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  • All About Photo -  October Solo Exhibition
    All About Photo -  October Solo Exhibition
    Tue, Sep 23
    Fee: Yes / Prize: Solo Exhibition
    Sep 23, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Yes / Prize: Solo Exhibition
    Theme: Open. Maximize Your Exposure: Enter the Solo Exhibition Competition for a Month-Long Online Showcase At All About Photo, we celebrate extraordinary photography that inspires, transforms, and connects with us on a deeper level. WHY ENTER THE SOLO EXHIBITION? Global Reach: The...
  • 72nd Singapore International Photography Awards
    72nd Singapore International Photography Awards
    Tue, Sep 23
    Sep 23, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: $18 / Prize: Medals
    Theme: Open. Reproduction: The entrant permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. PSA may request specific permission from entrants...
  • Shine Photo Awards - 27th Edition
    Shine Photo Awards - 27th Edition
    Wed, Sep 24
    Fee: 15€ / Prize: Exposure
    Sep 24, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: 15€ / Prize: Exposure
    Theme: Newborn, Maternity, Family & Child. SHINE Photo Award is an international online award. The best work will be awarded in these categories: maternity – newborn – child & family – and birth photography. All submissions will be judged by an independent international jury of professional...
  • FREE ENTRY / The Chateau Gallery -  Call For Entry: Pharmacopoeia
    FREE ENTRY / The Chateau Gallery -  Call For Entry: Pharmacopoeia
    Thu, Sep 25
    Fee: Optional / Prize: Online Exhibition
    Sep 25, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: Optional / Prize: Online Exhibition
    Theme: Pharmacopoeia. Pharmacopeia: noun. What does this term bring to your mind's eye? Do you find yourself assembling an archive of substances, reflecting on memories of addiction, recovery, or relapse? Is your mind a panopticon of disorder, a...
  • Soho Photo Gallery - Alternative Processes Competition
    Soho Photo Gallery - Alternative Processes Competition
    Sep 25, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: $45 / Prize: $300
    Theme: Open. Our juror this year is Jill Endfield. Jill is a fine art photographer and author, concentrating on historical techniques and alternative processes, with annual workshops and lectures in locations around the world...
  • One Eyeland Awards - World’s Top 10 Portrait Photographers
    One Eyeland Awards - World’s Top 10 Portrait Photographers
    Sep 25, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Fee: $25 / Prize: $2,000
    Theme: Portrait. Wouldn’t it be great if we could identify the finest Portrait photographers in every country and crown the best in the World? One Eyeland’s new photo contest does this and more, elegantly, by celebrating the World’s Top 10 Portrait Photographers...
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