If you’re trying to build your portfolio and get your name out there, photo contests are one way to do it. Here are five photo competitions with deadlines this month. Cash prizes this month range from $1,000-$250,000, as well as camera prizes. Ready, set, submit!
Fine Art Photography Awards
Deadline: Oct. 15 (Early Bird; save entry fees)
Submission Fee: $15 amateur/$20 Pro
Prizes: $5000 in cash prizes; Grand prize winner gets $3000 (pro) or $2000 (amateur)
Who can enter: Amateurs and professional photographers
A few words from the sponsor: “Art is born out of passion. Fine Art photography is a perfect instrument, which allows a person to communicate with the world and share their vision. It results from the author’s deep sensitivity, a need to express feelings through image, a unique view of the surrounding reality. It can be spontaneous, but it can also be a conscious and deliberate manifesto. FAPA is searching for photos born out of passion – your passion.”
Make Vision Count Photography Competition
Deadline: Oct. 12
Submission Fee: None
Prizes: Pro: $1,000 cash. Amateur: Canon DSLR camera
Who can enter: Professional or amateur; especially eyecare professionals
A few words from the sponsor: “As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. This competition can be a great opportunity to highlight eye health successes and also document unmet need. The World Health Organization’s Global Action Plan (GAP) aims to ensure “universal eye health” coverage, especially to those who are vulnerable and most in need. While there is a lot more to be done, the eye health sector has been working to ensure that good quality eye care reaches the most under-served populations.”
Working Artist Fall Photography Award
Deadline: Oct. 17
Submission Fee: $25
Prizes: $1,000
Who can enter: “All photographers and photo-based artists worldwide working in traditional and nontraditional formats”
A few words from the sponsor: “If selected as our winner, we ask that the award recipient be willing to exchange one of their original works or smaller series of original works for inclusion in our collection in return for our award. Work considered by the artist as of equal value, and available for acquisition can be negotiated upon receipt of the award. We do pay the artist’s shipping costs. Please send us your best work for review.”
Black + White Photographer Of The Year 2018
Deadline: Oct. 30, midnight GMT
Submission fee: £10 (US entries OK)
Prizes: 1st prize: Fujifilm X-Pro 2 with 3 lenses; 2nd prize: Fujifilm X100F; 3rd prize: Fujifilm X-T20.
Who can enter: Readers of Black+White Photography magazine and members of the general public. (In other words, everyone)
A few words from the sponsor: “Win one of three fantastic Fujifilm cameras. Entries are now being taken and the deadline is midnight GMT on Monday 30 October 2017. The Black+White Photographer of the Year will be chosen from the three category winners. All the winners will be announced in Black+White Photography (issue 212, February 2018), which is out on 18 January 2018.”
Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award
Deadline: Oct. 31
Submission fee: None
Prizes: $120,000 grand prize; 24 other prizes range from $6,000-$25,000.
Who can enter: Anyone in the world, 18 or older.
A few words from the sponsor: “Dubai continues to direct its energy into development and the Dubai 2015 Strategy is a roadmap that charts this sustained effort. With this in mind H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum established the prestigious ‘Hamdan International Photography Award’. This demonstrates the commitment of Dubai to encouraging and supporting art, culture and innovation. The Award appeals to all talented photographers across the globe, and also nurtures national talent, which will in turn attract international art and cultural attention. The Award highlights how Dubai is fast developing into one of the most artistically conscious and established cities in the world.”
