The PHOTO HISTORIES listing of major professional photographic competitions and their deadlines for the coming months.
The details below are a summary to help photographers prepare their work for multiple entries to competitions. Please ensure
that you read all the individual competition rules and entry requirements on individual competition web sites before entering.
To link to competition web site click relevant competition name.
COMPETITION
SUBJECT
AWARDS
CLOSING DATE
SUBMISSION
FEE
Aperture Portfolio Prize
Subscribers Only!Portfolio
1st prize $2,500,
web-site feature11 July 08
15 square jpgs 1920×1920px (1.8MB) max, with black background, resume, CV
$25
Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize
Portraits
1st prize £12,000,
exhibition at NPG, London20 July 08
Max six prints: A3 smallest,
1015×760mm largest£16 per
photo
Travel Photographer
of the YearHumaity, landscape, escape, destinations
Adobe software, travel, bursaries
9 Sep 08
TBA July 08
Folio £15
Single £10
Terry O’Neill Award
Reportage, documentary, portrait, landscape, art
£3000, £1000, £500
10 Sep 08
Max six images: 1mb 72dpi files or 10×8” prints
£8 per photo