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Dusk Gallery - Color: Call for Entries
Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition + Sales
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Dec 11, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition + Sales
Theme: Color. We are so excited to see your perspective on color. It’s remarkable how a single hue can transform the entire mood of an image. For this exhibition, we're looking for work where color is the heart and soul of the photograph. Show us your vibrant street scenes...
Wed, Jan 21
FREE ENTRY / The 6th Smartphone Photography Competition 2025
Fee: Free / Prize: 5000 RMB
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Jan 21, 2026, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: 5000 RMB
Category: Smartphone. The 2025 6th "Smartphone Photography Competition (SPC)" has arrived as scheduled. We still believe that every smartphone is a portable gallery, and every shutter click is a heartfelt gaze at the world. From the moments captured by your eyes to the...
Tue, Mar 03
Belfast Photo Festival: 2026 Open Submission
Fee: £22 / Prize: £2,000 + Exhibition
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Mar 03, 2026, 11:30 PM
Fee: £22 / Prize: £2,000 + Exhibition
Theme: Open. We invite photographers of all nations and backgrounds to apply to the Open Submission, to have their work viewed by an international panel of highly influential photography industry experts, with career enhancing opportunities on offer. Opportunities include exhibition at the...

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All About Photo Magazine - Nature Photo Contest Open Call

• All About Photo • Deadline: December 9th, 2025 • Category: Nature Photography • Prize: $1,000 + Publication + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Before us lies the boundless beauty of the natural world—untamed, intricate, eternal. With its 54th printed issue, AAP Magazine invites photographers to uncover the poetry of Nature in all its forms. From the grandeur of sweeping landscapes to the intimacy of a flower’s petal, this edition—titled “Nature Unvei

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• Decagon Gallery • Deadline: November 30th, 2025 • Theme: Sanctuary (Spaces of refuge, renewal) • Prize: $1,000 + Online Solo...

Dusk Gallery - Color: Call for Entries

• Dusk Gallery • Deadline: December 11th, 2025 • Category: Color Photography • Prize: Exhibition in Santa Fe (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE We’re truly thrilled to witness the way you interpret and express color in your photography. It’s fascinating to see how even a single shade—whether bold, soft, or unexpected—can shift the entire emotional tone of an image. For this exhibition, we’re seeking photographs in which color isn’t just an element of

All About Photo Magazine - January Solo Exhibition

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Shoot The Frame - Annual Portrait Awards: Call for Entries

• Shoot The Frame • Deadline: December 31st, 2025 • Category: Portrait Photography • Prize: $2,000 + ViewSonic Monitor + Exhibitions • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE 13 years of Shoot The Frame. Launched in 2012, Shoot The Frame evolved into a global suite of photography contests celebrating exceptional portrait, landscape and wildlife photography. In 2025, we’re pausing the monthly contests and launching the inaugural Shoot The Frame Portrait Award. The story be

"Light and Shadow" Open Call by Decode Gallery

• Decode Gallery • Deadline: November 28th, 2025 • Theme: Light and Shadow • Prize: Exhibition in Tucson + Sales + Exposure • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE Decode Gallery invites you to enter a world where illumination meets mystery. Our upcoming exhibition, Light and Shadow , calls upon photographers to delve into the spaces where brightness tells stories and darkness keeps secrets. Every beam of light has a purpose, every shadow a hidden truth—and between them

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Photo Place Gallery - "On the Street" Call for Exhibition

• PhotoPlace Gallery • Deadline: December 8th, 2025 • Theme: On the Street • Prize: Exhibition in Vermont (USA) + Sales • Entry Fees: Yes • REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE On the Street is an exploration of the world as it really is — unposed, unfiltered, and alive with energy. From fleeting eye contact between passersby to unguarded moments of emotion, street photography reveals the pulse of life as it moves around us. For this exhibition, we are seeking photographs that capture