Photo Competitions & Contests 2010 ~ 2011
On this page: National Speleologocal Society Print Salon | Memorial Awareness Board/ SLR Photography photo contest | RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2010 (YPA 10) | Terry O'Neill Award 2010 | Scottish Nature Photography Awards 2010 | The Student Focus Competition | Sony World Photography Awards - Open competition | Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Travel Photographer of the Year | International Garden Photographer of the Year | Landscape Photographer of the Year | Wanderlust Travel Photo Of The Year
Information for Photo Competition entrants
All photography contests are ordered by closing date - apart from the four 'photographer of the year' competitions (WPOTY, TPOTY, GPOTY & LPOTY) listed at the bottom of this page.
All entry fees are listed in UK Pounds Sterling, where available as such. Free entry is listed as £0.00. If the entry fee is in a non-GB currency, see the organisers Website for details.
Information for Photo Competition organisers
Do you want your photo competition to appear on this page? Then please contact me, and I shall do my best to oblige.
If you have a competition listed here that you would like to be removed, then please contact me.
Bill of Rights for Photography Competitions
As a keen amateur photographer, who on occasion sells or licenses imagery and photographs for profit, it saddens me to see more and more rights been stripped from photographers without their knowledge or consent. Copyright and licensing exclusions written into the small print of the rules of many competitions often reveals that the competition is merely an excuse for many companies to find a easy way to source professional quality photography for next-to-nothing. This only abuses the rights of individuals while making profits for large organisations.
I am pleased therefore to note the promotion of the Bill of Rights for Photography Competitions, and will do all I can to support them. If you notice a competition listed here which does not comply with this Bill of Rights, please notify me and, once confirmed, it shall be removed.
Read the rules!
Please do read the competition rules/terms and conditions on the organisers Website when entering any competition, as your rights may be restricted as regards reproduction, licensing, copyright, etc. I have no affiliations with any of the organisations listed here, and bear no responsibility for either errors or omissions nor for any contract between you and any company or organisation listed here. Have fun and Good Luck!
Currently open contests
Memorial Awareness Board/ SLR Photography photo contest
Dead Art? Then and Now
The Memorial Awareness Board (MAB) has teamed up with SLR Photography to celebrate the beauty of stone memorials in the UK, and is inviting photographers, professional and amateurs, across the UK to capture the essence of memorialisation. For your chance to win £1,000 you must enter two (2) photos that best capture the beauty of stone memorials, then and now. Both images must contain a stone memorial - images can be in colour, black & white or one of each. The Then photo should represent memorials as history The Now must be a modern headstone.
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Closing date: Friday 20th August
RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2010 (YPA 10)
Our Young Photographer Awards has become a recognised launch pad for aspiring photographers to showcase their work and be rewarded for the talent they have developed. This year we have teamed up with one of the world's best wildlife photographers to offer the overall winner the prize of a lifetime. With four categories to choose from, YPA is a great summer project for the under 19s.
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Closing date: Tuesday 7th September
Terry O'Neill Award 2010
Contemporary Photography
This contemporary photographic competition forms a showcase for new work by both established and upcoming photographers, providing valuable exposure and a prestigious opportunity to promote their current practice. The award, an important addition to the cultural calendar, celebrates the diversity of talent working in the photographic medium today.
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Closing date: Friday 22nd October
Scottish Nature Photography Awards 2010
Nature Photography
This competition consists of four nature, landscape and wildlife categories and is for images taken in Scotland by professional, semi-professional or amateur photographers. You can enter as many categories as you like. Photographers shortlisted will be notified in January 2011 and the category winners will be announced in March 2011.
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Closing date: Tuesday 30th November
The Student Focus Competition
Exposed
The aim of the brief is to produce a photograph that explores the theme 'Exposed' Your image should draw on themes explored within the Tate Modern's Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera exhibition. The exhibition explores issues around exposure, voyeurism and surveillance. It features a range of photographs created by well-known artists, photojournalists, amateur photographers and those using technology like CCTV and camera phones. We'd like you to think about these different kinds of imagery and how we experience photography in different areas of art, photojournalism and everyday life. We want to see your creative response to these images and ideas. We'd like to see how you think the themes affect the world around you. Consider the increasing use of surveillance cameras, camera phones, and the circulation of images in the media and on the internet. Look around you and observe different ways we experience 'exposure' through imagery. We are looking for a clear image to represent the above theme/s. Your photograph should record and communicate the essence of your idea.
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Closing date: Tuesday 30th November
Sony World Photography Awards - Open competition
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Closing date: Wednesday 5th January
Popular Annual Competitions
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010
2010 Competition now closed
The 2010 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition closed for entry on 8th March 2010.
Need some inspiration? Take a look at some of the amazing winners from the 2009 WPOTY competition.
Travel Photographer of the Year 2010
Closing date: 9th OCtober 2010
'The' international travel photography awards.
TPOTY is run by photographers for photographers, judged by renowned photography experts and provides great prizes including travel adventures, photographic equipment, photography tuition and international exposure for your photography.
But it’s not all about prizes. TPOTY has helped many photographers - not just the winners - to raise their profile, sell their work, get commissions or launch photographic careers. Click on the menus on the left to learn all about this year's TPOTY competition.
International Garden Photographer of the Year 2010
Closing date: 30th November 2010
International Garden Photographer of the Year 2010 (Competition 4) opened in February 2010 with a BRAND NEW format. It has four seasonal competitions - winter, spring, summer and autumn PLUS the main competition as normal. There will be cash prizes for seasonal competition winners.
The second of the seasonal competitions runs until May 31st on the theme: "Spring into Life".
From 2010 onwards, International Garden Photographer of the Year will be decided by the number of points achieved by photographers in the new seasonal competitions PLUS points awarded by judges when Competition 4 closes on November 30th 2010.
This is a huge garden photography competition with multiple entry categories and prizes and a special award. Read the rules, and then enter the competition.
Landscape Photographer of the Year 2010
Closing date: 15th July 2010
Entry for the fourth annual Take a view - Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards is now open and you have until mid-July to upload your pictures for a chance to win £10,000. ‘Take a view’, the idea of renowned landscape photographer, Charlie Waite, is one of the nation’s most exciting photographic awards – the search for the UK’s Landscape Photographer of the Year 2010 is now on.
Following the huge success and popularity of previous years, entrants have until 15th July to enter the 2010 Award by submitting their photographs of the British landscape. The competition is open to everyone and you can enter up to 15 photographs across the four categories. There is a total prize fund worth £20,000 up for grabs, including £10,000 for the overall winner.
Unlike many other photographic competitions, ‘Take a view’ celebrates the United Kingdom only, offering photographers worldwide the opportunity to showcase their images of this richly diverse country.
Wanderlust Travel Photo Of The Year Competition 2010
2009 Competition now closed
The 2009 competition has now closed. Entry dates for the 2010 contest will be announced later in the year.
Page last updated Tuesday, 25th May, 2010