, imagination and poetics” Award

The Award is open to all printmaking disciplines, admitting digital printed artwork and monotype as well.

The general theme is “Open Sea. Reality, imagination and poetics”, but this does not imply that the artwork must be figurative. All kinds of aesthetic languages are admitted.

The image and the paper must not exceed 20 x 20 cm. (7,8” x 7,8”)

There is no minimum image or paper size.

You can submit up to 3 artworks.

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MUUS Collection is an American 20th century photography collection that preserves, researches, and reveals work from the archives it owns and represents.

As a part of our mission to transform our archives through new interpretations and scholarship, MUUS Collection is launching our first MUUS Collection Research Fellowship to invite a curator or academic to spend time in the archives over the course of a year and develop an exhibition or publication concept offering a new perspective. In addition to time spent in the archives, where the Research Fellow will be invited to examine physical works and ephemera (including journals, contact sheets, and cameras) in addition to the totality of each photographer’s photographic collections, the Research Fellow will benefit from our new MUUSEUM online research portal.

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Born out of the return of war to the European continent, Kometa is an independent magazine that reports on the world where it is in flux. From Iran to China, from the United States to Palestine, every three months we bring stories by leading contemporary voices, testimonies, photographs, analyses and maps that offer a unique perspective.

At a time when certain parts of the world are becoming increasingly difficult to report on, Kometa launches a programme to support ambitious on-the-ground reporting.

The Kometa Fellows programme provides one year’s funding for the work of authors (journalists, writers or photographers) who document reality in contexts of war, censorship or severe political and social tensions. A patron funds one year’s work for each Fellow. In September 2026, six recipients will each receive €10,000 in funding.

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Every year, Southern California land trust Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy runs a nature photography contest to celebrate local wildlife and natural habitats. Now in its fourth year, the contest is free to enter and open to photographers of any level. Judged by wildlife photographers based in Los Angeles, the contest is an opportunity to share how you connect with nature. We invite all local photographers or nature enthusiasts to apply!

Categories include birds, mammals, other wildlife, plants, landscapes, people in nature, and abstract or conceptual images with nature as a subject. Images must be taken in Southern California. Winning images will be shared on the Conservancy’s social media and digital outreach, and printed and displayed at their Urban Conservation Awards ceremony at the Autry Museum of the American West in September.

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In 2025 I published a compilation zine called Men Asleep which included 21 photographers’ photographs of men sleeping. I’m expanding this project into a book and exhibition and holding a call for entry for additional photographs of men asleep.
This call is free and is open to all.

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A Sense of Place invites visual artists to explore how place shapes human experience, identity, and belonging—whether as a physical location or an emotional, internal landscape of memory and longing.

Open internationally to all visual media including painting, drawing, photography, digital media, mixed media, sculpture, and installation. Potential themes include Refuge and Solace, Belonging & Displacement, The Architecture of Memory, Digital Place, Place as Inheritance, and Vanishing Landscapes.

Selected artists will be featured in an exhibition at The BLANC Art Space in New York City. Finalists will also be invited to join the SeeMe Digital Gallery and the Artsy Collection.

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PhotoPlace Gallery and Texas Photographic Society invite photographers to submit work for Composed, a juried exhibition celebrating the art of photographic composition. Every photograph is the result of a series of creative decisions. Whether carefully constructed or captured in an instant, composition shapes the way we experience an image, guiding the eye, creating relationships, establishing rhythm, and transforming a moment into something memorable.

We welcome photographs where composition is fundamental to the image’s impact. From quiet, deliberate arrangements to fleeting moments where timing and structure align, we seek work that demonstrates an intentional approach to seeing. Images may explore framing, perspective, light, color, geometry, gesture, visual rhythm, negative space, layering, and the many ways photographers organize the visual world within the frame. All photographic genres and processes—including digital, analog, and alternative methods—are encouraged.

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Things break. People struggle. Places change. And yet — something endures.

Overcoming — What Remains Standing invites photographers to submit work about survival, resilience, and what’s left after hardship. We’re looking for images that show what it means to get through something — whether that’s personal loss, illness, grief, displacement, or simply the passage of difficult time.

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A photograph is a (s)Light of Hand, a magic trick of sorts, conjured into being. Light is summoned and chemistry is concocted, making visible both the intangible and the corporeal. It is heart and mind, imagination and craft, melding together into an experience of life-altering alchemy.

We here at our Collective and Gallery have a deep respect and affection for photographic processes. In this call for entries, we wish to celebrate this love for handmade, photo-based processes and invite you to share your magic-making wizardry in our spellbinding juried show, (S)Light of Hand.

Open to all photographic artists in the U.S. and beyond who practice the one-of-a-kind art making of any photographic process from Albumen to Ziatype. A good resource to see what can be considered is the AlternativePhotography.com site’s list of processes: http://www.alternativephotography.com/processes/

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Black Box Gallery is excited to announce a color photography juried group photo show. Contemporary color photography has a big range of dynamic colors being used for landscape, portraiture, architecture, fashion, street, abstract, documentary, still life, narrative, conceptual projects, nature and night photography. How do photographers use color to think about, compose, stylize and captivate and present contemporary photography?

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Infinite Palette is an open-theme exhibition celebrating the limitless possibilities of color photography. We invite photographers to submit images of any subject, style, or genre, embracing the diversity of creative expression through color. From breathtaking landscapes and intimate portraits to street photography, wildlife, architecture, and abstract compositions, every perspective is welcome. Color has the power to evoke emotion, shape atmosphere, and tell unforgettable stories. This exhibition is a celebration of artistic freedom, where every hue, tone, and vision contributes to a vibrant collection of contemporary photography from artists around the world.

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Showcasing sartorial splendor and exuberance, this exhibition calls for art to wear: objects fashioned to disguise, enhance, adorn, bedeck, camouflage, enshroud, veil, cloak, or augment. All kinds of art to wear are w are welcome. Masks. Glasses. Headdresses. Tiaras. Hats. Gloves. Bodices. Shoes. Capes. Peplums. Pants, skirts, vests and costumes — wearable and decorative. Open nationally to artists of all backgrounds and ages.

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This open call invites submissions for photographs that consider the relationship between photography and community building, creative practice and collaboration, and the photographic act as the foundation for connection.

This call is open to all genre and forms of still images, including, but not limited to, conceptual work, reportage, portraiture, street, alternative processes, or documentary.

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Returning for its sixth year we are excited to announce that the OD Photo Prize is now open for submissions. An annual prize dedicated to discovering the next generation of photographic artists.
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This year’s Winner receives an increased cash prize as well as an exclusive interview with our media partner 1000 Words Magazine and exposure to our network of collectors and curators. The full Shortlist of artists will be invited to exhibit with Open Doors Gallery in London in November, as well as access to a long list of other awards and opportunities.

OD Photo Prize has no age barriers however all artists submitting must be working within the first ten years of their artistic practice. We also accept submissions by artistic collaboratives and duos.

There is no theme. Submissions must be in project form and be accompanied by an artist statement that describes and gives context to the work being presented to us.

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Each month, a talented photographer will be featured in a Solo Exhibition on our dedicated showroom pages, providing incredible visibility.

Next Exhibition Dates: September 1 – 30, 2026.

Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work to a global audience!
Maximize Your Exposure: Enter the Solo Exhibition Competition for a Month-Long Online Showcase

At All About Photo, we celebrate extraordinary photography that inspires, transforms, and connects with us on a deeper level.

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Open to women and non-binary artists age 65 and older to submit work for In Full View, a juried exhibition exploring visibility, aging, identity, memory, and the legacy of a fully lived life. Open to all mediums, the show celebrates presence, resilience, and the ongoing power of creative expression.

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Grid Photo Gallery presents Animals 2026, an international open call dedicated to photographic works that explore the presence, meaning, and visual power of animals within the image.

The theme is open to a wide range of approaches, including wildlife, documentary, portraiture, fine art, conceptual, studio, domestic, urban, and experimental photography. Animals may appear in natural habitats, human environments, staged scenes, symbolic compositions, or unexpected encounters. What matters is not the genre, but the way the image uses animal presence to create meaning, emotion, atmosphere, or visual tension.

This call invites photographers to look beyond animals as simple subjects of observation. Their presence can suggest intimacy, distance, fragility, instinct, companionship, survival, or mystery. They may become central figures, quiet details, symbolic elements, or forces that transform the rhythm and interpretation of the photograph.

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Rural or urban, desert or jungle, ancient to recent. The SE Center is looking for photographers who appreciate the ravages of time and create compelling images reflecting those effects around us. Color or BW, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations are welcome.

Our juror for The Abandoned Landscape is Michael Pannier. Michael Pannier is an award winning professional fine art and commercial photographer now located in Greenville, SC. Previously based in Maryland, Michael has spent 30 years in photography, 45 years in the gallery and art world.
Relocating to South Carolina, The SE Center for Photography was born as an exhibition and education venue for fine photography. Through monthly exhibitions, photographers of all skill levels have the opportunity to have their work presented and the workshops, led by industry leaders, cover all aspects of photography and challenge, encourage and inspire.

Michael is represented in galleries across the country, a frequent exhibition juror and curator, portfolio reviewer and speaker on the business of fine art photography. When not in South Carolina he can be found leading photographic expeditions in Death Valley and the Eastern Sierra.

35-40 selected images will hang in the SE Center’s virtual gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG) and an archived, online slide show.

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Speaking of the power of photography, Garry Winogrand once said, “Putting four edges around a collection of information or facts transforms it.” Take that idea one step further: what happens when you place a frame—a doorway, window, mirror, picture frame, architectural element, or other structure—within the photograph itself?
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Praxis Gallery seeks photographic art that uses one or more frames within the image as the conceptual foundation for visual expression. Whether emphasizing a subject, creating layers of meaning, revealing relationships between spaces, or exploring perspective, boundary, reflection, and isolation, we welcome all genres and interpretations.​​

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Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work reflecting the theme “perspective” to A Smith Gallery by August 17, 2026. The entry fee is $40 for the first 5 images and $5 for each additional image. Up to forty seven images will be selected for exhibition and shown in the online gallery from September 11 to October 15, 2026. An exhibition catalogue with all the accepted images will be available for purchase. Also, 27 images from the total 47 images will be selected for “The 27”, a limited edition hardbound fine art book of the exhibition. Both the Juror and Director Award’s will each receive a copy of the limited edition hardbound fine art book as well as an online solo exhibition and GalleryTalk. The Visitors’ Award is $100 and is selected by most Instagram likes. All exhibition images receive exposure on both Instagram and Facebook over the duration of the exhibition.

Juror will be Debra Klomp Ching, art consultant, curator, educator and co-owner of Klompching Gallery in New York City.

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Nature photography is a captivating genre that celebrates the beauty and diversity of the natural world. It embraces landscapes, wildlife, flora, and fauna — each offering its own visual poetry and emotional depth.

Landscape photography captures the grandeur of mountains, rolling hills, lakes, waterfalls, and coastlines, as well as the quiet power of man-made structures reclaimed by nature.

Wildlife photography reveals the behavior and spirit of animals in their natural habitats, from tropical rainforests to arid deserts.

Flora and fauna photography highlights the intricate colors, textures, and patterns of plants and living organisms, showcasing the delicate artistry of the natural world.

Across all its forms, nature photography seeks to convey the harmony and fragility of our planet. It invites viewers to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the environment — inspiring awareness and a deeper respect for the wonders that surround us.

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ArtFundMe invites photographers, artists, makers, and creative storytellers worldwide to apply for its Summer 2026 Award. One selected applicant will receive a $1,000 grant together with dedicated editorial visibility highlighting their work, creative journey, and the ideas behind their practice.

Award: $1,000

Eligibility: International applicants across creative disciplines and career stages

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Dusk Gallery is now accepting submissions for CREATURES. This exhibition celebrates animals in their element—from forest floors to city streets, from aquariums to open skies. Show us creatures resting, hunting, hiding, migrating, thriving. Candid or composed, black and white or full color, all photographic approaches are welcome.

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Memory: What Remains explores personal, collective, cultural, historical, and imagined memory. We welcome photographs examining archives, absence, inheritance, identity, place, and the ways the past continues to shape the present.

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The Photo Trouvée Artist Residency is a 10 week virtual program led by Juliana Naufel & Twiggy Boyer–founders of Photo Trouvée Magazine– in which artists working with vintage, found, or family photographs are invited to set goals, carve out time for their art practice, focus on a project and connect with like-minded artists from around the world. 6-9 slots will be available and there is an application process to join the Fall 2026 cohort.

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Real life, unscripted. No posing, no staging, no performance—only genuine, candid moments of human truth, captured anywhere on earth. Black and white or moody color welcome, but authenticity is everything. Submit your best work to be considered!

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Abstract art is like breaking the rules of traditional art. It doesn’t try to show things as they are in real life; instead, it uses colors, shapes, and lines in wild and creative ways to express feelings or ideas, often leaving interpretation open to the viewer. It’s a celebration of artistic freedom and imagination. Show us PURE ABSTRACTION through your perspective.

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Artells Magazine invites photographers worldwide to submit work in one of 8 topics: beauty, fashion, portraits, children, fine art, men, nude, nature. Eight winners (one per topic) will be published on the covers of the September 2026 issue — plus an Instagram feature, a webitorial and an interview, all free. Every accepted submission is guaranteed publication in the September issue. Winners are selected by the Editor-in-Chief; criteria are originality, idea, relevance to the topic, image quality and cover-layout potential. 2–12 images per submission, $30 entry fee.

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The Hand Magazine

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SOFT PUBLISHING is a small and young independent publishing house focused on contemporary
photography and art. It is interested in new photographic trends and emerging artists, and publishes photo books in limited editions.

We are now accepting submissions for our next photobook on the theme of Black & White
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The fine art nude has been a celebrated subject of photography since the beginning and played an important role in establishing photography as a fine art medium. Early on, both in history and most photographers experience, the nude has been featured in a classical pose and setting, maturing to illustrating the human body as a sculptural abstraction, and with some pushing boundaries.

Analog and digital manipulation in all its forms welcome. Monochrome or color, all subjects, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations where legal are welcome.

Our juror for The Modern Nude is Howard Schatz. The photographs of Howard Schatz are exhibited in museums and photography galleries internationally and are included in innumerable private collections. He has received international acclaim for his work and has won virtually every award in his field including numerous “Photographer of the Year” awards and Gold Medals in the most prestigious competitions. His work has been published in twenty-three monographs.

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The Aaron Siskind Award celebrates the artistic legacy of Aaron Siskind (1903–1991), advances the practice of photography as a vital means of creative expression and honors the role that the Aaron Siskind Foundation played in supporting photographers through the Individual Photographer’s Fellowship, which was awarded for 28 years.

“The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is committed to nurturing and funding photographic artists through the Aaron Siskind Award,” said Director and CEO Alex Nyerges. “This extraordinary award program provides recipients with transformative financial resources so that they can pursue major artistic projects.”

The goal of VMFA’s Aaron Siskind Award for Photography is to provide material support that enables photographers to complete a meaningful body of work — whether the continuation or finalization of a photographic series; the development of an exhibition, monograph or book project; or another major creative endeavor.

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The Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards are an annual celebration of the photobook’s enduring role within the narrative of photography. The awards, established in 2012, recognize excellence in three major categories of photobook publishing: First PhotoBook, PhotoBook of the Year, and Photography Catalog of the Year. Each year, winners are selected from among nearly one thousand books submitted by artists and publishers from around the world.

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photoED Magazine shares diverse photography stories in a brand new light.

Issue #78 will feature the work of photographers exploring REAL vs IMAGINARY stories – with UNIQUE, LENS BASED methods.

Our 2026 season explores fresh directions in photography, exploring contrasting themes interpreted through photographers lenses. This Call seeks submissions of fine art photography projects that present the idea of REALITY, constructed IMAGINED photo-based stories, or a juxtaposition the two.

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Black Box Gallery is excited to announce a Black and White juried group photo show. There is often a classic, nostalgic and dynamic translation to black and white photography. Black and White has an important tradition of luminous, well-crafted and thoughtfully composed imagery. Contemporary photographers are involved in this dialog of history and tradition, but with their own modern voice, visions and aesthetics of imagery. Black Box will be looking for a diversity of photographic works and ideas for this exciting exhibition!

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This show is your chance to demonstrate your talent and point of view. The work of photography students that are emerging into the art world is how we picture the future. The Colorado Photographic Arts Center is having an open themed call for entry for students. This call for entry is open to current undergraduate and graduate students in photography. All capture types, subject matter, and photographic processes are eligible to submit.

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F-STOP Issue #139 will focus on photography of and about food.

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The Lucie Foundation is dedicated to celebrating all forms of photography. This program is a juried competition open to a diversity of book submissions- from traditionally published to hand-made books and zines. The awards are presented to photographers and publishers.

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Elemental seeks photographic and lens-based work engaging with earth, air, fire, and water as physical forces or symbolic structures. Submissions may explore weather, atmosphere, erosion, heat, flood, smoke, stone, ash, survival, renewal, and transformation.

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The Lucie Foundation is proud to support professional and emerging talent with vision and dynamic ideas that challenge and progress the art form of still photography into work that compels. Our support of photography is broad, from Fine Art to Documentary and Photojournalism, to digital and film-based works. Our concern is to support photographers producing work that is at once gripping, and original.

The Lucie Foundation is pleased to offer four cash grants and a variety of prizes to support the work of emerging and established photographers.

Winners will be part of a group exhibition. This exhibition will then travel to the House of Lucie Galleries worldwide, including Los Angeles, Athens, Budapest, Ostuni, and Samui.

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The Center for Photographic Art (CPA) is excited to announce the 2026 International Juried Exhibition with over $6,000 in awards! Forty-five juror-selected photographs will be exhibited from December 6, 2026 through January 3, 2027 in our historic gallery in Carmel, California, and vie for eight cash awards totaling more than $6,000. These photographs will also be featured in an online gallery on the CPA website along with an additional forty-five juror selected images. An exhibition catalog of the entire gallery and online exhibition will be available for purchase. An entry discount is available for new and current CPA members.

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The Monte-Carlo Photo Contest is an annual international photography competition, open to photographers of all nationalities, whether amateur or professional.

The competition is under the patronage of the FIAP (Federation Internationale de l’Art Photographique) and the AAPMC (Académie de l’Art Photographique de Monte-Carlo).

The rules comply with FIAP document 048/2025 E, therefore the Monte-Carlo Photo Contest classifications are valid for FIAP honours and distinctions.

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IN SERIES highlights artists who explore an idea across multiple works. Five pieces. One vision. We’re curating a lineup of mini collections that showcase a cohesive series and each artist’s unique voice. Think of it as a mini solo show within a group exhibition. Show us your work IN SERIES.

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The New York Center for Photographic Arts (NYC4PA) invites photographers world-wide to submit images using any photographic process (print, image transfer, emulsion transfer, encaustic, black and white, etc.). Winners will receive $4,000 in cash awards, be featured in the NYC4PA Online Gallery and in the Prize Winners catalog. The Grand Prize winning image will be posted on the NYC4PA home page.

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Do you want to share with the world the wonders of the planet and contribute to its protection? Then don’t miss the opportunity to participate in The Nature Photography Contest, an international photography contest for professionals and amateurs.

The Nature Photography Contest has 10 categories for you to submit your images of natural landscapes, wildlife, macrophotography and more. You can win cash prizes and international recognition. The winner of the best photograph of the year will receive €1000, the winner of each category will receive €100 and the best photographer of the year will receive a trophy. In addition, for each participant, a tree will be planted in the country chosen by the winner.

The jury is composed of three renowned nature photographers: Luke Stackpoole, Cynthia Bandurek and Mario Cea. They will be in charge of evaluating the technical, artistic and emotional quality of the photographs.

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ARRIVAL Gallery offers a free rolling grant for artists worldwide. Applicants submit one original artwork to the current round. Once 1,000 valid submissions have been received, one eligible artist is selected to receive a £100 grant and a new round begins. Photography and other contemporary visual practices are welcome.

Note: Deadline is rolling — each round closes after 1,000 valid submissions.

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EMBODIED is dedicated to photographic and interdisciplinary work exploring body politics, embodiment, identity, intimacy, memory, trauma, sexuality, health, and lived experience. We are currently accepting ongoing submissions from photographers and visual artists working across any medium and from any location.

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Arrival Gallery is inviting photographers, artists and creative professionals with genuine connections to practising artists to apply for its Certified Online Agent Programme.

Selected applicants complete the free Arrival Gallery Academy before introducing suitable artists to approved international exhibition opportunities.

Once certified, agents receive 15% commission on eligible completed bookings generated through their approved links. There is no joining fee, no minimum sales target and no commission for recruiting other agents. This is an independent, commission-based opportunity rather than salaried employment.

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