Entries open for İstanbul Photo Awards

The contest aims to contribute to the sphere of news photography and offers a perspective shaped by the region’s unique position at the center of diverse cultures. İstanbul Photo Awards has become one of the most widely known news photography contests in the world.

Along with the generous awards of the contest aiming to support the hard work and dedication of news photographers worldwide, the application is totally free.

Categories

• Single News:
  • All news related, single image applications. Only 1 image can be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 4 different images.
• Story News:
  • All news related image series applications. 10 images must be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 2 different stories.
• Single Sports:
  • All sports related, single image applications. Only 1 image can be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 4 different images.
• Story Sports:
  • All sports related image series applications. 10 images must be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 2 different stories.
• Single Nature & Environment:
  • All nature and environment related, single image applications. Only 1 image can be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 4 different images.
• Story Nature & Environment:
  • All nature and envionment related image series applications. 10 images must be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 2 different stories.
• Single Portrait:
  • All portrait related, single image applications. Only 1 image can be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 4 different images.
• Story Portrait:
  • All portrait related image series applications. 10 images must be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 2 different stories.
• Single Daily Life:
  • All daily life related, single image applications. Only 1 image can be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 4 different images.
• Story Daily Life:
  • All daily life related image series applications. 10 images must be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 2 different stories.

Funding Information

• Single News 1st prize winner will be nominated as “Photo of the Year”, the laureate receives 6.000 USD in total.
• Single News
  • First Prize: 6,000 USD
  • Second Prize: 1,500 USD
  • Third Prize: 1,000 USD
• Story News
  • First Prize: 3,000 USD
  • Second Prize: 1,500 USD
  • Third Prize: 1,000 USD
• Single Sports
  • First Prize: 3,000 USD
  • Second Prize: 1,500 USD
  • Third Prize: 1,000 USD
• Story Sports
  • First Prize: 3,000 USD
  • Second Prize: 1,500 USD
  • Third Prize: 1,000 USD
• Single Nature and Enviornment
  • First Prize: 3,000 USD
  • Second Prize: 1,500 USD
  • Third Prize: 1,000 USD
• Story Nature and Enviornment
  • First Prize: 3,000 USD
  • Second Prize: 1,500 USD
  • Third Prize: 1,000 USD
• Single Potrait
  • First Prize: 3,000 USD
  • Second Prize: 1,500 USD
  • Third Prize: 1,000 USD
• Story Potrait
  • First Prize: 3,000 USD
  • Second Prize: 1,500 USD
  • Third Prize: 1,000 USD
• Single Daily Life
  • First Prize: 3,000 USD
  • Second Prize: 1,500 USD
  • Third Prize: 1,000 USD
• Story Daily Life
  • First Prize: 3,000 USD
  • Second Prize: 1,500 USD
  • Third Prize: 1,000 USD

Eligibility Criteria

• The contest is open for professional photographers.
• Professional photographers are those who earn, or have earned, the majority of their income from photography, and who sell or publish their work regularly, and belong to professional photography organizations.
• The contest is open for photographers both freelancer and under the name of a company/agency. Freelancers can add company name for each submission at the Insert Image tab.

Application Requirements

• Photographs contain the relevant and correct information.
• Photographer has the liability for providing accurate personal information like name, age, company etc. besides the image info like date, location etc.
• All submissions must have necessary information embedded into photographs IPTC like: title, description, creation date, city and country. The info and category of the photographs can be updated until the deadline.
• Photography captions must be written in English. Kindly check the caption limits before upload your photos.
• No signatures, stamp or any other identifying mark is allowed anywhere on the entry. Photographer’s name or company should not be mentioned at the captions.
• Digital manipulation and any kind of photoshop effects is not allowed, only basic color corrections are allowed. It is not allowed to add signatures on the photo or in the caption.
• Photographers must be the copyright owner of the submitted photographs.
• Photographs must not violate any third party rights.
• Photographers are invited to apply all categories at the same time, both with published and unpublished photos.
• Photographers can apply 4 different photos in Single categories and 2 different stories in Story categories.
• Same photo cannot be submitted into two different categories. Story category applications should include 10 photos.
• Kindly note that this contest is for professionals only and İstanbul Photo Awards’ jury may ask for proofs of the source of the photo or publications on newspapers, magazines or web sites.

For more information, visit İstanbul Photo Awards.