Deadline: 6 January 2026
The World Photography Organisation is excited to invite applications for its Open Competition to reward the best single images worldwide.
You could win top Sony Digital Imaging equipment, inclusion in the London exhibition and book – plus more!
Prize Information
- Overall winner:
- Win $5,000 (USD)
- Receive Sony digital imaging equipment
- Flights and accommodation to the awards ceremony in London
- Certificate
- Trophy
- Global press exposure
- Copy of the book
- Inclusion in book
- Inclusion in exhibition
- Promoted on WPO’s website
- Promoted to WPO’s online community
- Category Winner:
- Receive Sony digital imaging equipment
- Certificate
- Global press exposure
- Copy of the book
- Inclusion in book
- Inclusion in exhibition
- Promoted on WPO’s website
- Promoted to WPO’s online community
- Shortlist:
- Global press exposure
- Inclusion in book
- Promoted on WPO’s website
- Promoted to WPO’s online community
Eligibility Criteria
- The Open competition is open to all members of the public.
- The Open competition rewards outstanding single images across ten categories. Photographers should consider the category description when entering their work.
Application Requirements
- Images must be taken in 2025 and entries should be based on the Categories outlined. Entrants can submit a photograph that has been taken, entered in another competition, won an award, or been published in books, magazines, newspapers, online and printed editorials, self-published websites, and gallery exhibitions between 1 January 2025 and 6 January 2026.
- Images should be no smaller than 1MB and no larger than 5MB. Images should be JPEG files. All images must be saved in the sRGB colour model.
- Your Entry may feature manipulation, but where Entries are manipulated, the extent of which must be described in the image description section when submitting. For the avoidance of doubt, all entries must originally be from either an analogue or digital photograph which may have then been manipulated.
- Each entry does not contain any infringing, threatening, false, misleading, abusive, harassing, libellous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane content.
For more information, visit World Photography Organisation.
