Sony World Photography Awards

Type of competitions:

• Professional – 10 categories, judged on a body of work
• Open – 10 categories, rewarding the best single images
  ○ National Awards – Entries submitted to the Open competition are automatically entered into the National Awards based on nationality (please check if your individual country is participating).
• Youth – for all photographers aged 12-19, a single image responding to one brief
• Student Focus – for those studying photography

Free to enter and open to all photographers, the world’s largest photography competition celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2017. Winning photographers are flown to London to receive their prizes at the annual awards ceremony. Winning, shortlisted and commended photographers are showcased at the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition each Spring in London, United Kingdom.

Each year a total prize fund of $30,000 (USD) plus the latest Sony digital imaging equipment is shared between winning photographers. Photographers are taken on a year-long journey, bringing untold exposure and providing a global stage on which to present their work.

The hugely popular Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, featuring a selection of winning, shortlisted and commended images, is curated at the prestigious Somerset House, London each Spring.

Official Link: https://www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography-awards

Deadline: 10th January, 2017