Photography Competition and Prizes up to $10,000 from the Global Photo Awards
Applicant criteria
- No specific age required
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
The Global Photo Awards invites photographers around the world to participate in a photography competition. Only accepted works will be in the online show and the catalogue. Every participant receives a link to download a free copy of the catalogue. It will be available 2 weeks after the winners are announced.
Categories:
People:
- Photos should display people as their main focus.
- Images can also be drone or underwater photos.
- Family
- Culture and Lifestyle
- Portrait and Self-Portrait
- Artistic
- Travel
- Street Photography
- Others – any photos focusing on people not listed above
Nature:
- Photos should display natural scenes, elements and textures as their main focus.
- Images can also be drone, macro or underwater photos.
- Landscape and Aerial images
- Astrological objects and phenomena
- Geological formation
- Weather phenomena
- Flora & Fauna
- Animals
- Underwater Life
- Others – any photos focusing on nature not listed above
Benefits
In total, $10,000 USD in cash prizes are awarded.
$ 5,000 in each of the two main categories (Nature and People) are split accordingly:
- $ 3,500 for the 1st Place
- $ 1,000 for the 2nd Place
- $ 500 for the 3rd Place
The winners receive their prize via PayPal and are responsible according to their tax liability.
Eligibility criteria
- Photos can be submitted exclusively as digital or digitalized images in color and/or black and white (monochrome).
- The image type should be .jpg.
- The maximum size of the image is 7,000 pixels on the longest side with 300ppi and should not exceed 8 MB in size.
- Name the image file by your last and given name followed by the photo title (e.g., SmithJohn_Title.jpg).
The following information is required to be submitted with every photo:
- Name, address and email of the participant.
- Category (Nature or People).
- Title of the photo (in English).
- A short story about the photo (explain your idea, concept, what you like about it, etc.) (max 255 characters).
- When and where the photo was taken.
- Hashtags (if you want them to be used when publishing your photo on social media)
- Photos are not allowed to have any signature or identification mark on it when submitted. Every time the photo is shown or displayed the owner is credited.
Key Dates:
- 2021.12.31 Early Bird Deadline
- 2022.04.17 Final Submission Deadline
- 2022.05.08 Announcement of the Shortlisted Candidates
- 2022.05.15 Announcement of the Winners
Fees to Enter:
The entrance fee can be paid via PayPal on the website when submitting a photo. Each photo must be submitted separately.
- $ 30 for the 1st photo
- $ 25 for the 2nd photo
- $ 15 for every further photo
Bulk Payment:
- To submit multiple photos at the same time or receive multiple personal coupons with one PayPal transaction, please send an email to payment@globalphotoawards.eu
- Early Bird Discount: Receive a 30% discount on the first photo submitted by using the promo code: earlybird
- Receive a 50% discount on the first photo submitted by using the promo code: student
- Please contact via coupon@globalphotoawards.eu for a group discount. A group is 5 people or more.
- To help promote participation of photographers in an economical troubled area, please email us via coupon@globalphotoawards.eu for a promo code.
- Each promo code can be entered when submitting a photo and is only valid once per person. Only one promo code can be submitted with one photo. Misuse of promo codes will disqualify the entered photo(s) and the participant.
About the Global Photo Awards:
An online platform that offers photography competitions with the aim of supporting and publishing creative photography around the world.
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