Photo Competitions & Contests

Digital Photographer and Samsung are joining forces to launch the fourth annual awards, with better prizes and categories than ever before!

Prizes
Our exciting competition categories mean there are six chances for you to win a fantastic Samsung prize.

Overall winner:
The overall winner for the whole competition will win this amazing bundle (pictured left): a Samsung NX10 +18-55 OIS lens +30mm Pancake lens, a 50-200mm f4.0-5.6 OIS lens and a SEF42A flash gun.

Category winners:
Each category winner will win a fabulous Samsung EX1 camera worth £399. They will also win a year’s subscription to an Imagine Publishing magazine of their choice and a print of their image. In contrast to previous years, the format of the awards for 2010 will see a brand new competition category launched in each issue of the magazine. There will be six photographic categories in total – each designed to push the creativity of photographers.

Competition Website

Welcome to the Sony World Photography Awards; the global, annual awards programme for both professional and amateur photographers.

The competition is free to enter and both Professional and Amateur categories open for entries on the 1st June 2009.

Competition Deadline: 04 December 2009

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The Lymphoma Association, the UK’s only specialist charity providing information and support to those affected by lymphatic cancer, is delighted to announce the launch of a national photographic competition this summer.

The competition, which is running from now until Sunday 16th August 2009, asks contributors to take photographs along the theme of ‘Look at Life Differently’. The theme has been chosen to reflect the overwhelming feedback that we have had from patients and their families, that a lymphoma diagnosis changes the way people view their lives.

There is no restriction on the subject of the photographs – entrants can interpret the title entirely as they wish; whether it is an object, something in nature, a view, a person – their imagination is the only limit!

Deadline:  16 August 2009

Competition Website

En Foco, Inc and Canson Infinity invite fine art and documentary photographers of any nationality or ethnicity to submit work to People/Places/Things, an international competition celebrating En Foco’s 35th Anniversary.

Our aim is to identify and promote talented emerging and mid-career artists working today, creating cross-cultural dialogue, and providing artists with exposure and access to those that may be able to envision opportunities beyond the scope of this competition. All photo-based works are eligible.

Closing Date: 24 June 2009

Competition Website

Snap! is Mencap’s annual photo and story competition. It offers a unique insight into what it is like to have a learning disability through the eyes of those closest to it.

Snap 2009 is now open for entries!

The 2009 competition is now open for entries – and this year, for the first time, you can also enter short films to Snap!  

We are looking for:

• photos or films of people with a learning disability
• photos or films taken or filmed by someone with a learning disability

Each entry should also have a story with it about why you took the photo or made the film. We want your entries to show us what makes you happy, sad, angry, excited and proud.

Everyone has a story to tell and we want to hear yours!

Closing date: 9 March 2009

Competition website