Entries open for Global Peace Photo Award 2025

Prize Information

• There will be a total of €11,000 in cash prizes to be won in all 6 categories:
  • The Peace Image of the Year will be honoured with a cash price of €7,000. It will be exhibited in the Austrian Parliament for one year and included in the permanent art collection of the Austrian Parliament.
  • 3 winners in the Stories category will each receive €1,000
  • 1 winner in the single picture category receives €1,000
  • 1 Childen’s Peace Image of the Year receives €1,000
• All winning works will be awarded the Alfred Fried Peace Medal and the photographers will be invited to the award ceremony in Vienna in September 2025, with travel expenses and accommodation covered.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Global Peace Photo Award is open to all photographers from anywhere in the world.

Judging Criteria

• The jury will judge the photographs on artistic merit, originality, subject, style, and content based on the theme of peace.

Application Requirements

• Digital submissions must be saved as .jpg, with more than 3000 pixels on the longest side. Images must not include any embedded marks, logos, names or borders.
• For each submission (single image or story) you must have a caption in English, maximum length 2000 characters. Captions for the individual photos in a story are not necessary and may not be read by the jury. Please keep your text as short as possible, jurors like short, essential texts.

For more information, visit Global Peace Photo Award.