Description: Chromatic Awards is an international competition of color photography open to both professionals and amateurs. 20 categories will be adjudicated by an international jury composed of magazine editors, gallery curators, professional agents and other industry professionals.
Entry Fee: Professional: 27$ / Single Entry. Amateur: 22$ / Single Entry.
Prize: Professional Grand Prize $2000; Amateur Grand Prize $1000.This year’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners along with the Honorable Mentions handpicked by book editors from both the Professional and Amateur levels will be published in the Chromatic Awards Annual Book.
Deadline: October 26, 2025
Entry Fee: €10 per photograph.
Prize: Prizes include 2000€ in cash prize.
Deadline: November 15, 2025
Contest: Female in Focus
Entry Fee: All 1854 Access members can enter Female in Focus X Nikon for free, or you can enter one image free of charge, courtesy of Nikon. Four images is £20.00. Ten Images is £35.00. Series of Images is £35.00.
Prize: Two winning series will be exhibited as part of two group shows at PhotoIreland in Dublin and at 10 14 Gallery in London and receive a Nikon Z Series mirrorless camera, and two NIKKOR Z lenses thanks to Nikon. 20 single image category winning images will be exhibited as part of the group show.
Deadline: November 26, 2025
Entry Fee: €18 per photograph.
Prize: The winner will receive a €500 cash prize and editorial coverage in a future issue of Anthology magazine.
Deadline: November 30, 2025
Description: The Grand Prize, Readers’ Choice prize, Wildlife, Travel, People, The American Experience at 250, Artistic Images and Drone/Aerial category prizes are open to photographers who are 18 years old or older.Individuals affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution, including employees, emeriti, Regents, trustees, interns, volunteers, fellows, research associates and their immediate families (children, parents, siblings and spouses) and others living in their households are not eligible for any prize. To be eligible for any category, a photograph must have been shot by the entrant since January 1, 2023. This date applies to all images in a composite. The contestant certifies that he/she is the sole creator and copyright owner of the submitted photograph. You may submit up to 15 photographs per category for a contest total of 90 submissions.
Entry Fee: There is no entry fee.
Prize: Eight prizes will be awarded. Grand Prize: $2,500. Category Winners: The winners of each of the six categories will receive $500. Readers’ Choice: The winner of the online Readers’ Choice award will receive $500.
Deadline: December 1, 2025
2026
Entry Fee: There is no fee to enter.
Prize: Prizes include cash, exhibitions, and Sony digital imaging equipment.
Deadline: January 13, 2026
