Current Photo Contests

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Painting with light is a term used to describe photography by many, so this theme is very broad and allows you to take a photo of anything you like, but the […]

• Copyright: The copyright remains with the photographer, although by entering the competition you authorise Gosnap to use your photo(s) submitted to the competitions for any publicity or promotional purposes of Gosnap and it's services
• Eligibility: Open to 18+ years old, International entries
• Entry deadline: 31 July 2009
• Entry fee: Free
• ratings_average: 4
• ratings_score: 4
• ratings_users: 1

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Filed under: International, Free, Current, Contests

 
Send in grad photos of yourself, family members, or friends with a 500 character limit description during our one month entry period, and you could win a U.S. Savings Bond and either a photo frame or a diploma frame! 
Church Hill Classics will select 12 Finalists, and then let the public vote for their favorite for […]

• Eligibility: Open to legal resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia
• Entry deadline: 20 July 2009
• Entry fee: Free
• ratings_average: 3
• ratings_score: 3
• ratings_users: 1
• Restrictions: Professional portraits are not permitted

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Filed under: Student, USA, Amateur, Free, Current, Contests

With a total prize fund exceeding £20,000, plus an eight-week exhibition at the National Theatre and the publication of a full colour book of Best Entries, Take a view will continue to be a desirable annual competition for photographers of all ages for years to come. Britain’s heritage is celebrated by people around the world […]

• Copyright: Copyright of each image is retained by its respective photographer. By entering the competition, you grant Take a view and its sponsors and supporters a non-exclusive, irrevocable licence to reproduce, enlarge, publish or exhibit, on any media, the images for any purpose connected with the competition. Entrants also agree that the organisers can sub-license images to the media for reproduction in connection with the competition.
• Eligibility: Open to everyone.
• Entry deadline: 15 July 2009
• Entry fee: Up to 1 image: £7.00; Up to 5 images: £15.00; Up to 10 images: £20.00; Up to 15 images: £25.00. Youth entry fees (16 & under on 15th July 2009) - Up to 15 images: flat rate of £2.00.
• ratings_average: 4.33
• ratings_score: 26
• ratings_users: 6
• Restrictions: Entries must have been taken in the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.

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Filed under: UK, Outdoor, Current, Contests

Enter this photo competition and share your photographs on the theme of “look at life differently”. The theme is open to individual interpretation – it can be an object, a view, something in nature, a person – your imagination is the only limit. 
 
The winning 12 entries will be selected by the judging panel and […]

• Copyright: By entering the competition, you agree to grant the Lymphoma Association a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to publish and otherwise use the submitted photo(s) as we wish, including leaflets and newsletters.
• Eligibility: Only for UK residents
• Entry deadline: 16 August 2009
• Entry fee: Free
• ratings_average: 3.8
• ratings_score: 19
• ratings_users: 5
• Restrictions: Photographs taken on mobile phones will not be considered as the image quality will not be good enough for professional printing.

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Filed under: UK, Free, Current, Contests

Submissions are now being invited for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009, which celebrates and promotes the very best in contemporary portrait photography.
This prestigious international competition, has established a reputation for its diversity of photographic styles, encompassing editorial, reportage and fine art images submitted by a range of photographers, from gifted amateurs and photography […]

• Copyright: The photographer or their representatives agree unconditionally that the National Portrait Gallery may reproduce any exhibited photographs for the purposes of marketing, promotion, discussion and education in direct connection with the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize and exhibition, in all media worldwide including catalogues, posters, postcards, the Internet and within television documentaries, and may license these specific, limited rights to others only for the same purposes. The Gallery also reserves the right to reproduce selected images for core non-commercial purposes, for example in the Past Exhibitions page of the Gallery website, indefinitely, as a public record. The photographer will be credited for the use of their work, wherever practicable, as the Photographic Portrait Prize exists in part to raise the profile of the exhibiting artists.
• Eligibility: Open to photographers from around the world, aged 18 and over.
• Entry deadline: 6 July 2009 for online entries (24 July for mail-in entries)
• Entry fee: £18.00 per photograph entered.
• ratings_average: 4.5
• ratings_score: 9
• ratings_users: 2
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Filed under: Portrait, International, Current, Contests